Budget 2011 - LIVE COMMENT THREAD

Sleepy

Since no one else has posted one yet, I thought I'd get the ball rolling with a thread for commenting on the budget as the announcements are made.

Everyone got the vaseline at the ready?

mathie

Sleepy wrote: »

Since no one else has posted one yet, I thought I'd get the ball rolling with a thread for commenting on the budget as the announcements are made.

Everyone got the vaseline at the ready?

IBTS - In Before The Shafting.

TouchingVirus

Can anybody else get the IPTV streams from the Oireachtas to work? I'd love to hear and watch the collective people getting shafted in 3mbps

Ardennes1944

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Can anybody else get the IPTV streams from the Oireachtas to work? I'd love to hear and watch the collective people getting shafted in 3mbps

dya mean http://www.boards.ie/budgetlive/

RedXIV

Have no sound in work so depending on ye guys for factual updates!

TouchingVirus

That's the flash player, 512kb quality. It's also available directly on the Oireachtas site.

nesf

Bull**** will be deleted from this thread ruthlessly. Please keep your posts on topic and not turn this thread into yet another FF whine. We've loads of other threads for you to do that in

Sleepy

RedXIV wrote: »

Have no sound in work so depending on ye guys for factual updates!

That's why I started this thread

TouchingVirus

Lenihan might start off with his speech saying we're worried about having to seek external assistance. Some autocue type thing appeared on the Oireachtas feed for a moment

Firehen

I'm in work too. Boards is about the only website I can get information on the budget that isn't blocked, so I'd greatly appreciate any updates!

Kinetic^

Any iPad friendly streams of this? No flash = fail!

TouchingVirus

Told ya, just the way he started

Peyton Manning

What time does this clusterfúck get underway people?

mathie

"Signs of hope" Lenny.

Green shoots here we come!

TouchingVirus

If the iPad can play a Windows Media stream then there's a link on Oireachtas.ie for that type of stream

There are audio streams too

And we're off!

billymitchell

This will be a 12 round battering

Sleepy

"our spending has been brought under control" ORLY?

Sleepy

GNP growth sounds wildly optimistic to me...

ei.sdraob

Brian L. "2.5% growth projected "by my dept" next year"

hahahahahahahahaa :P

TouchingVirus

Tom_Brady wrote: »

What time does this clusterfúck get underway people?

If on now Tom. Only started, we're on the intro with rose-tinted glasses part.

We're going so well... the raping is later.

mathie

Its all positive according to Lenny.
"Unemployment down. Exports up. Forecasts for GNP on the way up."

*cough* IMF *cough*

TouchingVirus

GNP 2% and GDP 2.75%, I don't think so. Very optimistic projections

the ERSI pull on the HEAnet network skyrocketed, guess they're all tuning in

BlaasForRafa

Unemployment is down for the third month in a row.

Yes, because they're f******g emigrating. The budget speech has only got going and he's speaking delusions already.

EGAR

I would like to see some stats of *unemployment down* vs *people leaving Ireland by the lorry load*..

Buford T Justice

Full House in the Dáil today. must be the first time this year.

TouchingVirus

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Full House in the Dáil today. must be the first time this year.

Only on budget day, when everybody is watching. Madness.

whatawaster

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Full House in the Dáil today. must be the first time this year.

Even saw Bertie in the back row.

eire2009

I want to know the employment rate and how thats performing that will show the true picture

BlaasForRafa

Now he's trying to justify the wild overspending of previous FF governments FFS

Buford T Justice

Looks like the speech is subtitled on the live link on boards. Useful for anyone with no sound.

mathie

I love the way he says that social welfare and pension payments were increased by far too much due to incomes from the property bubble.

Eh who created the bubble? And who increased the payments to social welfare and pensions?

FFS.

Scofflaw

TouchingVirus wrote: »

GNP 2% and GDP 2.75%, I don't think so. Very optimistic projections

EU has it at 0.9%.

cordially,
Scofflaw

Kristopherus

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Full House in the Dáil today. must be the first time this year.

All there to claim their expenses. Dail sitting till midnight so they can claim overnight:mad::mad::mad:

TouchingVirus

No reduction in State Pension - Surprise!

TheSpecialOne

Grossly inflated GDP and GNP projections mixed with a ridiculous claim that 'unemployment is down'...not emigration but more jobs....if the Budget is filled with further spoof like this the markets will reject it.

Buford T Justice

Waffle waffle waffle, x spending increased 140% from 2000 to 2008 waffle...... Sounds like he's setting us up for a big fall here.

RedXIV

TouchingVirus wrote: »

No reduction in State Pension - Surprise!

F**king ridiculous

Buford T Justice

Child benefit down by €10

Kristopherus

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Child benefit down by €10

First 3 children only

TouchingVirus

Anybody having trouble with streams. RTE have no video, stuttering audio. Oireachtas is laggin out too. I'm on a 100mbit connection, so it ain't me

Buford T Justice

Kristopherus wrote: »

First 3 children only

Thats €20 in my house

BlaasForRafa

Kristopherus wrote: »

First 3 children only

Should have been more.

RobitTV

They try to make the Budget as good as possible, Lenihen is just bull****ting on and on...

Buford T Justice

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Should have been more.

Are you unemployed with two children?

TouchingVirus

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Anybody having trouble with streams. RTE have no video, stuttering audio. Oireachtas is laggin out too. I'm on a 100mbit connection, so it ain't me

No problems watching on rte.ie for me

amacachi

New community work placement scheme, that'll more than cover the child benefit lost in the housing estates.:rolleyes:

ajdb

will RTE's streaming ever be as good at TV? Watching today, there's a notable time lag between the two......

seamus

No reduction in State Pension

~4% drop for social welfare recipients

Child benefit drop of €10 for all children except €20 drop for 3rd child.

Fuel allowance scheme up by €40.

Mac daddy

yeah yeah public servants have done loads yeah right tell that to all the people on the dole waiting weeks before getting anything.

Buford T Justice

Taoiseach Salary reduced by over €14,000, now grossing at circa €90,000

Ministers Salaries reduced by €10,000, bringing it to circa €60,000.