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Anything? Sinn Fein and their communist isolationism?It is a cop out. FF have been institutionally corrupt for a long time and anything would be better than them. The present circumstances are directly attributable to them.
Anything? Sinn Fein and their communist isolationism?
I didn't hear the opposition want about what was going to happen 18-24 months ago. If anything a government with Labour in it would have spent more and been further into the pockets of the unions.
As long a we had social(ist) partnership rather than democracy we were going to end up here.
How much is the average mortgage these days and bills, food, etc? If you have a single income family with kids, I don't think it would be enough. It may not even cover most mortgages taken out in the last couple of years.
On a note about Government, I cannot believe that Brian earns more than Barack??
.pebbledash said:There is an expectation among some young girls / women that they are entitled to have as many kids as they want and are entitled to state support.
Is it not the case that since Ireland has put a ban on abortion and has generally taken a pro-life stance, the state is compelled to support mothers, as is also guareenteed in the constitution.
I asked him candidly over the Christmas period, if you didn't smoke or drink for the week, how much would it cost you to live.
He said around EUR75.
So that's an extra EUR 100 he's got to 'enjoy himself' with every week.
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Of course I don't want to see a corrupt government, I want to see a competent one that governs for the people. I can’t see any party in the Dail giving us that.So we just stick with FF so? Knowing their corruption where senior figures such as Ray Burke were arrested by CAB, thats a type of Govt you want to see continue?
Talking of corrupt government I see they are now proposing to help people on social welfare etc to rent houses/get housing and how are they going to do this? They are going to lease all those lovely empty houses that the builders/developers have lying empty and they are going to lease them from the builder/developer. All in the guise of helping the poor people on social welfare. I don't know how the Irish people haven't started protesting with their pots and lids like the Icelanders did. At least the over 70's had a bit of gumption.
Protest about what? This seems like a perfectly good proposition to me.
People in need of housing get housed.
Builders who are in financial trouble get some income coming in.
Banks who are in trouble get some income from developers and so reduce the possibilities of bad debts.
What is the alternative way open to the government to provide social housing? Build yet more units?
Good post.This is a moronic subject. The anecdote supplied is worthless.
No one can survice on social welfare alone.
It will feed you and not much else.
The principal of this society is no one starves.
Social welfare is suppose to help that.
No Drink or smoking and you asking how much he has to enjoy himself, kind of missing out on some enjoyment then i think.
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