Punk Economics and Ireland

[Mitsui2]

John Charles, for all his sterling work against freedom of thought and individual freedoms, was only a symptom.

[Sangreel]

This is the thing that I find most truly depressing: in my heart of hearts I'm sometimes forced to admit to myself that, several years into this car crash, I've seen and heard little to suggest to me that, given half a chance, Ireland wouldn't behave in exactly the same way again.

I have many times thought the same thing. Sad really.

I was looking to buy a smaller place a few weeks ago. This pile is just to big now that the kids have all moved out and are scattered over the globe. So I found 8-10 places in 3 counties that we liked. It was depressing dealing with the agents who STILL think the homes were made out of gold. I had one gob************************e tell me that this "bump in the road" would all be over in less then a year and that the new place would dbl in value as everyone wants to live in Ireland. My wife was drinking coffee at the time and she laughed so hard coffee shot out of her pretty little mouth and splashed all over the desk. Standing up she informed me that she would never buy a home from a outright stupid man and that we were leaving.

So yes, it would seem that the lessons have not been learned by a segment of our society.