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Ireland: Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal?

  • 30-08-2012 7:51pm
    #1
    K3lso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭


    I know AH is not representative of the whole of Ireland but if I could, I'd like to tell of an opinion I've formed while on these forums. As far as I can see, it seems most people are wise about their money and that believe we should not be getting into any debt which is then thrown on the backs of the ordinary person in the street and their families. So we agree that government should only spend on what it receives.

    As well as this, it seems most people are in favour or more civil liberties, marijuana legalisation, that sex between two adults for money should not be a crime and that two people regardless of sex should be allowed marry.

    If this is so - then why doesn't Ireland have "representatives" that represent the people? Do we as a people just not care enough? What is it? I find it hard to believe that what the government are engaged in is what the people of this country actually want. Am I off?


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  • #2
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    because boards has a membership of several thousand people in a country of 5 million?


  • #3
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    K3lso wrote: »
    I know AH is not representative of the whole of Ireland but if I could, I'd like to tell of an opinion I've formed while on these forums. As far as I can see, it seems most people are wise about their money and that believe we should not be getting into any debt which is then thrown on the backs of the ordinary person in the street and their families. So we agree that government should only spend on what it receives.

    As well as this, it seems most people are in favour or more civil liberties, marijuana legalisation, that sex between two adults for money should not be a crime and that two people regardless of sex should be allowed marry.

    If this is so - then why doesn't Ireland have "representatives" that represent the people? Do we as a people just not care enough? What is it?

    But I think we do

    FG represent fiscal conservatism
    Labour represent social liberalism

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #4
    xDramaxQueenx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭xDramaxQueenx


    Don't care enough to be honest, what was the question?


  • #5
    K3lso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭K3lso


    mango salsa wrote: »
    But I think we do

    FG represent fiscal conservatism
    Labour represent social liberalism

    What have Fine Gael done to espouse fiscal conservatism in the last year and a half? They're afraid to touch the 750 quangos but raise taxes to support more?

    And Labour - these are engaged in internet censorship among other things. Only a religious fundamentalist would consider them socially liberal. I am asking this because I ma genuinely interested..as far as I'm concerned, none of the parties represent what people think they do.


  • #6
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    Simple AH's answer.
    Boards demographic is young.
    Voting demographic is old.


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  • #7
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    Simple AH's answer.
    Boards demographic is young.
    Voting demographic is old.


  • #8
    K3lso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭K3lso


    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    Simple AH's answer.
    Boards demographic is young.
    Voting demographic is old.

    But surely the younger demographics see whats coming and have some kind of motivation to get involved? Do people think that sitting back is going to do squat...


  • #9
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    mango salsa wrote: »
    But I think we do

    FG represent fiscal conservatism
    Labour represent social liberalism

    And Ming represents all the stoners.


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