Fuel protest about prices

Doing nothing in a protest that will get very little public support would appear to be a faster way to bankruptcy. They dont even seem to be organised around a single organisation to negotiate with the government.

No it hasnt. I was in dublin today working and if anything its just pissing more people off.

Every 2nd person you walk past talking about it and how all their doing is impacting poeple now.

Bit of abuse hurled at some of the truckers at one blockage.

It'll get nasty now if nothing else.

Public mood isnt the same as social media. Their losing support of normal people and quickly. Having rent a mob beside them also isnt helping, same faces pushing every protest.

Behind them and with them to achieve what exactly?

We could be looking at fuel rationing, crazy fertilizer prices (higher food costs) shortage of key materials and medicine. Aviation chaos. House building collapse over limited fuel, higher costs and lack of building materials.

What exactly do these monkeys think the government can do in the face of such an onslaught?

All they are doing is putting us on the backdoor before things start to get really bad.

No its becuase its govt. policy to be soft on crime. Massively increased population with no new prisons (despite site already bought). Scrotes with hundreds of convictions let out early or on bail by soft judges. Ridiculously overfilled mens prisons (the friggin UN wrote to the govt. about this) and of course state funding for the IPRT, who write reports saying we should stop sending crims to jail full stop!

🤣 Have you got a link to their new recruits gender and ethnic breakdown?

Why don’t you apply?

Very basic question, do you really think that the taxes etc the state takes in goes into the pockets of whoever happens to be in government at the time?

What do you think pays for all the public services, social welfare etc?

Don't encourage them 😀. Its derailing the thread.

They are only making a serious and precarious situation worse.

Putting us on the back foot before things start to really deteriorate.

A nasty and vile minority involved here. Driven on by anonymous Facebook pages.

The government only care about the balance sheets and getting the pat on the head from the EU head mistress. They literally haven't the foggyest idea what to do with all the money they have. The Children's hospital is a godsend as it's siphoning off those bags they are holding. Another good hefty chunk going towards their next-generation of voters who they fly in by the plane-load on a daily basis. And this is just what can be seen in plain sight.

But keep defending them to the bitter end. Only so long can the cracks be painted over.

My family business has diggers, Tractors and Vans. Our fuel bills have gone up like everyone elses. We are stuck in the same rut as any protestor, but we don't blame the govt for what is going on. Get your Tractors and lorries home and quit annoying the people who are in the same boat as any protestor trying to commute to and from work. This protest isn't the way forward. If they have the time and money to put their machinery on hold and drive hundreds of kms they're a lot better of than most of the poor fcukers they're obstructing.

Are those voters being flown in, first class naturally, under your bed right now?

the government are squandering tax payers money left right and centre and then some more

people have enough workers have enough and now business people like hauliers, farmers and contractors have enough

no indexation of tax credits/bands for workers in the last budget

a miserly 20c off deisel in the worst fuel crisis in 50 years the government are clearly incompetent and have lost the plot

no sign of anything to end this dispute and the state at risk of putting badly needed hauliers and farm contractors out of business before too long

plenty of money available for the generational work shy and any tom dick and harry who illegally enter the state looks like it is time for workers and hard pressed businesses to be looked after

"The government only care about the balance sheets"

Good. The government has to look after the public finances. They certainly could do more to ensure that some expenditure is better managed, but they cannot just stop collecting taxes willy-nilly.

Farmers have previously occupied buildings and blocked ministerial vehicles while protesting. Things that others would have have been arrested for, physically hammered by Guards and condemed by all corners of the media. But when the farmers did it, sweet F all happens. It's no surprise that they would feel emboldened to carry on as they have this week.