What kind of monsterous society do we live in? Judges must volunteer for wage cuts at least until the referendum, likewise the chief ex.'s of semi-states. Vastly overpaid hospital consultants will be excluded from the wage ceiling whilst they consult with the health minister. No such choices for the minimum wage earners. They must take what they are given.
Meanwhile, debt incurred privately by the rich is socialised and laid on the backs of taxpayers who had no hand, act or part in incurring them. Bankrupt speculators rush to protect their assets using legal loopholes (transfers to the wife etc). No one is sitting in a jail cell for any of this, or even before a court. Bank executives who beggared their banks walk away with vast pay-outs. Politicians who beggared the country likewise. None of them can be touched.
Billions can be found to rescue banks, but we leave schoolkids in portacabins and cut special needs teachers. Rich pensioners keep medical cards and the rich get priority in healthcare.
And the unelected officials at the ECB and the EU now control our destiny. We are at their mercy, and the mercy of Germany & France.
Where is democracy in Ireland? where is justice? Where is fairness? Where is morality? Where the hell are republican values that are supposed to underpin this nation of supposed equals?
For my part, I think we are a failed state. There is something deeply wrong with this country.
Meanwhile, debt incurred privately by the rich is socialised and laid on the backs of taxpayers who had no hand, act or part in incurring them. Bankrupt speculators rush to protect their assets using legal loopholes (transfers to the wife etc). No one is sitting in a jail cell for any of this, or even before a court. Bank executives who beggared their banks walk away with vast pay-outs. Politicians who beggared the country likewise. None of them can be touched.
Billions can be found to rescue banks, but we leave schoolkids in portacabins and cut special needs teachers. Rich pensioners keep medical cards and the rich get priority in healthcare.
And the unelected officials at the ECB and the EU now control our destiny. We are at their mercy, and the mercy of Germany & France.
Where is democracy in Ireland? where is justice? Where is fairness? Where is morality? Where the hell are republican values that are supposed to underpin this nation of supposed equals?
For my part, I think we are a failed state. There is something deeply wrong with this country.