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Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v2.0

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    #962
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    why is it so difficult to believe that in some cases , wellfare is more rewarding , surely the incomeptance and cynicism of the state would persuade you enough

    3% of cases.


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    #963
    Plautus
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Plautus


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    why is it so difficult to believe that in some cases , wellfare is more rewarding , surely the incomeptance and cynicism of the state would persuade you enough

    The pertinent point being that the sum of 'some cases' is reckoned by the ESRI to be 13,000 welfare recipients or 3% of the total on welfare.

    Edit: props RayM


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    #964
    Jess16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    I think it would be much more productive if these people proffered ways to make change happen as opposed to constantly speculating about what's likely to happen


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    #965
    Plautus
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Plautus


    Damien English needs subtitles ...


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    #966
    Jess16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    Plautus wrote: »
    Damien English needs subtitles ...

    I'm sure his surname is a constant burden to him. The camera likes him though :)


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    #967
    Good loser
    Registered Users Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭Good loser


    Vince loves it when he gets the smallest 'bits of data' that support his socialism.

    Expect that report to be quoted ad nauseum up to and including the budget.

    The SFA had some interesting observations on it today.


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    #968
    Plautus
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Plautus


    It's hardly socialist to point out that the main disincentive to getting off the dole queue is the lack of available jobs, not an imagined life of Reilly with gold taps, surely?


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    #969
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Good loser wrote: »
    The SFA had some interesting observations on it today.

    Of course they'd have some interesting observations on it. They were probably going mad when they read the statistics today - blowing all of their propaganda out of the water. If ISME and the SFA had their way, we'd all be working a 60 hour week for no pay.


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    #970
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    Plautus wrote: »
    It's hardly socialist to point out that the main disincentive to getting off the dole queue is the lack of available jobs, not an imagined life of Reilly with gold taps, surely?

    one of the reason for the lack of jobs is the high minimum wage rates


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    #971
    dav3
    Registered Users Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭dav3


    Good loser wrote: »
    Vince loves it when he gets the smallest 'bits of data' that support his socialism.

    Expect that report to be quoted ad nauseum up to and including the budget.

    The SFA had some interesting observations on it today.

    You mean IBEC? yes, I'm sure they did. They have to justify their wages somehow. Does anybody with a brian actually take anything they say seriously anymore?


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    #972
    Plautus
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Plautus


    one of the reason for the lack of jobs is the high minimum wage rates

    I wouldn't rate it as the foremost issue inhibiting growth by any stretch. Minimum wage still ain't a whole lot of nuts.


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    #973
    Jess16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    one of the reason for the lack of jobs is the high minimum wage rates

    And the high minimum wage is affiliated with the inflation rate. If the commercial sector were to review their prices, people might require smaller wages to survive in this country


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    #974
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Jess16 wrote: »
    And the high minimum wage is affiliated with the inflation rate. If the commercial sector were to review their prices, people might require smaller wages to survive in this country

    Spot on. Everything is relative. It really pisses me off when IBEC et al compare the minimum wage of a country like Spain to the minimum wage in Ireland. They're chalk and cheese.


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    #975
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    irishh_bob wrote: »
    one of the reason for the lack of jobs is the high minimum wage rates

    Complete nonsense. In terms of purchasing power, we don't have a high minimum wage.


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    #976
    irishh_bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭irishh_bob


    Jess16 wrote: »
    And the high minimum wage is affiliated with the inflation rate. If the commercial sector were to review their prices, people might require smaller wages to survive in this country

    the comercial - private sector have made large adjustments in terms of costs , it would be nice if the state sector reduced the likes of local authority rates on business which have actually increased this past three years


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    #977
    Plautus
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Plautus


    The Sun apparently is running the Dana scandal ... coming up!

    Edit - http://twitpic.com/6zuzyp


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    #978
    Good loser
    Registered Users Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭Good loser


    dav3 wrote: »
    You mean IBEC? yes, I'm sure they did. They have to justify their wages somehow. Does anybody with a brian actually take anything they say seriously anymore?

    No, it was the Small Firms Association. Are they credible?

    One point I remember - are the singles really single kwim?

    Believe SW have been calling at 6 a.m. in places - flushing out singles presumably.


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    #979
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,387 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    dav3 wrote: »
    You mean IBEC? yes, I'm sure they did. They have to justify their wages somehow. Does anybody with a brian actually take anything they say seriously anymore?

    "I'm Brian and so's my wife!


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    #980
    take everything
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    Peter Matthews on tonight.
    Should be interesting.
    Wonder how his piece in the Sindo sits with FG.


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    #981
    JonathanAnon
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    More petty crap from Vincent as usual...

    Dearbhail just used the word "bullsh1t" when speaking to the Minister there... He wont like that.. (on the Frontline)


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    #982
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    "People are walking around literally like zombies" due to the recession.

    Literally ?

    I don't think so missus. Who is she anyway?

    As for Peter - those glasses must be very rose tinted.
    Comparing our economic plight with that of Japan in a positive spin.
    Such utter bollox.


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    #983
    bluefinger
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭bluefinger


    Joe on the ball as usual, Savage Eye only aired about two years ago.


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    #984
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    I'm liking the headline in tomorrow's Indo already.

    Could sense the lift in Vinnie's voice as he read it out too !


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    #985
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    bluefinger wrote: »
    Joe on the ball as usual, Savage Eye only aired about two years ago.

    Despite the fact that Joe relentlessly plugs unFunny Friday, he doesn't seem to like it when the joke is on him. Years before the Savage Eye, the Apres Match team did a skit of him with The 3 Joes. I remember somebody mentioning it to him on Liveline the following day. To say he was not amused would be an understatement. :D


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    #986
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    One of the advantages of living in Wicklow is that you can vote for Stephen Donnelly.

    One of the sharpest people in the Dail.


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    #987
    take everything
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    Vinny cuts to the quick. :pac:


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    #988
    take everything
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    Skid wrote: »
    One of the advantages of living in Wicklow is that you can vote for Stephen Donnelly.

    One of the sharpest people in the Dail.

    He always comes across with great integrity.
    He's the antithesis of the nondescript FF stooge next to Vinny there.


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    #989
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    OH shut up Thomas Byrne... your candidate is gonna get massacred, he doesnt have the likability factor that carried Lenihan through... plug him all you want, he wont be going to the Dáil..


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    #990
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,340 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    ZZZzzz...

    Is VB not doing one to one interviews with the 7 candidates?


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    #991
    Havermeyer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Havermeyer


    Thomas Byrne reminds me of Eoin McLove - he always looks as if he's thinking about jam.

    I can't imagine FF having a bright future if he is one of the "new breed".


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