Get off the internet and do some work!

Ah nothing beats a sweeping generalisation of a Thursday morning. Am currently doing a Physics degree and studying for exams, so unlike you in your friggin ivory tower I cannot work during the week.

The Brainwashed FG youth, I’d say?

Me or him??!!

Susan, i dont think Stephen is referring to you … ;) Our other poster is a pure FFG supporter, no matter what the article is, he will support FFG/Labour to the bitter end.

Fair balls Susan.
Creatures like “dudick” are the type that wind up supporting the kind of eejits that keep us in the hole we’re in, even though he’s as deep in it as the rest of us.
None so blind. . . . . and all that

even, can we afford Christmas ??

I have hardly any money at the end of the week after bills etc. Its even gotten that bad for us that our kids have had to pull out of their clubs because we simply cant afford them! My eldest daughter is 11 and said you dont have to get me anythin for xmass mam, just make sure my brother and sister are sorted! If an 11yr old can see what is wrong with this country and wants to make sacrifises for her family then how it so hard for a governed body to see what they are doin to the people that ultimatly pay their wage! I think its time the irish people started standin up for themselves instead of lyin down and takin the bull this government is dishing out. Whats next, lets tell kids there’s no santa, mam and dad buy all your toys and because of Ebanezer Kenny parents have no money to get you anythin.

What a pointless comment…

Brace yourself for savage tax rises (or indirect taxes) – all have the same effect. How you could ignore this suggests you are earning lots of money,

You mean the ones who pay all the tax in the country Stephen!!! Define wealthy to me please?? Give me a figure?

They sure will, that’s why Enda is in Germany. Telling Merkel the consequence of not giving a Debt deal fast!

Maybe the government could so something to keep the proles under control. Tax exemptions for Sky boxes?

Yeah sure they’ll rise up. Like the way they were going to after the last budget? Or the one before that? Nah, I think we’ll just take it. And complain a lot. And do nothing to rock the boat.

Oh.

Beans anyone?

Chill out people. The Gardai now have Segways. We will be grand.

What crap are u talking .. rich being on the social welfare.. ???

Getting rich on €188 a week ?? lets get real here ..

Anne,

If you resent that so much, why don’t you try and live that way too?

ann,, there are people who have to rely on social welfare long term due to illness, disability etc, we are not all lazy beer swilling bookie lovers. it sounds like you are very fortunate and have never had to live on s/w ,where did you get your information from? there is NO free housing, people have to pay a portion of their benefit in rent or mortgage, there is no free heating, people still have to pay gas,electricity,oil, and solid fuel bills, free medicine/doctors, to get these ‘free’ as you say you need to have a medical card, the medical card is means tested and not everyone on s/w qualifies, if you want to have a go at the ‘freeloaders’ in this country i suggest that you try leinster house,the dail,the seaned, all the ‘old boy’ networks and meeting places for the likes of ahearn,cowen,harney and their ilk, F/F headquarters would be a good place to start, THEY are the true ‘freeloaders ‘ in this country, not the ones trying to get by on a measly 188 euro per week , with there 100k + pensions, FREE garda escorted cars, plus all the tax free, sorry exempt, money from the after dinner speech market, oh and then there’s all those ‘expenses” there worth 20 grand plus per year, again tax exempt of course. maybe you are one of them?

Our government has a knack for setting people off against each other when what we should be doing is getting on to our politicians. While you are focusing on other sections of society you are letting our incompetent government off the hook, give others a break and focus your energy on the people who are really responsible!!!!!

Ann i have to agree with u i see it all the time and before everyone has a stroke we are talking about the people who have made a career out of social welfare who claim absolutely eeverything they can and never have and never Will work they have a perfect excuse now saying there’s no jobs but when there was plenty of jobs they never had one either

…they should put them up by 10 euro a pack …

David – they could go up to somewhere near €10 a pack. Big difference !!!

up “by” 10euro a pack ..smoked for years and years, gave them up 3 years ago, if they were 20euro a pack it would really discourage people from smoking and help others give up…they are a scourge and they shoul dbe banned banned banned as known killers, its unreal to think they are still openly on sale in our society and young kids watch their parents and grandparents smoking, although not many grandparents smoke, and there is a sad reason for that …

…in fact neil, one of the reasons I gave up is that i did not want to pay the stupid price for the damn things, and feeling like a complete muppet every time I lit up … I see today that aib have been using the recent transfer of 1.1billon of taxpayer money into their pension fund to use to pay their own pensions, some of €500k per year !!!!! I mean, what a total and utter sick joke, how on earth is this being sanctioned?

I don’t smoke but if the pint goes up to 3, 4 , 5 i mean 6 euro a pint then I’m never drinking again ….

Good man Leon while loads suffer you look up to a hypocrite of a man on 500k a year….

You forgot Jeremy Kyle

Crumbs, you’re right Joe! While Mr Kyle is certainly one of the finest examples of investigative journalism, unfortunately I am politically blind and can’t watch the TV so I’m only able to listen to the wireless and all the aforementioned glitterati.

Ignorant Populist agenda? That is the most ignorant I’ve seen today.

Hook, line & sinker. Just testing the waters chaps. Didn’t expect such lie browed responses though. Ignorant? Hypocrite? Me? Never! Difficult to take that from a person who tweeted the following only a few short months ago Les! :

@lancearmstrong Always have been my hero. Always will be..keep fighting those whom try to tarnish your name

You’re a gas man.