If the general election was tomorrow which party would you vote for?

That would be Chris Andrews chief.

The teenage suicide is ok thought right, right? Ah you’re right.

A Sinn Féiner and a FF dynastic scion. No brainer @Bandage

He is the grandson of Todd Andrews, a leading figure in the early days of Fianna Fáil. His father Niall Andrews and his uncle David Andrews both served as Fianna Fáil TDs, while his first cousin, Barry Andrews was elected a TD at the 2002 general election. He is the fourth member of his family to sit in the Dáil. He is a cousin of the comedy writer and performer David McSavage, and another cousin, Ryan Tubridy, is a chatshow host of The Late Late Show on RTÉ One. Andrews is married with two daughters.

Sinn Fein to the core

I forgot about the bould Chris. Glad he’s put those internet cafĂ© controversies behind him.

No I ignored that exceptionally stupid part of your post.

How convenient. Like a true Fianna Fail’er mĂ© fĂ©iner.

As a reminder, this is what the leader of the government had to say in 2007 about people who talk down the economy:

“Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide
”

http://m.rte.ie/news/2007/0704/90808-economy/

How is this forcing people to buy houses? This is advising people to buy houses. Nobody forced them to do it.

While you’re right on the one hand, nobody forced the banks to give them the loans either, yet only one side took the hit. And yet the banks were the ones with all the experience and expertise in this transaction, with data from thousands of mortgages at their fingertips. Banks were encouraging people they knew could not afford the mortgages to accept huge loans, they should have had to take responsibility for that.

The mortgage system is mental. The single biggest most important contract most people will ever enter into in their lives, and they take most of their advise on this contract from the opposite party, the bank.

To be correct, the bondholders didn’t take a hit but all the shareholders did and it impacted on a lot of staff too (although you could question should it have impacted more).

Your point about mortgage advice and using the bank for it is spot on.

Never thrust the boys in suits. People mugged themselves off in the boom.

The system could be evened up considerably by the introduction of “jangle mail”, as has been recommended many times from various quarters. Can’t pay back your mortgage? Return the security, which the bank has deemed acceptable to cover the risk, and walk away from the debt.

Simplistic and pretty dumb.

As a rule I never thrust boys. Suits or no suits.

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To be fair, it was advice for glasagusban rather than you.

No it was simplistic and dumb for people to think could buy houses at double and treble their actual value and not lose out.

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You don’t understand much or haven’t read much about the subject. Which is it?

Mate, a few examples for your confused brain.

A car salesperson sells cars. Whether the consumer is buying the right car is not the salespersons issue. The CONSUMER makes the decision.

A insurance salesperson sells insurance. Whether the consumer is buying the right policy is not the salespersons issue. The CONSUMER makes the decision.

Do I need to type the example of the Bank Official selling the mortgage to the consumer?

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And you can’t see any difference in those?