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Originally Posted by stewiegriffin
Its the welfare state and what we are seeing now is how it is starting to unravel.Ireland maybe the first but others in Europe will follow,its to expensive to keep.
A champion of the people emerges with the age-old and appealing promise of "something for nothing" - to be financed through every-increasing taxes. Supply and demand are thrown out of gear - the overhead goes up; the effective use of human energy goes down; the standard of living is lowered because money cannot buy wealth that is not produced.
WEAVER, HENRY GRADY,
Well we'll wait and see . Ive heard that scandanavian and central european countries are run much better than this one . Economically and socially . Is that correct?Moronically simplistic it may sound but i think its a valid question.I am just wonderin if we are chumps ? We live in a rainy , conservative , corrupt sh1thole if you ask me.
Last edited by stewiegriffin; 13th March 2009 at 03:32 AM.
What about reducing the dole and storing the surplus in an investment account, which could perhaps be refunded to certain welfare recipients on completion of online or vocational courses or something like that? When you can walk into an exam hall and sit the exam successfully, or otherwise get your qualification you get the €100 a week it was reduced by for the last six months, or around €2500. Also a handy way to help people save a bit of money for the rainy day or help themselves get jobs. It would be quite the incentive to gain useful skills.
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These fears were voiced by several people eight or ten years ago, but no one listened. Then everyone got lost in property porn, and it was forgotten about. All this has been building for years, but no one prepared for it, what was that Roy Keane said ?....
We have corporate gombeen capitalism in government,that then do the vote buying jig through a socialist welfare state structure.
Well we'll wait and see . Ive heard that scandanavian and central european countries are run much better than this one . Economically and socially . Is that correct?Moronically simplistic it may sound but i think its a valid question.I am just wonderin if we are chumps ? We live in a rainy , conservative , corrupt sh1thole if you ask me.
A champion of the people emerges with the age-old and appealing promise of "something for nothing" - to be financed through every-increasing taxes. Supply and demand are thrown out of gear - the overhead goes up; the effective use of human energy goes down; the standard of living is lowered because money cannot buy wealth that is not produced.
WEAVER, HENRY GRADY,
Well we'll wait and see . Ive heard that scandanavian and central european countries are run much better than this one . Economically and socially . Is that correct?Moronically simplistic it may sound but i think its a valid question.I am just wonderin if we are chumps ? We live in a rainy , conservative , corrupt sh1thole if you ask me.
The Scando's setup sovereign wealth funds, and held onto their natural resources.
I presume those talking about cutting/reducing the Social Welfare are actually talking about the "dole" and childrens allowance rather than all welfare including the OAP, Disability Allowance/Pension.
The enemy of my enemy is the enemy of my enemy. There are lies, damn lies and Fine Gael confusions. "I don't understand." Alan "it's only 79 punts" Shatter
And much higher income tax rates.
The enemy of my enemy is the enemy of my enemy. There are lies, damn lies and Fine Gael confusions. "I don't understand." Alan "it's only 79 punts" Shatter
Which is where we need to go.
'Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.'
Inigo Montoya.
Everything is up for grabs. I suspect a small cut to basic payments, maybe 5%, but additional benefits will be savaged like the free schemes.
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