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KalEl
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We’re talking 100s of millions here when it comes to SD or hospital beds and that money has to come from somewhere. The government (whoever is in power) can’t just go filling election promises on a whim without looking at saving somewhere else. This country has to be run on a budget much like most households so a spending spree now without proper planning or just because it would be the populous thing to do might be detrimental to us all in the long run.
Again I'd say you're not comparing like with like.
It's relatively easy for a party to promise a couple of thousand hospital beds and then not deliver...they could blame a downturn in the economy, union intransigence or just massage the figures.
The Stamp duty issue is different...the parties are promising immediate change implemented before the Dail goes into recess for the summer.
That's in a matter of weeks.