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So I have taken it upon myself to make a submission on behalf of the Irish taxpayer.
Brendan,
May I make 3 factual points please:
1. I am an Irish taxpayer;
2. You have no mandate to speak on my behalf; and
3. Your submission does not represent my views.
Without making any comment on the content of the submission, I suggest that framing it as being "on behalf of the Irish Taxpayer" points directly to the question of its credibility at the outset. Why?
My best guess is that this is being produced for publicity purposes
Because no one at all is speaking on behalf of the taxpayer.
All of the submissions have come from groups calling for more expenditure.
One little voice must be raised on behalf of the person funding all the expenditure.
Brendan
Godwin's Law once again...
Thank God we live in a democracy ... at least Brendan has the opportunity to express his thoughts on the matter. Were he in North Korea he'd have long disappeared from AAM!
Why not frame it 'as a concerned Irish Taxpayer'?
Personally, I think every submission made should be viewed positively - why? Because somebody or some group took the time to put one together.
The more views that are given, the better the chance that informed choices will be made.
Unions claim to speak on behalf of "workers" and yet most workers aren't in unions and a sizable portion of them, perhaps a majority, strongly disagree with the agenda of the Trade Unions.
IBEC claims to speak for businesses and yet most businesses aren't in IBEC.
Brendan is making a submission which looks to highlight the counter view to the establishment narrative which is to continue to make the government bigger and bigger without looking at what value we get and what impact it will have on the economy which finances our society.
Unions claim to speak on behalf of "workers" but they don't; they speak on behalf of their members. I am a worker and Unions and their agenda damage me and others like me.Unions claim to speak on behalf of their members, who happen to be workers. Ditto IBEC, whose members happen to be business owners.
He did it once,
There is an element of theater in the title but so what.
Based on what people are saying here, the Labour Party should change its name to... (suggestions please.)
For anyone that is not happy with the proposed submissions, mind me asking why you don't submit something yourselves ?
Well I tell you something, Brendan's views are pretty much in line with my own (a few differences but not much) and if someone was to run for election with this as their only mandate they would get my (and a lot of others I would imagine) vote.
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