I've heard this bandied about on many media & web discussions on our current financial crisis. I think most people don't fully understand what's going on, plus the pain will be spread out over years, and there's no leadership. Rioting is for angry young students, not for angry couch potatoes (like me...).
Equally I've seen plenty of "web campaigns", but I don't see that these as carrying any weight. It's too easy for people to send an email, click on an online survey, etc. for it to have much significance.
I do think there have been criminal acts, and acts of corruption which have helped bring us to our current situation. My idea would be to setup a reward scheme for information leading to criminal convictions, along the lines of what lead to the Mahon tribunal
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Idea would be along the lines of:
1. Set up a "clean up Ireland" fund which would.
2. provide rewards for people providing info to the authorities which leads to criminal convictions of senior businessmen/bankers, politicians or senior public servants.
3. money to come from the "people of Ireland" who feel aggrieved enough to contribute.
The scheme would need some form of legal trust to administer it.
People would donate via a website.
If successful claims aren't made after a 5-10 year period, they money is divided amongst a group of charities.
Any thoughts on the feasibility of such an idea, & what it would take to set it up?
If a few hundred or few thousand people were each willing to contribute a few hundred or thousand euro, we'd have a good sized fund.
Equally I've seen plenty of "web campaigns", but I don't see that these as carrying any weight. It's too easy for people to send an email, click on an online survey, etc. for it to have much significance.
I do think there have been criminal acts, and acts of corruption which have helped bring us to our current situation. My idea would be to setup a reward scheme for information leading to criminal convictions, along the lines of what lead to the Mahon tribunal
.
Idea would be along the lines of:
1. Set up a "clean up Ireland" fund which would.
2. provide rewards for people providing info to the authorities which leads to criminal convictions of senior businessmen/bankers, politicians or senior public servants.
3. money to come from the "people of Ireland" who feel aggrieved enough to contribute.
The scheme would need some form of legal trust to administer it.
People would donate via a website.
If successful claims aren't made after a 5-10 year period, they money is divided amongst a group of charities.
Any thoughts on the feasibility of such an idea, & what it would take to set it up?
If a few hundred or few thousand people were each willing to contribute a few hundred or thousand euro, we'd have a good sized fund.