{"id":539,"date":"2009-11-05T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-887124-4052164.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2009-11-24T23:59:28","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T22:59:28","slug":"march-with-the-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-887124-4052164.cloudwaysapps.com\/march-with-the-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"March with the Union’s ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The people are angry. An understatement you might say, but there is no doubt that the mood in the country has changed significantly in the last few months and people are annoyed, frustrated and close to despair. There is a palpable sense that the country is lurching from one economic crisis to another and that the proposed solutions are being made up on the hoof.<\/p>\n
This is not surprising considering that the government, who got us into this mess in the first place, are drip feeding the facts to us in relation to the seriousness of our economic situation. Less than one in five of us actually want the government to continue in office, yet they do while embarking on a set of measures that will have economic repercussions for 10 or perhaps 20 years to come. Nevertheless, we are stuck with them until such time as they call an election (See Election 2010<\/a> ) or a couple of sitting TDs demonstrate that they have the moral fortitude required to vote against the government.<\/p>\n It is important to remember that the present administration were responsible for formulating and implementing the financial strategy that this country has followed over the last 13 years. It is quite obvious that the politics of putting the party first and remaining in government at all costs, has been largely responsible for the situation the country is in now. I stated as much in an interview that I did with Newstalk 106, prior to the last general election in 2006. (Newstalk interview – Click Here<\/a>)<\/p>\n Okay, enough of the government bashing. Let us deal with the one fact that we must all face up to. We are bankrupt. There it is, in three simple words. There really is no need to bore you with extracts from the OECD or the Department of Finance or quotations from the so-called experts i.e. bankers, stockbrokers, economists etc (yes, the same people who could not see any of this coming!). No matter how you look at it or want to pretend things are not as bad as they are, you will have to accept the situation as it is.<\/p>\n \n