Did Enda Kenny blame the Irish people for the crisis?

Lending and borrowing, banking, personal debts brought about due to poor decisions is only some of Irelands problems.

The other half:
The over spending of the exchequer - who's at fault there?

FF built this economy on greed for their own gains over inflating their pockets and many sectors and encouraged the breeding grounds for a bubble. They built this economy on the back of this bubble. Apparently we all voted for this as if we were economists and as if we were to know it would lead to a failed economy. Were the nation outside the dail on budget days chanting MORE MORE MORE. No doubt, people did become materalistic happy with money and what that could buy them and with this people slept walked right into this mess blindly while FF filled their pockets with pay rises. I knew something was a amiss during the boom but it only all came together like a jigsaw within the past 18 months.

They were put there to do a job. To care for this country. They took advantage of their power. They failed. We failed. We took our eye of the ball. We're paying for that now. Are they?

Where was the leader of the oppostion in all this. It was their job to offer an alternative. They didn't. They were shouting for more, more, more spending.

I haven't heard his speech. Did he mention the German banks elbowing each other out of the way to lend us money? I'd love to seen Merkels face when he said that. I'll bet it was something.

msg11 wrote: »

I'm devastated, I work 20 hours and this week I got 35, I was like great a bit of extra cash. I got paid 504, only to look to the side after all the government charges that I get paid 430, 70 in taxes, USC and PRSI. PRSI which I though was meant to be included in the USC.

I gave Labour my second vote because I though they would stick up for the low paid worker, how wrong I was.

I'm now 100% convinced they are all the same in the dail.

You are complaining because you paid a total of less than 14% in tax, get a life!

He's right i'm afraid. Ya seen it everywhere fecking plebs driving audi's and the like with their mountain bikes hanging off the back and young ones driving mini coppers with the big over sized sunglasses, all bought on credit. Greed was everywhere and now everyone is paying the price except the protected elites.

Anyone wrote: »

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/kenny-mad-borrowing-sparked-crisis-537452.html

So, according to Enda, we are resoponsible for the current economic crisis. He can go and fúck himself if he is laying the blame on us, the Irish people. Between this and that other gog****e in Cork proposing that SOPA'esque bill, I cant help think that this shower are as bad as the last shower we got rid of.

26/01/2012 - 18:46:40
Ireland’s economic crisis was caused by people’s "mad" borrowing, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Davos global gathering.
In a discussion on ways out of the country’s worst recession on record, Mr Kenny told the summit in the Swiss Alps that easy credit spawned greed.
“What happened in our country was that people simply went mad borrowing,” Mr Kenny said.
“The extent of personal credit, personal wealth created on credit was done between people and banks – a system that spawned greed to a point where it just went out of control completely with a spectacular crash.
“The country borrowed over €60bn at excessive rates and the IMF eventually came in with the Troika.”

I think he left out the word "some" which is a massive oversight.

Maybe I should email him stating that "politicians are corrupt bastards" and leave out the most pertinent word "some" and see how he likes inaccurate sweeping generalisations ?

Of course, the difference is that I'm not in a position to hit the prick in the pocket for the goings-on of Callely, Ahern & O'Donoghue, so my description would just be slander instead of having a real impact on his life.

Gob****e!

Salt001 wrote: »

This is the man that we elected :eek:.
Mind you there wasn't much of a choice.
The majority of people in the country are going to feel totally betrayed by his statement .
Honestly are they all smoking crack or wha??? :mad:
Between Leo telling us things aint that bad and we will all be able to take a holiday this year,the Sherlock git trying to drive thousands of jobs out of the country and Enda, there are days i just can't believe my ears when I listen to the news
Not to mention the larrier that said emigration was a lifestyle choice.

LOL ! What is a larrier ? Do you mean that blubber headed baldie cute hoor from limerick who still thinks his talking to the kids he used to school.