Frontline 29/11/2011

woodoo

Tonights Frontline is asking will cuts help (or something along those lines)

Comments?

muppetkiller

Some woman complaining that she'll have to sell her second car if they cut Child Care allowance. (Or she did sell it) Violins at the ready folks it's going to be a long show.

woodoo

I found the woman saying that she would have to wait till child allowance day to afford to change a lightbulb. They cost about a euro.

I'm looking forward to hearing Fergus spinning some tales.

Crazy Horse 6

People are already at breaking point. Interesting few weeks ahead.

bluefinger

woodoo wrote: »

I found the woman saying that she would have to wait till child allowance day to afford to change a lightbulb.

where did you find her?

Lady Chatterton

muppetkiller wrote: »

Some woman complaining that she'll have to sell her second car if they cut Child Care allowance. (Or she did sell it) Violins at the ready folks it's going to be a long show.

She has already sold it. If you live in a rural area and have no access to public transport, then a second car is a necessity, not a luxury.

woodoo

bluefinger wrote: »

where did you find her?

I'm a bit scatterbrained tonight. I found her story a bit suspect.

irishh_bob

three lefties against one conservative on the panel , still more balanced than tonight with vincent browne

BaZmO*

Was that woman on the FL before? I think it was an episode about mortage repayments?

woodoo

Is Fergus Finlay an economist?

irishh_bob

i wouldnt mind the fact that fergus finlay recieves a six figure some for his role in barnados if he wasnt such a pious and insufferabley smug champagne socilist

woodoo

Pat please ask Fergus if he is at the top of his incremental scale already?

irishh_bob

woodoo wrote: »

Is Fergus Finlay an economist?

professional pc liberal do gooder

Skid

irishh_bob wrote: »

i wouldnt mind the fact that fergus finlay recieves a six figure some for his role in barnados if he wasnt such a pious and insufferabley smug champagne socilist

Same as Mary Davis (Remember her? :rolleyes:)

To hear him talk you would think he is campaigning out of the good of his heart.

muppetkiller

bluefinger wrote: »

where did you find her?

In the Dark

Lady Chatterton

irishh_bob wrote: »

i wouldnt mind the fact that fergus finlay recieves a six figure some for his role in barnados if he wasnt such a pious and insufferabley smug champagne socilist

He earns over €100,000 a year according to the Irish Times (March 2011).

The accounts do not disclose the salary of the charity’s chief executive Fergus Finlay. However, the filings for 2009 show one staff member received between €110,000 and €120,000, and four others between €100,000 and €110,000. Following the cuts, no staff member receives in excess of €110,000, while three are paid in excess of €100,000.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2011/0301/1224291075524.html

irishh_bob

Skid wrote: »

Same as Mary Davis (Remember her? :rolleyes:)

To hear him talk you would think he is campaigning out of the good of his heart.

mary was an empty suit , finlay is a skilled political backroom operator , hes a phoney of the highest order but is no dope

Skid

You can turn off the lights here if Mary-Lou's policy is implemented.

Pay caps never work in an open economy.

RandolphEsq

STFU Mary Lou spouting bullsh1t! She is unqualified to debate with Moore and is hogging the airtime for a simple point she doesn't get.

Lady Chatterton

I can't believe it, I actually agree with Moore on something :eek: Children's Allowance should be taxed.

Crazy Horse 6

Labour gobsh1te "we have to makes cuts somewhere", yeah except your own wages.

RandolphEsq

Get to the point red woman!

Crazy Horse 6

Labour are going to get slaughtered in then next election. They will end up as the next greens.

irishh_bob

you know ireland is fcuked when the creation of jobs takes a backseat to the issue of cuts to a sub section of the wellfare system

SEPT 23 1989

Well said that Blonde lady

RandolphEsq

Get the retards out of the audience spouting their tabloid arguments.

Lady Chatterton

You go girl !!!!!!

irishh_bob

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Well said that Blonde lady

populist clap trap

Crazy Horse 6

Well said that woman

fivehoursofsky

Did anyone just spot that little "Cognitive eh...dissonance" slip up? I can actually hear the "what to say when cuts questionning gets too tough" spin being dreamt up by the whip and his speech writer. "Cognitive dissonance...yeah that's good. Sounds intellectual and spontaneous..."

DuckStab

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Get the retards out of the audience spouting their tabloid arguments.

There'd be no one left but the cameraman.

Skid

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Labour are going to get slaughtered in then next election. They will end up as the next greens.

They will. They made ridiculous promises which, as junior coalition partners, they would never be able to keep.

Lady Chatterton

irishh_bob wrote: »

populist clap trap

She has a point, what does the likes of Moore McDowdall and Fergus Finlay know about strugging on a minimum wage.

SEPT 23 1989

irishh_bob wrote: »

populist clap trap[/QUOT

She is right easy to pontificate when you are on his money

artful_codger

capping people at 100k a year lol, good ole SF populism, typical of something that'd come from a party whose finance spokesman (Pearse Doherty) has a certificate in engineering from Letterkenny RTC lol.

irishh_bob

MrsD007 wrote: »

She has a point, what does the likes of Moore McDowdall and Fergus Finlay know about strugging on a minimum wage.

what does it matter whether they do or not ? , its irrelevant to the fiscal possition the country finds itself in

Crazy Horse 6

irishh_bob wrote: »

populist clap trap

You think. The populist are pissed and i sense the elites are worried.

Skid

We want to talk about VAT and other things, so don't go away

Jaysus, Pat - you know how to keep an audience glued to RTE1

RandolphEsq

MrsD007 wrote: »

She has a point, what does the likes of Moore McDowdall and Fergus Finlay know about strugging on a minimum wage.

Moore Mc Dowell is an economist, if he was to live on the minimum wage his judgment would be clouded and his thinking tainted by the struggle in daily life, and that would be to the detriment of his vital work. There is not a direct link between not taxing 100% over €100,000 in the public service and someone being forced to live on minimum wage.

MagicMarker

Holy ****, how can he see past those eyebrows!? :eek:

It's like he has two fake moustaches on his forehead.

RandolphEsq

Jesus how boring is the bread man?

Skid

Never trust a baker who can't pronounce 'bread'

SEPT 23 1989

The Frontline is a petting zoo compared to Vinnies lions den

BaZmO*

Those caterpillars on yer man's eyes are about to turn into butterflies any second now!

Minister Boyce

Those are dam hairy brows baker boy!

irishh_bob

id have more respect for people who scream blue murder when the likes of child benefit is cut or JSA if the same people were willing to admit that shielding the likes of pensioners means that someone has to pay

presently , if your over seventy , you can earn up to 699 euro per week and still go to your GP for free , for a couple who are both over seventy , the threshold is 1398 per week so two retired high paid public servants over the age of seventy can litterally visit thier local DOC for free

artful_codger

is that man wearing a disguise? what's with the eyebrows.

RandolphEsq

Forced abortions would also save the exchequer a lot of money.

mojesius

artful_codger wrote: »

is that man wearing a disguise? what's with the eyebrows.

It's wolfman.

twincamman

mary lou .;) i would

D1stant

twincamman wrote: »

mary lou .;) i would

She'd probably impose an upper limit of 3 minutes


... which might be enough?