Frontline 23 January

deelite

Anybody watching?

BroomBurner

Yup, a lot of common sense being spoken in the five minutes I've watched it.

baldbear

I'm watching.:D

My water is undrinkable, the stink of chemicals makes me tea stink. They can feck right off....

deelite

the reason why it was so expensive for the water was cause the pipes were cracked and not up to standards

JonathanAnon

I have all the vegetables lined up to throw at the telly when whingebag Clare Daly pipes up.

deelite

baldbear wrote: »

I'm watching.:D
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Good I thought I was going to a be quoting my own posts all night:D

BroomBurner

No problem paying for waste - it's a costly service
No problem paying for water - providing the pipes are fixed

Eh, Mortgage Broker not doing the stereotypical view of mortgage brokers any help.

irishh_bob

if people are this agitated about paying one hundred euro , what will the response be like when we are paying ten times that , are people this ignorant about the fiscal state of the country ?

Keedowah

It seems like everything is going to have a separate charge now - where do our taxes go besides paying off unsecured bond holders and ministers' perks?

I do think that water should be charged - but it needs to be a good standard, and I fear that it will just rise and rise with little justification.

Harry Angstrom

I'd like to know why local authority tenants are exempt from paying the household charge? They make use of local amenities and facilities as well. Why should they get off without paying this charge???

baldbear

They abolished it for votes i'd say..

irishh_bob

ah here is the bossy frauline , telling us pixie irish how we need to behave ourselves

JonathanAnon

You must pay for ze vater, you must pay ze taxes, and you must pay ze bondholders so that our banks dont collapse, you must obey ze orders at all times...



Ja Voll

BroomBurner

Not sure what the purpose of comparing us to other countries is. "ah sure somewhere else it's worse, so just put up with it".

I guess German taxes are going in to the same black hole ours go.

nudger

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I have all the vegetables lined up to throw at the telly when whingebag Clare Daly pipes up.

Bombs away!

baldbear

So this is ww3, finance style!

JonathanAnon

nudger wrote: »

Bombs away!

Once again she doesnt have a clue what she's talking about... very basic, tabloid, populist knowledge of economics... She was on debating with Moor MacDowall a few weeks ago, and she was embarrassing...

Jaysus Packie Bonnar has gone very grey

Skid

The default look on the faces of The Frontline Audience is 'It seemed like a good idea to apply for tickets, at the time'

Keedowah

BroomBurner wrote: »

Not sure what the purpose of comparing us to other countries is. "ah sure somewhere else it's worse, so just put up with it".

I guess German taxes are going in to the same black hole ours go.

Yeah sick of every argument is "Oh the French or German do it this way", we are not French or German (yet)!

Are the Germans paying back for the mess their bankers made - isn't that us?

deelite

The audience don't look happy at all at all.

irishh_bob

JonathanAnon wrote: »

You must pay for ze vater, you must pay ze taxes, and you must pay ze bondholders so that our banks dont collapse, you must obey ze orders at all times...



Ja Voll

ive said it before , most stereotypes are based on truth

baldbear

A shortage of water in a country where it never stops raining.

Harry Angstrom

Pat's getting a good sense of humour in his old age.

JonathanAnon

Pat's not being very fair tonight.. He must have read Joe Duffy's book on "Facetious Broadcasting"

artful_codger

i hope there's a few audience members from Tyrone in tonight.

BroomBurner

Irish politics is just so depressing, I don't think I can watch any more.

Each politician using short-term, populist approaches that benefits themselves and not the population, either present or future generations.

Good night all, try not to get too worked up or ye won't sleep!

deelite

Can I apply for the regulator job or is some relation of the Government getting it?

JonathanAnon

artful_codger wrote: »

i hope there's a few audience members from Tyrone in tonight.

They're probably all still busy kicking Denis "Shine" O'Sullivan...

telekon

Why are these cretins still given a platform?

baldbear

Can't wait for the count to get his spek in.

artful_codger

i shudder to think of how us paddies will react to be charged for flushing a toilet.

fly sh*tting, for starters.

irishh_bob

FF getting on the " exempt the pensioners " side of the arguement good and early

tayto lover

The Property Tax is just to pay the bondholders, pure and simple. I am not paying for someone else's gambling losses.

deelite

Like SF and the bin tax campaign don't pay ..... where is that campaign at now - I haven't seen anybody lately throwing bags into the back of the bin truck.

Keedowah

Glad they got the fella in from ComparetheMeerkat.com - he seems to be talking sense.

irishh_bob

tayto lover wrote: »

The Property Tax is just to pay the bondholders, pure and simple. I am not paying for someone else's gambling losses.

its also to pay for croke park

baldbear

irishh_bob wrote: »

its also to pay for croke park

Are they building another stand?

irishh_bob

baldbear wrote: »

Are they building another stand?

yeah , going to be called the jack o connor end

JonathanAnon

oh just FKKKKKKK off Fianna Fáíl, shouldnt even be given a chair on this panel..

artful_codger

probably got huge grants for all of that work.

Skid

If anyone is nostalgic for 'Questions and Answers' on a Monday Night, John Bowman is on Vincent Browne now.

baldbear

She should of read the official book , She hasn't a clue.:eek:

baldbear

She needed a whole minute to dodge the question..

artful_codger

just shut up and pay your money so we don't have to upset the Unions.

taxpayer scum.

irishh_bob

artful_codger wrote: »

just shut up and pay your money so we don't have to upset the Unions.

taxpayer scum.

labour party press secretary in the house i see

loveisdivine

Is it me or is it Kenny doing most of the rabble rousing? You can tell he doesn't care about it at all, he's just saying what he thinks people will agree with.

When will they be discussing the new broadcast charge? I bet Kenny won't be so vocal about that one.

tayto lover

artful_codger wrote: »

just shut up and pay your money so we don't have to upset the Unions.

taxpayer scum.

We have to pay the Germans, Angela said so.

Cherrycola

baldbear wrote: »

I'm watching.:D

My water is undrinkable, the stink of chemicals makes me tea stink. They can feck right off....

This is my huge issue with water charges. Our water supply is a disgrace, its so full of lime.

Only half the town is run off this source, so depending which side of the canal you live on, you either have fabulous crystal clear, soft drinkable water, making your hair shiny, skin soft, and and tea taste divine, or you have the hardest water i have ever come across, ruining washing machines, kettles, dishwashers, tanks, electric showers, causing hair to be brittle and dry, and aggravating skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis, and meaning that we have to install water softeners, at an extra cost to ourselves to maintain and top up with salt, never mind the replacement appliances!

They have their sh*te if they think i am paying them one red cent for that crap water, that is only fit for flushing toilets, when other towns people a half a mile away dont have these extra expenses!

God it makes me so angry!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

Good loser

loveisdivine wrote: »

Is it me or is it Kenny doing most of the rabble rousing? You can tell he doesn't care about it at all, he's just saying what he thinks people will agree with.

When will they be discussing the new broadcast charge? I bet Kenny won't be so vocal about that one.

Kenny is acting the populist maggot. He does the same with the bondholder payments.

MrCreosote

loveisdivine wrote: »

Is it me or is it Kenny doing most of the rabble rousing? You can tell he doesn't care about it at all, he's just saying what he thinks people will agree with.

When will they be discussing the new broadcast charge? I bet Kenny won't be so vocal about that one.

His job is to stimulate debate and represent the popular viewpoint. Whether or not he cares about the point he is making doesn't matter.

"Populist maggot" as the good loser says- yeah right, he's a consummate professional. Just because you don't like what he does, doesn't mean he's not great at it.