Peter Casey believes Travellers should not be recognised as an ethnic minority

anewme wrote: »

In relation to MS. cash, If you've 10k cash accumulated on social welfare, then
(A) You are not homeless
(B) social welfare is paying too much (clearly if it's the equivalent if 80k working wage)

Emme wrote: »

This is a symptom of the problem.

There is a segment of society in Ireland who make most of the decisions and form most of the opinions (they try anyway). These people mostly live in a bubble and have no idea of what ordinary working people in their city and the majority of people outside their city have to deal with.

The bubble people's Ireland exists mainly inside the bubble only.They know more about people in places such as Africa and India than they do about Irish people outside their bubble. The only Ireland they have experienced outside their bubble are rural towns that host festivals which they attend and their holiday homes on the coast.

Their only experience of real rural Ireland is shouting at "rednecks" on the tv/iPhone screen. They wail about the plight of refugees abroad while ignoring the poverty and homelessness in their own city. They talk fearfully about "the dangerous rise of populism" and Casey's 21% in the presidential election will keep then chattering for days. They do not understand the concept of a couple commuting and working yet coming out with less in their hand than a couple who have never worked a day in their lives.

Most of their opinions come from international media and global SJW icons (some homegrown). They haven't a clue about the life of an ordinary person in Ireland

I think most people who voted for Casey knew that even if he did get elected he would not be able to do anything. That was not the point. The point was to take a rare opportunity to hit back at the estsblishment and to tell those who commanded us to vote a certain way where to stick their orders. A vote for Casey was a protest vote.

The sad thing is that there are very few other ways of protesting. Marching is out when you work every hour the gods send for money to feed your family after taxes and bills have been paid.

Some might say why don't those people quit working and go on the dole if it's so good. Maybe they don't because they have a work ethic. Also someone who is new to benefits because of redundancy will not get as much in benefits as someone who has never worked. This is the opposite of some other countries where your jobseekers' allowance is proportional to your contributions and starts high but diminishes as time goes on. This is policy to encourage working. Ireland's policy actively discourages it except for the very highest earners.

Calhoun wrote: »

Be interesting to see where this goes from the looks on social media some aren't taking it for granted but allot of the liberal NPCs going a little feral and being abusive.

I hope this is a start to turning the tide on their group think and general extermination protocol when someone doesn't agree with them.

All the abuse at people who voted for Casey is great as it sows allot more discourse.

Emme wrote: »

No. I got it from working all my life, moving out of the city to a rural area because that was what I could afford and seeing how neighbours have to live and also farmers and business people in the community.

Calhoun wrote: »

Well allot of the mudslinging is happening on Twitter, did they not program you to use all social media? Thats normally where people like you thrive.