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Nick99 said:Our village is a beautiful village (located in Connemara) with a population of 350 but in essence its become a dead town, Four family owned businesses have closed in the last two years, the local factory has closed, the primary school numbers have dropped from 100 to 25 in ten years. There are no young people between the ages of 20 and 35. All we have now is tourism to earn a living from. 60% of the houses in the towns boundary are holiday homes
Purple said:that's a wee bit paranoid redbhoy.
While I wouldn't disagree with your frustration at the absence of public transport, we get the politicians we deserve. The corruption in Govt was (and possibly is) just a mirror of the corruption prevelant in everyday life.redbhoy said:Surely you agree? The needs of this country have rarely been met by the government. Their corruption coupled with severe lack of foresight is costing us dearly. Why wasn't the M50 built with 3 lanes instead of 2. The unelected advisers who are paid scandalous amounts per year had to have envisaged a higher flow of traffic in the future. Id say this suited the lads at CRH who were in Charlie Haugheys pockets!
The red-cow fiasco? Foresight lacking here!
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we get the politicians we deserve.
You're missing the point. You are a member of society. Society as a whole has chosen to be governed in this way. Like it or not you are partly responsible!
redbhoy said:I'd say this suited the lads at CRH who were in Charlie Haugheys pockets!
RainyDay said:The corruption in Govt was (and possibly is) just a mirror of the corruption prevelant in everyday life.
Slash said:Again, it's the other way around: corruption in everyday life is a reflection of corruption by elected officials who have been in Govt for over 50 out of the last 80 or so years. If the elected leadership showed integrity, that would encourage better behaviour in the general population. Morality is doing the right thing, not doing what you can get away with.
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