Parent power

by Charlie Weston ©Independent.ie
IN the past week, staff at the offices of Taoiseach Brian Cowen have been opening thousands of envelopes containing unused nappies.
Enraged parents have been posting the nappies and are sending protest letters to voice their anger at the Government's proposal to either means-test, tax or cut child benefit.
A group of parents called the Protest Against Child Unfriendly Budget has asked people who are angry about the threat to child benefit to post a letter or an unused nappy to Mr Cowen.
More than 1,800 families have signed a petition on www.childbenefit.info. The protest group was set up by Dublin-based parents Treasa Dovander and Carol Haslam.
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