Since the downturn arrived on our doorstep all government officials and some opposition party members repeatedly mention getting us back on track and returning us to a more stable economy but I've thought more and more about this and wonder when did we have a stable economy.
70's mass emigration low employment
80's mass emigration low employment
early 90's mass emigration low employment
late 90's employment low wages
early 00's false high employment due to construction
07-present return to mass unemployment
Can someone put me straight on where the government are returning us to we were. My recollection always were a net emigrating country with high unemployment and low wages where is Cowen's and Lenihan's utopian state?
Why aren't the media asking this same question?
Another point what the hell is the knowledge economy?
If they mean getting jobs for highly educated people (Masters, PHD's) surely they don't expect to substitute all those construction and retail jobs for high paid graduate jobs. Currently @400,000 people on the dole, how many do they honestly expect to be employed in this knowledge economy or more to the point how many do they think we will believe?
70's mass emigration low employment
80's mass emigration low employment
early 90's mass emigration low employment
late 90's employment low wages
early 00's false high employment due to construction
07-present return to mass unemployment
Can someone put me straight on where the government are returning us to we were. My recollection always were a net emigrating country with high unemployment and low wages where is Cowen's and Lenihan's utopian state?
Why aren't the media asking this same question?
Another point what the hell is the knowledge economy?
If they mean getting jobs for highly educated people (Masters, PHD's) surely they don't expect to substitute all those construction and retail jobs for high paid graduate jobs. Currently @400,000 people on the dole, how many do they honestly expect to be employed in this knowledge economy or more to the point how many do they think we will believe?