FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3 - Threadbanned User List in OP

...ah now, you might wanna be, if making such statements!

first link on the ould google device....

if you be having an ould dyslexia diagnoses, you d be now havin an ould 'learning disability', as i have myself, along with other family members, but undiagnosed, they would have been considered 'slow learners', and you d be surprised how negatively it effects ones life, the most common being being long term unemployment, dysfunctional behaviors, addictions, mental health issues, etc etc etc

unfortunately you ll find many, if not most such people, i.e. are actually largely undiagnosed, and largely completely unaware of their issues, and our educational system is horrendously dreadful at picking up such issues, and appropriately dealing with them.....

you ll actually find many other known disabilities/disorders, call them what you will, are largely undiagnosed, again, many long term unemployed, theres also evidence within our criminal justice system, i.e. prison system, then of course many are also employed, but struggle with their undiagnosed issues, which in turn can lead to all sorts of complex psychological issues, mental health issues, addiction problems, and blah, blah blah blah....

...oh and learning disabilities commonly dont be alone, as they d be commonly comorbid with other disorders, that can severely impact learning, such as asd, etc etc etc, again, as i have myself....

oh and you ll find many just continue to ignore these realities, and would rather sit on the internets, pointing fingers, judging such folks, and simply continue to just ridicule and shame them further....

Nice bit of revisionism there Kermit. I voted for FG in 2011 by the way. I believed their lies.

Sinn Fein had 4 seats in 2010. 4 seats. They were led by Adams and were a complete irrelevance with very little media coverage.

The IMF and EU were running the show in 2011 and it was during the election campaign that Leo that said "not another red cent" would be paid to the banks and the bondholders would need to take their losses.

Leo's exact words were:

“Anglo Irish Bank is not getting another cent of our money and any bank coming to us looking for more money is going to have to show how they’re going to impose losses on their junior bondholders, on their senior bondholders and their other creditors before they come looking to us for anymore money. Not another cent.”

Meanwhile self serving Gilmore was using the slogan "Labour's Way or Frankfurt's Way" and that he would renegotiate the recent EU-IMF deal. Utter bollocks from another dodgy politician.

But yeah Sinn Fein. Spare me. FG have been a shocking disaster since they assumed power in 2011.

Were the paintings Picassos

You get the impression they have given up. They know they will be utterly destroyed at the next election. I'd keep an eye on their expenses before they leave office. They might do a Dara Murphy (FG) on it.

FG will struggle to keep their existing seats but brand new candidates will really have a hill to climb. I am pretty convinced FG will get around 20 seats next time out. Time will tell.

The end of the dual mandate means more councillors as potential TDs, not fewer.

With current unemployment levels and the demand for staff in so many businesses, FG should be demanding cuts to jobseekers and reduced taxation for those who bother to get up early in the morning. Target the middle income voters, not the welfare gang who will vote SF anyway.

The public wanted an eviction ban. The public got what they wanted.

Populism always ends with bad results.

For 20+ years now every single intervention by successive governments in the property market has just made things worse.

Trying to control rents doesn't work, just drives properties out of the rental market and disincentivises would-be landlords.

Massively increased red tape and BER requirements etc. pushing the cost of construction through the stratosphere. Yes energy efficiency is a good thing but perfect is the enemy of good and we have a f*cking housing crisis. We need homes for people. We can pretty them up later. Where I live there are loads of 50+ year old homes being energy upgraded. These guys would be better used building new homes instead of cutting the gas bills of upper middle class pensioners.

Making it almost impossible, or under the "eviction ban" literally impossible, to evict tenants even if they pay no rent and wreck the place.

Ditto with strategic mortgage defaulters. They should get six months at the most then out on their ear and let an honest person have a home instead.

First time buyer grants which were just pocketed by developers

Mortgage interest tax relief which primarily benefited the most wealthy

Etc.

The best thing the government could do is just stop trying to interfere in the private rental market altogether. The only intervention they should be doing is building as many cost rental properties as possible but they're not doing that.

Who'd be a landlord under this government never mind the prospect of an SF one? But society needs private landlords.

...interesting one from the times.....

Interesting to read that the shinners are up 3% while FFG are down by the same margin. I’m wondering would messrs Varadker & Martin be better off keeping their gobs shut instead of the talk about promising this & that in the next budget? Personally I find these ( so far ) empty promises off putting.

I also find it ironic that the greens are on the same % as Labour- really poor reflection.

The issue isn't reducing tax for workers, its reducing tax for which workers. Someone earning €50k a year has far less pressing needs for money in their pocket than someone earning €25k a year. But Varadkar has a myopic focus on raising the entry point for the upper rate of marginal tax, which only benefits those earning significantly above the median income in the country.

80% of adults in Ireland earn less than €57k per year, for reference. The median household income, nevermind individual, is only about €45k. So raising the the top individual marginal tax entry point to €50k only benefits the already significantly higher income than average.

A much fairer approach would be to raise other tax entry points - instead of having USC of 2% kick in at €12k, and 4.5% at 23k, why not bring the entry point for both up to €30k? Someone on €50k (or €80k, or more) would still save 475e per year with that. But the very important difference is the workers earning less would still benefit, instead of getting nothing from an increase in the upper marginal tax rate.

It's both better morally, and much better electoral politics, to focus on putting money back in every worker's pocket rather than just a select few. FF's electoral instincts are correct on this.

Its also a very effective way to get people off the dole to boot - it makes entry level jobs pay more, and without costing employers a cent.