Will young voters make a difference in the next election

[untouchable]

A young man of my acquaintance is currently selling his home, a three bedroom semi detached house located 4 miles outside the M 50 perimiter in West Dublin.He placed a deposit on a luxury flat closer to the city 2 years ago,the fixed price of which was then 400,000 Euros. At the time of signing the contract his current home was fetching 280,000 Euros. At the end of last year it was selling for 320,000 Euros.
Today the price has reached 385,000 euros and rising. (This puts the house into the 6 percent stamp duty category for first time buyers.They are now competing once again on level terms with the speculators who,according to statistical data, buy 4 in every 10 new homes/apartments built in Dublin.So much for favouring home buyers and disadvantaging speculators.
.No house is sold today at an asking price.Everything is "offers over such and such a figure" There are no more house auctions today,because every house sale is in reality a dutch auction.
I understand the couples who are vying against each other for my sons house are borrowed up to the hilt and have of course already received their inheritance -as is the norm these days- from their parents.There is a saying in business,"you have to leave a bit of meat on the bone for the next man". Not so in the property market.It's a jungle out there.Both buyers who are competing for this property have already been "Gazumpted" ie. are disappointed losers from a previous dutch auction.
The banks of course have long discarded their prudent income related guidelines,as they happily dance to the tune of the upward price spiral.Today Mr Aherne and Mr Cowan have politely asked the unions not to jeopardise their members livelihoods by demanding rises which pursue the inflationary spiral that their policies have created.
:twisted: The scandalous corruption, incompetence, and lack of foresight of this government, which has affected the availibility of serviced building land in Dublin, goes unmentioned.. Fianna Fail's generousity to a privileged portion of the work force (of which they themselves are a part) has also affected the price of property as it belatedly comes on stream,but never matching the actual demand.That a small coterie of builders already control and own much of the availible land in the Dublin region is also a factor in the whole debacle.
One needs no expertise in economic theory to understand that so called "benchmarking"-i.e. paying almost 40 percent of the nations securely employed workforce,the fortunate state and semi state employees, wages above and beyond the norm in the private sector is one facet of a financial and economic time bomb.These people have guaranteed pensions, which would cost a private sector worker an incredible 40% of his salary in annual contributions, for a similiar gold plated, index- linked private pension, long after civil servants retire their pension will increase to match every pay rise awarded to working civil servants in future years.
Mr David Went chairman of the Irish Life and Permanent Building Society calculates that the last round of benchmarking will cost the taxpayer 20 billion Euros,and not the 1 billion Euro figure calculated on the back of a cigarette packet by Fianna Fail,s spin doctors.
There is an office building on the North Circular Road where 40 redundant local government employees,clock in every day,and will continue to do so, until they reach pensionable age because it would cost too much to buy them out of their secure jobs.
: Hypocrisy is an art form in Fianna Fail.The americans tell a joke."How do you know when a lawyer is lying"? answer; "When his lips move"!
" How do you know when Fianna Fail ministers are lying.?"
: :idea: Question is, will the the young generation who are queing up for houses -at any price-and who rarely bother to vote in general ections- will they be out in force come polling day next June,to make a difference.? :idea: :twisted:
http://www.soldiersofdestiny.org/awayforwardvote.htm

[greg-h]

In answer to youe above question no young people in the most part dont give a toss about politics Lower the voteing age and that means there is 100000more people that wont vote

[Biffo]

Will young voters make a differnece in the next election

I wouldn't have thought so, how can the voters of X factor really make a difference in an election in his country.

[untouchable]

I agree that it is unlikely to happen.I was young once myself,and politics was the least of my preoccupations.It is impossible to place an old head on young shoulders.It is not possible to transfer onto young heads the experience of an older generation that has lived and experienced the consequences of government policy when it is based upon expedience:when its primary concerned is vote harvesting without reguard to principle or proper governance: worst of all when it is riddled with corruption.
However it appears that an unofficial poll by the Soldiers of Destiny indicates a possible meltdown of voters in Dublin & Cork.
Hence Bertie has been wheeled on to the Tubridy Show(last night) and projects his usual affable, innocuous,and rosary praying self. All is well.I'm a nice guy. Good stuff. Parades and celebrations have been ordained by the image maker machine to counter the terrible press of recent years.Preparations have been hinted at as to the reinstatement of their doyen C.J.H. in the corridors of fame ,in preparation for another big celebration-this time a state funeral paid for by the ordinary taxpayers many of whom despise all he stands for.His wealthy sons and daughters will not have to bankroll even the final bill.Charge it up to the taxpayer-as usual.

[smiffy]

Charge it up to the taxpayer-as usual.

Whenever you choose to pollute the boards with this semi-literate drivel, it's always worth reminding everyone that you're actually a tax-evader who now lives abroad.

Save your crocodile tears for the Independent.

[untouchable]

Hiya Smiffy.! I am pleased to know that you are following my weekly posts in the "Irish Independent" They have been very kind to me.I am considering looking for a journalist retainer fee from them.I am only a small tax evader (as you know from my web site) in the overall context of the many thousands of sinners who have been unearthed in recent years. Besides I have paid dearly and been shriven of my sin.Unfortunately I have not enough dosh left over as I would like.If I had money like serious dodgers such as the Bailey Brothers,Brennan & Mc gowan,Charles Haughey etc etc-I would gladly burn my own.!

[untouchable]

Smiffy,according to reports in thev Irish Independent, Fianna Fail are rewriting history for their 80th anniversary.They have had so much practice-and success- airbrushing two recent decades of fiasco and scandal on a weekly basis, that this magnum opus will surely rank as their finest work of art. Besides all great socialist leaders of the past , Lenin, Stalin,Kruschev, etc have been accorded this privilege,so why deny it to comrade Bertie.?
"you know in your hearts that Fianna Fail is the only party of the people"
(comrade Aherne)

"But all was false and hollow;through his tongue
Dropt manna,and would make the worse appear
The better reason,to perplex and dash
Maturest councils."
(Paradise Lost)

[campbeca]

I don't think he can vote in Ireland

[campbeca]

I'll get my coat

[Biffo]

I'll get my coat

I was on your wavelength in my earlier post.