Idbatterim wrote: » Right wing ? Looooool! I go to the states quite a bit , I'd be seen as left wing over! The Tories in the uk would be centre right .... they are on another level to the right compared to fg.... fg rip off housing is morally corrupt and depraved, but go on , support the free luxury a rated housing for some that most of us cant afford.... go on.... Excuse the farce of law and order , health , Infrastructure, housing here.... is the excuse that dumb and dumber have only had nearly 100 years in government and two massive booms recently? Most of my mates in relationship on good bit over hundred k combined salary could only buy decent home in decent areas of Dublin with one or two exceptions, after a deposit bailout from parents usually. I'll go mad and suggest if it wasnt for free travel , medical card , welfare bonus , free housing , nothing they will ever benefit from , they wouldn't have to have borrowed from their folks. And if the folks cant bail then out , their ****ed. What's your solution, let them commute 2 hours minimum each day to some kip and have the 4eva home brigade beside good Infrastructure and employment opportunities beside dundrum town centre and luas ? Paying a " rent " lol, that wouldn't t cover the management fee , if they are bothered paying rent with free money , spare me!
Bishop of hope wrote: » You proved pog's point right there.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » WTF.....
Idbatterim, you're going to give yourself a seizure one of these days. You'll be found slumped over your laptop, with a thread about Margret Cash open on your browser. Is that how you want to go out?
smurgen wrote: » So any costing done for this PFG or is a raid on the taxpayers pocket fair game when it's FFG trying to buy power? The same lads that were screaming about the SF manifesto being Shinnernomincs are very quiet at the moment. I know Covid has changed things but surely surely their concerns about costing still stand?!
Poor_old_gill wrote: » I was planning on just ignoring the poster to be honest. Deranged, pointless, uninformed rant
Idbatterim wrote: » Look, it is blatant that they can all magic money out if their ass , fg claiming to be a party of prudence or workers , standup comedy! That was clear fo me well before the election.... It's why I voted af in the election , all stand up comedy acts in terms of financial prudence. All supporting a massive anti worker welfare state , but af might do something about housing for the rest of us... not just pyjama society... like fg bend over backwards for and leave rekatuvemy low to mid income earners screwed!
RandomViewer wrote: » Green household ( poll tax) tax for next budget? 1 000 to 1500 a year? 2"Tory parties in government
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Dude, no one actually reads your stream of consciousness gibberish. Sorry to break it to you.
Idbatterim wrote: » The few hundred thousand that deserted fg in the election, just did it for the laugh did they ?
Idbatterim wrote: » ....... Most of my mates in relationship on good bit over hundred k combined salary could only buy decent home in decent areas of Dublin with one or two exceptions, after a deposit bailout from parents usually. I'll go mad and suggest if it wasnt for free travel , medical card , welfare bonus , free housing , nothing they will ever benefit from , they wouldn't have to have borrowed from their folks. And if the folks cant bail then out , their ****ed. What's your solution, let them commute 2 hours minimum each day to some kip and have the 4eva home brigade beside good Infrastructure and employment opportunities beside dundrum town centre and luas ? Paying a " rent " lol, that wouldn't t cover the management fee , if they are bothered paying rent with free money , spare me!
NovemberWren wrote: » public sector workers. They have their Diplomas, Certificates, BA's. And Labels (for Votes) are dreamed up...CEO., Clerk 1, Clerk grade 3, Supervisor 1, Deputy Supervisor - there is barely a ha'paworth of difference between most of these 'Labels'. Fine Gael (and F.F. etc.), when in Govt. then dream up More 'Labels' (Votes). This rebounds then on Fine Gael, as, there is such a massive stock of these fabricated Labels (in HSE, etc.). So, it is not then that Fine Gael, etc. are 'left'; it is that they have deliberately made the 'left' Voted so massive. And these parties need to give these 'Labels' (Votes), Material to deliberate on, to work on; the poor.
EAPN has cautioned against austerity politics, warning that almost 700,000 people were at risk of poverty before the current crisis.
Podge_irl wrote: » I hate to break it to you, but under no government will homelessness disappear. Equally, many countries have issues with high rents. Is there any country in the world not on its knees by your metrics out of curiosity? It is absurd hyperbole.
Idbatterim wrote: » Please, which bit is uninformed?
efanton wrote: » ..................... Its got to the point now where even those in what were reasonably well paid unskilled labour jobs (retail, office workers, production line, hotels and pubs, nursing assistants, etc) find it very hard to pay their way. There is and will continue to be an inevitable backlash.
Yurt! wrote: » Dublin has been rated the most expensive city in the Eurozone due to it's rents by Mercer. Eurostat figures show rents increased by 40 percent since 2007. Double the European average. So yes it's a significantly acute problem that is worse than other countries. FG presided over a social disaster all over their own making, and a lot of people are p*ssed off. What's more there are enough smugglepuffs (usually Fine Gaelers) trying to p*ss down everyones leg saying it didn't happen and get their knickers in a twist when they get hammered on it. I hate to break all this to you of course...
efanton wrote: » There certainly was not 700,000 on the dole or living of social welfare before the covid crisis, and it is those that do work but are included in that number that have made the swing away from FF/FG so significant.
efanton wrote: » Under FG the poverty gap has and will continue to grow. Rents have increased, cost of lining has increased, young couples can no longer dream of owning their own home, and all the while FG have been trying to convince people it would be so much worse if they were not in power. You can only tell the same lie so many times before people realise they can no longer believe you.
Augeo wrote: Back in 1996/1997 where I worked (retail, DIY stores etc) many of the folk were on under IR£160/week and they found it hard to pay their way also........ you get experience and you move on to better things.
Wanderer78 wrote: » ............ we ve all gone down the same rabbit hole, and nobody knows what to do next
Augeo wrote: What are you referring to? Folk across the country are working, rearing families and enjoying life.
Geuze wrote: » Correct, the number on welfare is much higher. Recipients and beneficiaries peaked at 50% of the pop a few years ago, now about 45%.
Augeo wrote: » What are you referring to? Folk across the country are working, rearing families and enjoying life. Folk looking for easy street will likely never find it, that's the rabbit hole.
efanton wrote: » Im sure you realised I was talking about those claiming unemployment benefits. If you were also talking about total number of people in receipt pensions, disability allowances etc then why not also include every child in the country after all their guardian receive child benefit on their behalf. You could have then agued the vast majority of the population was on benefits :rolleyes:
dundalkfc10 wrote: » Meant to say Cancer Screenings my apologies.Schools should be back open now and before now (like they have been all over Europe) We can all go pub in 2 weeks, get pissed with our mates and come home to our kids, but dont you dare send them to school
Augeo wrote: » Most of them are minimum wage jobs +20% ........... that's not reasonably well paid .......... if your job can be done by a student on their summer break you can't expect to be paid overly fantastically tbh. Back in 1996/1997 where I worked (retail, DIY stores etc) many of the folk were on under IR£160/week and they found it hard to pay their way also........ you get experience and you move on to better things. Lots of folk on low wages qualify for HAP btw so they can be doing better then folk paying the higher rate of tax.
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