The biggest reason why Harris should have avoided Finance is that Prudent Paschal was not in the least bit prudent.
The health budget for next year alone – before the HSE’s inevitable cost over-runs, mind you – is at a record level of over €27billion.
Government-run uber. From the people who can’t build a coffee shop for less than six million quid. Give me strength.
The David Moyes of the Irish Economy.
Losing your job happens often in the private sector but very seldom in the public sector.
The Government’s cut.
Implications for migration, the economy, and a United Ireland
“Hubris”, he says, “is our biggest threat”.
The Irish Government simply cannot keep increasing spending at its current rate, or we will all pay a crippling price, before the next decade is out.
And if we are, we’re not freeloading any more than anyone else is.
Ireland is no exception when it comes to dodgy public sector accounting.
They shouldn’t call it the “universal social charge”. They should call it the middle class punishment tax.