Bankrupt Badger?
Blogging about the Politics here in Ireland is like yelling at sheep. There is very little reaction and absolutley no improvement in behaviour, they just get worse.
The recent lining of everyone’s pockets in government and the civil service represents the prevailing attitude that the country is in a strong financial position. This is delusional and nothing could be further from the truth. The precarious economic situation we find ourselves in is the result of bad government and bad policies for many years.
Brian Cowen getting a bonus when he cannot even guess within a Billion Euros what the nations annual revenue is going to be for each of the past five years? A job well done indeed!
Riding high on the back of the Celtic Tiger these eejits have abused the trust bestowed upon them by the voters. Now that we are entering the dawn of the Bankrupt Badger era (Celtic Tiger 1995-2007 RIP) the population will be made to suffer yet again. So be it. We’ve suffered before. No invader or occupier has been able to break our spirit; but, now we are the victims of a crueler breed who could do just that.
Both sheep and politicians need to be well fenced or they will cause damage.
Bankrupt Badger
Would be interested in what you think of my 10 predictions for post-tiger Ireland.
Think I agree that this time, we’ve done it to ourselves!
Comment by Paul Browne - People and Technology — October 28, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
Thanks Paul for the link to your predictions! I hope your optimism proves true. It seems to me that there is a severe lack of critical thought in government policies that doesn’t allow me to share that optimism of yours. For example the turnaround by Dempsey over this Provisional License legislation, not only was it badly conceived and poorly executed; but, I have questions as to the legality of the Minister of Transportation repealing any law without due process.
Protection measures should have been put in place to protect any gains we have made in the past 10 years, none were, and so the downward slide in the economy will have no stop gaps to prevent a total bottoming out. There are very rough times ahead.
Comment by Administrator — October 28, 2007 @ 9:23 pm