Ceist Beag
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Your last sentence definitely includes politicians, let's see do they learn this time round.All I see from this election is that it is becoming increasingly harder to govern as the gap between the expectation of the people and the reality of the situation we are in seems to be widening. As one pundit put it yesterday, it is ironic that the only people who are really keen on a FF-FG coalition here are the left parties! SF, AAA, PBP all know damn well that their policies don't stack up if actually faced with implementing them so they have no intention of going into government. Much easier to remain in opposition and hammer whoever next takes on the task of trying to govern. We lost a high number of TDs in this election who took responsibility in the last term and who tried to tackle the mess they inherited. Sure they made mistakes along the way but at least they had the courage to take it on. They have now been replaced in part by more individuals who have no intention of taking on the responsibility of governing in the national interest so from my point of view this has been a very disappointing election. Sure the people have spoken but sure there are a lot of people talking out of their hole in this country...
Fair Points.The thought occurs... "How many Healy Raes does it take to fix a pothole" ?
But maybe voting for them is a logical response to a broken system where you have to get your local TD into play to sort out issues that (a) shouldn't need any political involvement to get done and should be done as a matter of course or (b) local councillors don't seem to be able to get moving.
Until we have a system that can be managed directly between the public, local government and councillors, we're going to see strong independents like this.
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There is inequality in the country in a lot of ways but it is quite difficult to avoid all inequality.
A lot of successful businesses are owned and run by driven people. Do we want to drive them out of the country.
I am not very political just a mild interest but I just hate to see certain political parties promising the unattainable to people....
The problem is the inequality appears to be getting worse for a increasing numbers of people. Its now sucking in some of what was previous middle earners. So its a bigger vote.
I would say its more about people wanting to reduce their costs of living (bills & expenses) which is cripplingly them. They are getting hit by new and increasing bills all the time and are less able to pay. If this was improved, they wouldn't be that interested what others are paying. The pressure to tax the wealthy more is a symptom of that. "tax the rich" is not an issue in itself.
The problem is the inequality appears to be getting worse for a increasing numbers of people. Its now sucking in some of what was previous middle earners. So its a bigger vote.
I would say its more about people wanting to reduce their costs of living (bills & expenses) which is cripplingly them. They are getting hit by new and increasing bills all the time and are less able to pay. If this was improved, they wouldn't be that interested what others are paying. The pressure to tax the wealthy more is a symptom of that. "tax the rich" is not an issue in itself.
Inequality is something of a myth. We have an excellent State education system here. And nowadays there is no place for people in businesses based solely on who they are or who their parents are. Everyone I know who has done well has done so through hard work. And where people have not done as well, it's been a result of laziness, plain and simple. Yet you hear comments like "he/she has been lucky" etc. No, he/she actually got up in the morning notwithstanding the hangover, got the bus to UCD, went to the lecture rather than playing pool, studied rather taking a holiday, got the 1st, and then went to work as an underpaid and indentured slave in a graduate trainee programme. Yeah, it's all about luck alright...
So, the people who do not get on are lazy, is that right! What a wonderfully simple and naive view to have of the world, almost childlike. I am afraid hard work alone is not a panacea for financial success. Other factors including, right place at the right time, good patronage, certain circumstances and indeed good old fashioned luck do all play important parts in achieving financial success. Read about Warren Buffet, Chuck Fenney etc and you will get a feel for what I am talking about. I do agree with the point that hard work does significantly contribute to a possible successful outcome, as the odds increase of attaining financial success ( i.e. You are not banking on winning the lottery as your strategy for becoming financially successful ) but that is all.
So how do you reduce the inequality?? reduce taxes, increase pay, more state benefits
Not sure. But unless its addressed, people will eventually vote a very different government in.
....The standard of living in Ireland is excellent relative to other 1st world countries. Someone on €50k a year has a great standard of living. ...
...Of the two million tax cases, which represent 2.85 million adults, two-thirds have gross annual incomes of under the average earnings of €35,600. ....
The top 10 per cent of tax cases, representing 200,000 households, report incomes above €75,000.
That obviously has an impact on how people vote.
But have the people not just voted in a very different government.
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