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Default the "i" word...two Irish Times comment pieces muse on the IMF.

Is this a record? For what its worth, I dont think we are IMF bound, nor do I think we could get enough cash from them. However two IT comment pieces today muse on the IMF / euro medicine bolus being prepared (if it is) for stuffing down our throats if we dont get ourselves sorted
First is this piece
Nationalisation still required - The Irish Times - Mon, Apr 27, 2009
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No country facing economic problems of this magnitude has come out of recession until the banking system has been healed. The Department of Finance believes that starting this can wait. I do not. Waiting until Nama gets rolling, then waiting more until (if) its legal challenges have been overcome, is in effect writing an invitation to the IMF to write a prescription and our euro zone colleagues to force it upon us.
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Irish economy awaits siren of IMF ambulance - The Irish Times - Mon, Apr 27, 2009
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This is something we either do ourselves or tough medicine will be imposed on us by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the European Union or a mixture of both. What would that be like?
Straws in the wind, the population being prepaered or two informed commentators calling it as they see it?
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