magicbeans
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Heard a great debate / theory in the pub the other nite, that the Irish Boom was just a giant Pyramid Scheme.
The main points were ;
- Cheap money arrived
- Lots of us started buying and selling property
- Like a pyramid scheme those in earlier made good money until the pyramid got too big, compounded by banks tightening the money
- Everyone kept it going as long as possible as Irelands small enconomny has bet everything on manufacturing houses, and forgot about manufacturing anything else.
- The spin off kicked off a boom in service and retail industries as breakfast roll man spent his cash
- No great investment alternatives at present, as stock market falling and Warren Buffet's shoe shine boys have moved into buying shares, certain of a perceived bounce back (One guy swears he heard ordinary 20 year old lads in his local gym quoting Warren Buffet and convincing one another to buy loads of Irish shares now, as they're bound to go back up)
- We'll all back to the 80's where the country largely depended on the public sector wages to keep the economy going (i.e. nurses, teachers, guards spending on service industry's, buying homes etc.)
- Government now likely to make things worse by putting a chainsaw to the public sector in November, as the media seem to be demanding it, and it will be seen as a popular move after the medical card fiasco. (Public sector report due out end Nov. 08)
All of the above points caused a lively debate in my local this weekend, I'm sure it will be no different here ! Have fun !
The main points were ;
- Cheap money arrived
- Lots of us started buying and selling property
- Like a pyramid scheme those in earlier made good money until the pyramid got too big, compounded by banks tightening the money
- Everyone kept it going as long as possible as Irelands small enconomny has bet everything on manufacturing houses, and forgot about manufacturing anything else.
- The spin off kicked off a boom in service and retail industries as breakfast roll man spent his cash
- No great investment alternatives at present, as stock market falling and Warren Buffet's shoe shine boys have moved into buying shares, certain of a perceived bounce back (One guy swears he heard ordinary 20 year old lads in his local gym quoting Warren Buffet and convincing one another to buy loads of Irish shares now, as they're bound to go back up)
- We'll all back to the 80's where the country largely depended on the public sector wages to keep the economy going (i.e. nurses, teachers, guards spending on service industry's, buying homes etc.)
- Government now likely to make things worse by putting a chainsaw to the public sector in November, as the media seem to be demanding it, and it will be seen as a popular move after the medical card fiasco. (Public sector report due out end Nov. 08)
All of the above points caused a lively debate in my local this weekend, I'm sure it will be no different here ! Have fun !