The last year of watching TV and discussions about our debt has been a real eye-opener, and indeed the last couple of weeks it has started to ramp up again with the impending strikes post-Budget.
Firstly, I appreciate that a lot of the trouble people have is the manner in which the banks and developers appear to have been saved without any repercussions for them. I'd be the 1st to cheer if I seen a few people banged up in jail, believe me.
But we have been seeing figures bandied around for over a year now, and indeed been told over and over how these are steadily getting worse. Yet it appears that not one single group in Irish society sees the need for them to take a hit, and a big hit at that.
We were told for 6 months that we would all have to take the pain, and many people sat on discussion progs and said they would take it. But everyone seems to be getting ready to fight, take to the streets or simply go on strike.
The Gov let public spending get out of control for many years, and it will have no option to reign it back in, and indeed make big cuts too. Private employees suffered this, but did not have the option of taking to the streets - they just had to go to the Benefits Office.
Does Irish society not realise the implications of this country going bust? That would be worse than the cuts that are coming, but many look like they will be happy to send the country into bankruptcy.
Firstly, I appreciate that a lot of the trouble people have is the manner in which the banks and developers appear to have been saved without any repercussions for them. I'd be the 1st to cheer if I seen a few people banged up in jail, believe me.
But we have been seeing figures bandied around for over a year now, and indeed been told over and over how these are steadily getting worse. Yet it appears that not one single group in Irish society sees the need for them to take a hit, and a big hit at that.
We were told for 6 months that we would all have to take the pain, and many people sat on discussion progs and said they would take it. But everyone seems to be getting ready to fight, take to the streets or simply go on strike.
The Gov let public spending get out of control for many years, and it will have no option to reign it back in, and indeed make big cuts too. Private employees suffered this, but did not have the option of taking to the streets - they just had to go to the Benefits Office.
Does Irish society not realise the implications of this country going bust? That would be worse than the cuts that are coming, but many look like they will be happy to send the country into bankruptcy.