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[QUOTE=âTreatyStones, post: 941989, member: 1786â]Iâve decided that neither, FF, FG or Labour will be getting a vote from me in the upcoming elections *
- I may have to revise this position as Iâm donât know any of the candidates from the other parties.[/QUOTE]
Christ, I checked the list of candidates and if I want to stick to the above I only have 3 candidates to choose from (Iâm excluding Emmet OâBrien as he is FF but running as independent). 1 SF, 1 Anti Austerity and 1 independent
Vote Shinners, bro.
[QUOTE=âmyboyblue, post: 942022, member: 180â]Its Frances.
Charles J gets Children and Yoof Affairs[/QUOTE]
Thatâs a fucking joke-another Mammy OâRourke. FG are starting to piss me off lately. Jobs for the boys(girls) all over again.
When the Shinners decide to get real about their economic manifesto I might give them a vote.
FG for me as it is all about the economy stupid
even though local elections have no direct impact we donât want anything to deter Minister Noonan from his course
Castigated at the time for being the only party that campaigned against the fiscal treaty -now vindicated in that position IMO.
Castigated at the time as being crazy as the only party that threatened to âburn the bondholdersâ prior to the last election -now vindicated in that position IMO.
The only party proposing a third rate of tax for high earners, a proposition I have heard not a single convincing argument against.
[QUOTE=âTheUlteriorMotive, post: 942080, member: 2272â]FG for me as it is all about the economy stupid
even though local elections have no direct impact we donât want anything to deter Minister Noonan from his course[/QUOTE]
No surprise there.
It would be a shame if anyone came in and undid his marvellous work such as, eh, the cuts to the carers allowance. A great victory for the Irish people.
I agree with that which is why I wouldnât vote for them in a General Election yet and is what I told Chris Andrews last week when he came a-knocking. But these are only mickey mouse elections and Iâd like to see the Shinners do well after all the blackguarding of Gerry last week.
[QUOTE=âTheUlteriorMotive, post: 942080, member: 2272â]FG for me as it is all about the economy stupid
even though local elections have no direct impact we donât want anything to deter Minister Noonan from his course[/QUOTE]
What course is that?
You do know he is laughed at in Germany and not considered a serious politician at all.
[QUOTE=âglasagusban, post: 942081, member: 1533â]Castigated at the time for being the only party that campaigned against the fiscal treaty -now vindicated in that position IMO.
Castigated at the time as being crazy as the only party that threatened to âburn the bondholdersâ prior to the last election -now vindicated in that position IMO.
The only party proposing a third rate of tax for high earners, a proposition I have heard not a single convincing argument against.[/QUOTE]
Their protests were valid⌠there proposed solutions were comedy gold.
[QUOTE=âglasagusban, post: 942083, member: 1533â]No surprise there.
It would be a shame if anyone came in and undid his marvellous work such as, eh, the cuts to the carers allowance. A great victory for the Irish people.[/QUOTE]
1200 jobs a week being created. The economy is recovering from a position where things seemed hopeless.
Without jobs you would have no taxes to pay any allowances.
Locally, if you have a good candidate, no matter what their colours, vote for them.
[QUOTE=âSpecial Olympiakos, post: 942085, member: 366â]What course is that?
You do know he is laughed at in Germany and not considered a serious politician at all.[/QUOTE]
I doubt most Germans have a clue who he is. I have no idea who the German minister for Finance is.
Wolfgang Schauble. Though I wouldnât expect Germans to know ours.
[QUOTE=âTheUlteriorMotive, post: 942087, member: 2272â]1200 jobs a week being created. The economy is recovering from a position where things seemed hopeless.
Without jobs you would have no taxes to pay any allowances.[/QUOTE]
Noonan did that did he? :rolleyes:
Shinners for winners
I actually wouldnât be horrified if Sinn Fein emerges if it meant we got some kind of left-right split rather than the
inevitable rush to the middle and a diluted version of nothing.
Noonan has done a fine job though.
Irish tax rates are very low - for people on below 25/30k after which they are amongst highest in Europe.
marginal rate of tax is 52%
He created the environment. He didnât introduce a penal third rate of tax, for example.
As I said, scorn was heaped upon them for taking those positions at the time, weâll be pariahs of Europe, no one will ever lend to is again etc. Scaremongering. I donât think weâd be in any worse off position now had we had adopted those positions rather than having had Enda being a good little boy for Angela. Of course now we will never know.