There's a thread about Bertie in the depths where the arguement as to whether he should be held responsible for the economic meltdown.
I thought to myself, what would/should have shape Bertie's views on how to run the country.
By 2006, he was Taoiseach for just over 8 years, were there any severe warning signals to inform him that a change in economic direction was needed at that point?
I googled '2006 Economic Report Ireland', and this is what came up.
Try reading this without the benefit of hindsight from the last 3/4 years and ask youself whether you really believe the 2006 government acted in a grossly irresponsible manner in the context of what we knew at the time.
I'm sure there are other reports with more severe warnings. But my belief is that if you have a number of very credible international observers giving you the thumbs up on what you have achieved, how likely are you to question yourself?
[broken link removed]http://books.google.ie/books?id=l6U...age&q=economic report on ireland 2006&f=false
I thought to myself, what would/should have shape Bertie's views on how to run the country.
By 2006, he was Taoiseach for just over 8 years, were there any severe warning signals to inform him that a change in economic direction was needed at that point?
I googled '2006 Economic Report Ireland', and this is what came up.
Try reading this without the benefit of hindsight from the last 3/4 years and ask youself whether you really believe the 2006 government acted in a grossly irresponsible manner in the context of what we knew at the time.
I'm sure there are other reports with more severe warnings. But my belief is that if you have a number of very credible international observers giving you the thumbs up on what you have achieved, how likely are you to question yourself?
[broken link removed]http://books.google.ie/books?id=l6U...age&q=economic report on ireland 2006&f=false