EX FG voters, why have you stopped supporting them?

This thread continues to be hugely entertaining. There are loads of people lining up to tell us why they won't vote for FG again, yet, curiously, FG are well ahead of their general election performance. Does that mean that FG have been picking up more voters than the 3% they gained to counterbalance all those who are not voting for them again?

Leo is taking over as taoiseach at the worst possible time, he are heading for a global recession in 2023 which will bring higher unemployment not just in blue collar jobs in the SME sector in Ireland, but white collar jobs at a lot of big tech companies and investment banks. Corporation tax will fall , income tax from the white collar high paid jobs will fall and unemployment benefits will rise which will dent our balance sheet big time. Usually people up sticks and left to Australia Canada etc, but they are all in worse states than us right now and as this ill be a global recessions I don't think we will see the mass exodus like in 2008, this will but even more strain on the public finances.

Leo will have a tough job as he (FG), Greens and Fianna Fail will be blamed just like Fianna Fail was after the 2008 crash.

This is it for me. The never ending March of the nanny state. Interfering in each and every aspect of our lives. The covid farce really was the epitome of this for me. Climate mania just but another.

Everything is catastrophised to death- meaning the never ending cry of “we need more legislation to deal with this”.

Yes, this is needed. Ireland is crying out for a proper conservative (fiscally) party.

In fairness, in the last few years of FG the marginal tax rate has been reduced at least once and the threshold increased a few times from 33 odd k to 40k next year.

That being said, I paid 33% effective tax rate this year. I prefer this calculation as it removes obfuscation.

Agree for sure. I am staunchly opposed to any form of voting for those who dont have to live with it. Especially given the ratio of Irish in Ireland to Irish around the world. The expats would control everything whilst not living here!

I hate this sort of idea tbh. I'm not a bank of mummy and daddy person, I'm a college dropout with autism. Yet I managed to work my way up. I'm nothing special, if I can do it anyone can.

We don't have a housing crisis, we have a crisis of government market distortion.

I see you are OK with one ideology and just dislike others then.

Only schools in my area that have space are the Catholic ones. But schools are generally rammed everywhere and most places offer no choice at all, particularly at Primary.

If you are against ideology in schools you have to be against that too. Are you?

I see you are off trying to put words in my mouth...I have already said, it is parents who should decide what ideology is taught to their kids!! Too many nutters are always trying to save the souls of others!!

So you're a hypocrite who is ok with ideology you personally like being taught, then.

Parents in most of the country have no choice over Catholic ideology being taught.

It's like taking to a brick wall here!!

I was very clear in what I said.

And it's very clear what you meant, too.

I hope so, but in case there is any ambiguity I'll repeat myself.

Any grown adult who wishes to stand in front of a class room of boys and try to convince them they are sinners or are toxic, should be kept as far away from children as humanly possible.

So you *are* in favour of complete and total removal of religious influence and control from education then?

Agree. There should not be any indoctrination allowed in schools. Be that catholic, protestant, muslim, flying spaghetti monster, transgenderism, wokeism etc.

I have young boys in my family. I know exactly what they are being taught in school.

So, I'll ask again....do you think young boys should be taught they are toxic in schools?