Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Irish Austerity - View from Dublin


Folks here is a reaction from a Friend of this blog in Republic of Ireland to the latest Austerity package of the Irish Government, “ Some cuts I actually support but, the problem is that they are not uniform. I was outside Leinster House tonight and there were lots of protestors although it sounded almost like they were having a street party. Demonstration Irish style. Anyway one of the most truly disgusting things about this budget is that they have cut disability allowances for 18-24 year olds from €188.00 p/week to €100.00. They are basically saying that they are the same as normal people of the same age trying to get work. At the same time ex civil servants have had their pensions reduced by €80.00. ”.



As this blog has stated in other posts, the bailout nations, such as Ireland have in effect given up their ability run their own Government. The Irish Budget was discussed by the German Parliament before it was discussed in Dublin. The failed Irish Governments have done what the Kaiser and Hitler could not do, they have handed over the fate of their peoples to Germany, the 4th Economic Reich. What was the point of the Easter Rising of 1916, the Irish would better off back under the Crown, at least the NHS is free and benefits are going up for those on welfare.

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