Why would you give Labor your vote ?

invinciblePRSTV wrote: »

OP why do you even ask such a question? We're dealing with 13% unemployment, huge cuts to public services and the wealthy Irish elite are untouched, of course people are going to vote left.

Lol at at the usual suspects predicting disaster if Labour took power, the parties of the right championed the development of Celtic Tiger into the bubble and all the excesses it involved and meekly agreed to socialising the Banks & developers debts.

Labour have for decades championed the causes of electoral reform, universal healthcare, reinvention of the public services and making Ireland internationally competitive, Ruari Quinn is the only man with the necessary experience to guide the economy back to growth as a MoF.

I must reiterate . . I would be a "floating voter" if there is such a thing . . I am simply not a party person . .

I actually have no problem with most parties and their ideals, its the people in the parties that are my problem. .

I implore people to vote for a candidate that mirrors their core principles and to demand more accountability within our elected officials (make it known to them).

I have no problem with Labour other then their agenda appears to be more about getting populist rhetoric onto the airwaves and pleasing the majority of people that dont really give much thought to politics or how it affects us all, instead preferring to hear what they like to hear . . As somebody who feels passionately about our country and how its run, I feel so disillusioned with how people justify certain thinks done in politics because "thats the way it is done" . . Labour are simply looking for votes at my expense . . They get votes off ignorant people who dont ask tough questions of them because they are hearing whatever they like to hear . .

I couldn't tell you what labors plans are, simply because they dont commit to much publically.

I remember talking to a friend in the FF press office and I was giving out that FF treat us like idiots by not discussing important aspects of our economy (NAMA etc). . They told me that most people do not want to know about it . . they want to be told everything will be alright and that they wont have to pay much more for it. . Apparantly I am in the 5% minority that actually want to see everything . . I want to see how the government comes to a conclusion on something and what sort of SWAT (strengths, weaknesses , opportunities, threats) analysis has been done. But apparantly, most people dont want to know about it. . They just want things sorted. .

Labor offer them that answer , which scares me . . Funnily enough, I would be more labor orientated if I didn't believe that they were full of hot air and going to look after the self interested public service unions . . Some of the general statements from labor can be upsetting . . Not asking questions of our government and their motives for doing things is a major reason we are in this mess . . To let the new government into power without demanding more answers would be simply criminal (and we would deserve everything disastrous that may unfold).

I tell you what, if you can explain to me how labor would set themselves up , make those 3bil cuts, deal with croke park agreement/public servants and deal with the banks (if they were in tomorrow) and outline how this will benefit the country long term, I might just stop my anti-labor post. .