We'r doomed

They're like that in the hope that one day they can turn around smugly and say...


'i told you so'.

I thought this was about the We'r tribe in Mongolia. Disappoint.

I thought this was another report from that great instutute of doom and gloom the ESRI.

mariaalice wrote: »

Following another thread thread but it should really be in AH, what going on with the we'r doomed brigade, in this case it the multinationals they can't understand why they are here( because Ireland is a banana republic ). The multi nationals are going to be pulling out any day now( being saying this since the late 90s ). There are lots of versions of the above, is it just an extremity negative view of their own country or just a curmudgeon type personality.

Obviously it is great for the economy to have a lot of multinationals here but given the level of debt in this country, we are totally dependent on that sector for our continued solvency. That is not healthy but it is how things stand. So, they should be encouraged to stay and to keep coming.

As a long term strategy, the nations debts should be paid down a the economy re-orientated in such as way as to encourage the growth of cottage industries and the indigenous manufacturing sector. This should have the long term strategy of creating more large indigenous companies which could branch out overseas.

The single best thing we Irish could do for our economy and by extension, our children and our environment and the future is to work for lower pay. Cheap labour is wonderful, imagine a country where a lot of work gets done! (no, I am not an employer.) I think this strategy should be coupled with restrictions on foreigners buying property here with the exception of companies that are investing for the express purpose of setting up a real business which will employ a lot of people. In other words, I propose a very different type of economy than the one we have. For example, I think vulture funds should not be buying up toxic debt. The economy I envisage would allow banks to fail, and it would be an economy that would be prepared so as not be at the mercy of foreign creditors when the banks fail.

Some businesses should be prevented from starting new operations here, like breweries, distilleries and casinos. The focus of foreign companies should be on export orientated businesses rather than those established exclusively for the domestic market.

After all, we want foreign companies with revenue streams that bring money in and not those that source their revenue from the domestic market. Come to think of it, if there is a hard BREXIT, we could and should tax British retailers here more than we tax Irish retailers, precisely for the aforementioned reason, they take their revenue from the domestic market unlike pfizers or Apple which tend to export most of what they make here and consequently they bring money from outside the country, into the country.

As this stand, when Ireland wants money it borrows it! That is not the right way to get money into the country!

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

ygolometsipe wrote: »

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Yay, years since we had a cat thread! Can someone add 'with added cats' to the title please?

There are definitely a lot of moaners and begrudgers in Ireland, who often repeat "this is a ****h0le of a country", or "we live in a 3rd world country".

If they actually got up and moved around other countries and actually go to parts of the 3rd world, they would actually see why Ireland continually ranks near the top of great places to live.

mariaalice wrote: »

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