The Budget (34)

im actually in limbo land now regarding who to vote for. im starting to realise the private banking system is now dictating almost all aspects of our societies globally. its looking like it dont matter who you vote in as none of them have the abilities or real power to do whats right for the people. after watching the dreadful way greece has been treated and indeed ourselves, i have very little faith in our 'democratic' system. to put it another way, i think democracy is in real trouble. we have to break free of this banking cartel or we ll self destruct.

Its what I've been saying for years..It doesn't matter who you vote for nothing will change

Thought you would be more concerned what is going on in Israel.

Firstly the Greeks got concessions more than this cowardly Irish Goverment got.

Finally prepare for changes,there coming.

'cowardly' or clever?
Which country is doing better now?

You think Ireland is doing good do you ? not in my circles and many other's.

People living on the Streets and being forced out of there homes by Banks,you think that's good do you ?

Ireland is no better since F/G and Labour took over from F/F and continued there policys despite promising not to.

You vote for F/G but don't peddle your Conservative views thinking you'll get a clear run here.

At least the Sun shines in Greece.

Don't see many F/G on the door steps these days,wonder why .

ireland certainly wasnt that clever. we havent actually solved the problem that caused the recession in the first place. the next banking crisis is only around the corner and people better be ready for the impending bank bail ins! we ve only kicked cans down the road. we re all aware of the major issues in our healthcare system and other parts of our public services. austerity is indeed a con, imposed by our parasitic banking system. it simply doesnt work. keep a very close eye on the interest rates as as soon as its raised, we will truly see the extent of our housing problem. you have ignore the short term gains of decisions we made and look at the long game. we have to start dealing with this dreadful banking system thats slowly destroying the planet

What concessions has the Syriza government got since January 2015? Are you aware that Government debt as a percentage of GDP is over 190% and is likely to hit over 200% next year in Greece. That compares to a predicted figure of 98-99% for year end 2015 in Ireland the possibility that it will fall below 95% in 2016.

Which country is in a better state economically Ireland or Greece?

The Greek economy was predicted to grow by over 3% in 2015 in late 2014, then the clueless communists in Syriza came to power last January and as a result of their incompetence the Greek economy is predicted to decline between 2-3% this year. In Ireland the economy is likely to grow by over 5% this year.

Alexis Tsipras and his former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis completely messed up between January-July 2015 and agreed to another bailout which includes tax rises and large scale privatisation.

Their government debt is unsustainable at over €320 billion and they will probably get a write off of at least 50% in the next few years but they will have to undergo some extreme austerity first which was completely against the Syriza manifesto.

Less than 1% of mortgages than have been in arrears have resulted in the property been repossessed.

Ireland is one of the best countries in the World in which to fall into mortgage arrears. There needs to be more repos as a lack of repos is keeping house prices artificially high and preventing many First Time Buyers purchasing property.

I recently bought an apartment myself after putting down a decent deposit.

im gonna recommend you check out the work of american economist ellen brown regarding these issues. hopefully it ll change your views on our current economic methods. shes the best ive found so far with explaining this mess.

im deeply concerned whereby you say ireland lacks repos! very very scary stuff!

I don't want a clear run.

Gov. will come to the end of its term with an unemployment rate of about 7.5% and healthy economic growth.. That would have been unthinkable not so many years' ago.