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Is it just me or have SF vanished?
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Sultan_of_Ping wrote: »ah, yes the "....self-taught financial mind" whose claim to having a sufficiency of intellect to manage a modern economy is that he almost beat his first year maths teacher in an algebra match!
Sounds like exactly the type of person you'd want to be running the economy and also exactly the type of person who came up with the "brilliant" SF wealth tax proposals - obviously "marginal cost of funds" wasn't covered in the algebra match
Well, look... what was Pascal before that ?
Pearse has a history of pretending to hold qualifications that he never earned, but so did Bertie
Would be interesting to see how Doherty faired once he drops all pretences that’s he is a socialist0 -
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Sultan_of_Ping wrote: »ah, yes the "....self-taught financial mind" whose claim to having a sufficiency of intellect to manage a modern economy is that he almost beat his first year maths teacher in an algebra match!
Sounds like exactly the type of person you'd want to be running the economy and also exactly the type of person who came up with the "brilliant" SF wealth tax proposals - obviously "marginal cost of funds" wasn't covered in the algebra match
He couldn't be any worse than any of our previous. Not picking on FG, but what was Michael Noonan's background in finance? Apart from being a school teacher...:rolleyes:0 -
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He couldn't be any worse than any of our previous. Not picking on FG, but what was Michael Noonan's background in finance? Apart from being a school teacher...:rolleyes:
Economics at UCD.
Donohoe is eonomics from Trinity
And I think Bruton did his Masters on public debt.
The SF taxation policies always ignore marginal cost of funds - you can't wish it away anymore than you can wish away gravity because you want to fly! However, it does seem to be a basic principle of Shinnernomics that such matters are ignored or perhaps filed under "ah, sure it'll be grand"
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Sultan_of_Ping wrote: »Economics at UCD.
Donohoe is eonomics from Trinity
And I think Bruton did his Masters on public debt.
The SF taxation policies always ignore marginal cost of funds - you can't wish it away anymore than you can wish away gravity because you want to fly! However, it does seem to be a basic principle of Shinnernomics that such matters are ignored or perhaps filed under "ah, sure it'll be grand"
Was thinking imagine in SF were in government and a decision was made to give everyone who can’t work €350 a week in an attempt to keep things ticking over? Just imagine the bluebots on here shrieking in panic “they’ll kill us all, they’ll kill us all”. LOL.
The hypocrisy of FG fanboys on here is one thing that has remained unchanged despite these unprecedented times, that much is certain.0 -
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TheCitizen wrote: »Was thinking imagine in SF were in government and a decision was made to give everyone who can’t work €350 a week in an attempt to keep things ticking over? Just imagine the bluebots on here shrieking in panic “they’ll kill us all, they’ll kill us all”. LOL.
The hypocrisy of FG fanboys on here is one thing that has remained unchanged despite these unprecedented times, that much is certain.
ah, now there's a difference between guaranteeing a minimum, non-savings, subsistence level of income when you can borrow at 0% and pledging to spend €22 billion in borrowed funds.
In the former scenario you are, effectively, bringing forward your tax take - in the latter you're just exploding the deficit and increasing the cost of borrowing, which drives up the deficit, which increases the cost of borrowing, which drives up the deficit, which increases the cost of borrowing,which drives up the deficit, which increases the cost of borrowing,which drives up the deficit, which increases the cost of borrowing.......and so it goes in the land where Shinnernomics prevails.
But then again, harbouring people who blow things up, sometimes without rhyme, reason or warning, is an SF specialty 0 -
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TheCitizen wrote: »Was thinking imagine in SF were in government and a decision was made to give everyone who can’t work €350 a week in an attempt to keep things ticking over? Just imagine the bluebots on here shrieking in panic “they’ll kill us all, they’ll kill us all”. LOL.
The hypocrisy of FG fanboys on here is one thing that has remained unchanged despite these unprecedented times, that much is certain.
Is that the best your imagination came up with?
F**k me I am currently King of the World, f**k Ireland, I own the lot
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Shefwedfan wrote: »Is that the best your imagination came up with?
F**k me I am currently King of the World, f**k Ireland, I own the lot
Go you."Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."
Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.
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Shefwedfan wrote: »Is that the best your imagination came up with?
F**k me I am currently King of the World, f**k Ireland, I own the lot
You absolutely would, and you know it.0 -
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It is a long way from election night, when we had "Up the RA" and "Come out ye Black and Tans". It must be terribly disappointing for Sinn Fein supporters to realise that they are now further from government than ever, that no party wants to coalesce with them, that their "success" has been tarnished by events and that finally the FG government is actually getting some credit.
Once the Greens get over their national government hump - they must do that to appease their members - then we will see a new government formed that will last the five years.
This is funny.
If a government of FG/FF/GR forms SF will be exactly where they were...in opposition for the next 5 years, which was one of the +'s of their situation after the election.
The 'SF could not lose in any of the scenario's' POV.
Now, however, it will be in opposition to parties who have to find a fair way to pay for this crisis and continue to manage expectations.
Are we confident these 3 can do that?
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