Feasting on the carcass

ART6

According to the Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0727/1224320887021.html
Mr. Justice McGovern made this remark about of professionals who "appeared to be getting good pickings from troubled sectors". This in respect of Newbridge Credit Union where a special manager was appointed with fees of €647,382 for five months work, with €70,977 legal fees on top. The bills must be met by the credit union members, many of whom are probably already facing severe financial problems. OK, so individual members will not get a bill, but collectively they will lose.

However, I suppose, we can draw some comfort that there are some jobs that are still remunerative and secure, although they do seem to be located mainly in politics, law, and accountancy. In other words, professions that make nothing, manage nothing, export nothing, obstruct everything.

The fact that these elite vultures are a small percentage of the population, the working class of which provides their sophisticated lifestyles, is making me increasingly bitterly angry. Get your b****y act together Enda Kenny. This has really got to stop.:mad:

RichardAnd

ART6 wrote: »

The fact that these elite vultures are a small percentage of the population, the working class of which provides their sophisticated lifestyles, is making me increasingly bitterly angry. Get your b****y act together Enda Kenny. This has really got to stop.:mad:

I believe the correct term for such individuals would be "job creators" .

ART6

RichardAnd wrote: »

I believe the correct term for such individuals would be "job creators" .

Yes, of course. I stand corrected:). Vultures breed vultures, all of whom have a secure and remunerative future. But what happens when the carcasses run out? Do the vultures then feed on each other, eventually becoming extinct? Could that extinction be hastened a little by protecting the remaining carcasses from the swooping flocks? Or could the vultures be convinced that their huge appetites might not be in their best interests?

n97 mini

Brian McGovern, the High Court judge in question, is on what salary, plus pension etc?

A bit of pot-kettle-black going on there I'm afraid.

AlekSmart

n97 mini wrote: »

Brian McGovern, the High Court judge in question, is on what salary, plus pension etc?

A bit of pot-kettle-black going on there I'm afraid.

He could have kept schtum and nobody would have batted an eyelid,but hizzonors rmarks still have more than a tad of truth about them....:)

The Newbridge C.U. bill is astronomical......:eek:

n97 mini

AlekSmart wrote: »

He could have kept schtum and nobody would have batted an eyelid,but hizzonors rmarks still have more than a tad of truth about them....:)

True, but while credit union man is gone, hizzonors clocks up the same bill every three years.

And there are more judges than credit unions.

ART6

n97 mini wrote: »

True, but while credit union man is gone, hizzonors clocks up the same bill every three years.

And there are more judges than credit unions.

Also true, but I doubt that the judge clocks up fees of €600,000 for one case lasting three months.

2moreMinutes

ART6 wrote: »

However, I suppose, we can draw some comfort that there are some jobs that are still remunerative and secure, although they do seem to be located mainly in politics, law, and accountancy. In other words, professions that make nothing, manage nothing, export nothing, obstruct everything.

The fact that these elite vultures are a small percentage of the population, the working class of which provides their sophisticated lifestyles, is making me increasingly bitterly angry. Get your b****y act together Enda Kenny. This has really got to stop.:mad:

The fact that you are throwing all accountants into the same "elite vulture" category pisses me off big time. Do you realise what accountants in small practices do for their clients? Do you know what services they provide to them? Do you realise how they provide all these services knowing that they will never get paid for all the work they do? Do you realise how small practices bascially offer almost 10-12 months free credit to these small businesses?

One of the bad things that has crept into this country over the last few years is the huge level of begrudgery towards all people within certain highly qualified professional sectors without having a clue about what they actually do.

Sleepy

Some businesses do well in a boom, others do well in a bust.

While the estate agents and conveyancing specialists were drinking the champagne for the decade up to 2008, it'll be the liquidators and bankruptcy specialists who do well for the next decade.