Today our suspicions of Irish politics were confirmed. It is not for the people, by the people. It is f*ck the people, buy the people. Somebody who has a master of economics, and can convey and practice it as a social science should in theory be an ideal politician. But George Lee couldn't stomach even one year of the feudal system of governance.

This country is going down the tube rapidly. There is nothing we can do about it but learn how to live without the government. Because the lunatics are in control of the asylum and we are powerless. Even outside of politics we have less than 10 proper economists. The "economists" that work for the banks or the bank's agents such as the stockbrokers are either incapable or serving the self interests of the elite.

We need to network more with family friends neighbours and prepare for the inevitable. Its all about survival now and being prepared. The real economy outside of government has shrunk nearly 50% since the peak. This is not a recession, it is a collapse. Our fundamentals are worse than Greece, its only a matter of time before we default and become bankrupt. Plan B needs to be seriously discussed now. The clock is ticking.

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Do you remember,writing in your diary,Freedom is the freedom to say that 2 plus 2 make 4?'.Yes,said Winston.O'Brien held up his left hand,its back towards Winston,with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.How many fingers am I holding up,Winston?.Four.And if the party says that it is not four but five,then how many?.The needle went up to 60 How many fingers,Winston?'Four!Stop it,stop it!How can you go on?Four!Four!'How many fingers,Winston?'Five!Five!Five!


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I think Lee couldn't hack the ordinary mundane work of a TD its not all making speechs, or creating policies. Not as exciting as working as a high profile journo!

There is no place in Irish Politics for an economist ?

Richard Bruton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Garret FitzGerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thread subject disproved.

cYp

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Bruton's economic credentials are inparalled in the Dáil. Stupid thread.

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2 economists that were TDs in Irish history? Is that the best you can do? And you call this a stupid thread? Not one minister for finance in the history of Ireland was an economist. Out of the 19,000 civil servants responsible for running the country only 3 have a Phd in economics.

As I said its one thing being an economist but being an economist that knows it as a social science and as a form of psychology is another thing entirely. Bruton and Fitzgerald fail on this count.

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Do you remember,writing in your diary,Freedom is the freedom to say that 2 plus 2 make 4?'.Yes,said Winston.O'Brien held up his left hand,its back towards Winston,with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended.How many fingers am I holding up,Winston?.Four.And if the party says that it is not four but five,then how many?.The needle went up to 60 How many fingers,Winston?'Four!Stop it,stop it!How can you go on?Four!Four!'How many fingers,Winston?'Five!Five!Five!


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Other people who left safe seats in Dail Eireann to develop a proper career and stop wasting their time in the nonsense that passes for Irish politics.

Jim White, FG, Donegal South-West, Hotelier
Jim Glennon, FF; Dublin North, Businessman and Rugby Pundit
George Bermingham, FG, Dublin North-Central, Judge
Pat McCartan, WP/Labour, Dublin North-East, Judge
Ivan Yates, FG, Wexford, Bookmaker and Radio Host.

Lee is in interesting company.

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Your thread title should be George Lee f*cks the people (especially those in Dublin South)

Name an economist in this country past or present who who set up a business that employed 20 or more people. Economists are like politicians, utterly useless and only contribution is of an academic intellectual nature to provide data that may or may not be of help in deciding in what direction capital could be expended to develop the economy. Nearly 90 years ago we started out without an arse in our trousers and we came a long way eventually. We have to start again but this time not only do we have an arse in our trousers we are wearing quality clothes that just need a bit of drycleaning.

Really, one enterprising person right now is worth more than 100, 000 economists !!

There is no place in Irish politics for economists who think the rest of us should use their sh1te for toothpaste because they are economists.

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Bangladesh (Pop. 162m)
Ethiopia (Pop. 80m)
Peru (Pop.30m)


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So you're saying it took the Irish State 90 years to make it possible for everyone to get dressed properly.

Wow! Talk about achievement!

With such rapid progress we should all have two shoes in another five decades or so. I can hardly wait!