Since the foundation of the state our governments, of various hues, have failed us in just about every respect.
Economically we were utterly mismanaged for the first 40 years and with the exception on a short period in the late 50’s/ early 60’s and another between the late 80’s and late 90’s, it’s been the same complete mismanagement ever since. Any 6th year economics student with half a brain could have pointed out the mistakes as they were being made.
Socially it’s been the same thing; form the states failure to protect children in its care from child rapists and the past and current failure to bring those responsible to justice.
Add to that the systematic and systemic interference by Roman Catholic Church in social policy and legislation where everything from birth control to laws against homosexuality was overseen by people who were, at the same time, covering up for, facilitating and financing child rapists.
The state has failed to provide adequate healthcare (even though one in every 17 people in the workforce now works for the HSE).
The state had failed to provide adequate transport infrastructure.
The state has failed to provide adequate policing and prison services.
The state has failed to provide or regulate adequate utilities (Water, Broadband, and Power).
The state can’t even organise the pensions of its own employees.
Most importantly the state has failed most spectacularly anywhere is comes into contact with the private sector. It has failed to regulate the financial services industry. It failed to regulate private nursing homes (that it funds). It managed to get fleeced any time it tried to sell off a state asset or any time it buys services or infrastructure (P-PARS, E-Voting, Roads, Schools, Hospitals, etc).
Any time the state attempts to stimulate the market it screws things up (housing bubble).
Why, after 80 years of almost continuous failure, do we still keep looking to the state to provide things for us that we are able to provide for ourselves?
Economically we were utterly mismanaged for the first 40 years and with the exception on a short period in the late 50’s/ early 60’s and another between the late 80’s and late 90’s, it’s been the same complete mismanagement ever since. Any 6th year economics student with half a brain could have pointed out the mistakes as they were being made.
Socially it’s been the same thing; form the states failure to protect children in its care from child rapists and the past and current failure to bring those responsible to justice.
Add to that the systematic and systemic interference by Roman Catholic Church in social policy and legislation where everything from birth control to laws against homosexuality was overseen by people who were, at the same time, covering up for, facilitating and financing child rapists.
The state has failed to provide adequate healthcare (even though one in every 17 people in the workforce now works for the HSE).
The state had failed to provide adequate transport infrastructure.
The state has failed to provide adequate policing and prison services.
The state has failed to provide or regulate adequate utilities (Water, Broadband, and Power).
The state can’t even organise the pensions of its own employees.
Most importantly the state has failed most spectacularly anywhere is comes into contact with the private sector. It has failed to regulate the financial services industry. It failed to regulate private nursing homes (that it funds). It managed to get fleeced any time it tried to sell off a state asset or any time it buys services or infrastructure (P-PARS, E-Voting, Roads, Schools, Hospitals, etc).
Any time the state attempts to stimulate the market it screws things up (housing bubble).
Why, after 80 years of almost continuous failure, do we still keep looking to the state to provide things for us that we are able to provide for ourselves?
