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State of the Nation address thread
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Fine Gael believes that Ireland’s broken political system is at the heart of its economic collapse. That is why our [FONT=TimesNewRoman,Italic]New Politics[/FONT], first published in March 2010, commits Fine Gael to the most fundamental reform of politics since the 1930s. In any Republic the people are
supposed to be supreme. Judged by that standard Ireland today is a Republic in name only.
The expressions “Golden Circle”, “Crony Government” and “Crony Capitalism” all describe
the same thing: The abduction of our state by both public and private sector vested interests,
aided and abetted by Fianna Fail.
Fine Gael’s approach to political reform is underpinned by three key principles:
•Change must start at the top. The political system cannot ask others to change andmake sacrifices if it is not prepared to do the same. Fine Gael will cut the number of
politicians by 35% by reducing the number of TDs by 20 and asking the Irish people
to abolish the Seanad. We will also change the pay, pensions and expenses regime for
politicians, and ban corporate donations to parties.
•Change must be fundamental and comprehensive. Modern Ireland cannot begoverned by a system of government originally designed for 19th Century Britain.
•Change must involve the citizens. The people must be consulted on and involved in
the process of political
etc etc etc etc
Sorry that was our election promises,now that were in government ye can all feck of and look after yourselves,our new policy is ourselves alone 
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Fine Gael believes that Ireland’s broken political system is at the heart of its economic collapse. That is why our [FONT=TimesNewRoman,Italic]New Politics[/FONT], first published in March 2010, commits Fine Gael to the most fundamental reform of politics since the 1930s. In any Republic the people are
supposed to be supreme. Judged by that standard Ireland today is a Republic in name only.
The expressions “Golden Circle”, “Crony Government” and “Crony Capitalism” all describe
the same thing: The abduction of our state by both public and private sector vested interests,
aided and abetted by Fianna Fail.
Fine Gael’s approach to political reform is underpinned by three key principles:
•Change must start at the top. The political system cannot ask others to change andmake sacrifices if it is not prepared to do the same. Fine Gael will cut the number of
politicians by 35% by reducing the number of TDs by 20 and asking the Irish people
to abolish the Seanad. We will also change the pay, pensions and expenses regime for
politicians, and ban corporate donations to parties.
•Change must be fundamental and comprehensive. Modern Ireland cannot begoverned by a system of government originally designed for 19th Century Britain.
•Change must involve the citizens. The people must be consulted on and involved in
the process of political
etc etc etc etc Sorry that was our election promises,now that were in government ye can all feck of and look after yourselves,our new policy is ourselves alone :rolleyes:
did ANYBODY actually believe that guff in the first place ???0 -
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i dont know, but i have a mad idea !!!
how about getting someone who is TRAINED with a track record in finance to be our finance minister instead of a solicitor or teacher
Thats still governing ourselves...I thought you were advocating us not governing ourselves
In any event I agree..sort of...thing is there are a lot of people with track records in finance who haven't exactly showered themselves in glory over the past ten years.....
I would settle for anyone with a brain from any walk of life with a certain amount of freedom and independence (for a defined period of time) incentivised to create an equitable (insofar as possible) and stable sustainable system.
A lot of the problems of this world are down to the "experts" phenomenon......I'm of the opinion that many of these so called experts are skilled mainly in the area of feathering their own nests.mad i know - but sure we will get the clowns we keep voting for
well the clowns the majority of people vote for are the peoples problem in the end so perhaps they will eventually make a better decision or perhaps they wont I still support the right of those people (including myself) to vote for who they god damn please as long as those people are made suffer the consequences of their decisions
for the minority who voted otherwise ... well thats just how the cookie crumbles.0 -
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