tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004730508631468243.post1087833874291260771..comments2024-03-23T10:20:15.689+00:00Comments on Léargas: The calm before the stormMáirtín Ó Muilleoirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15088662505129211196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004730508631468243.post-46399186314720979352011-08-02T03:28:48.823+01:002011-08-02T03:28:48.823+01:00Sounds like the same budget fight we're having...Sounds like the same budget fight we're having in the States. It's very depressing for those of us watching from the outside, and I can't imagine what it's like for progressives trying their best to stand up for the working poor (what a phrase that is-people who are working shouldn't be poor, they should be paid a living wage!)James and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218500299320351426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5004730508631468243.post-89380029855362638722011-08-02T03:03:46.371+01:002011-08-02T03:03:46.371+01:00Hello Gerry, alway good to read your insights. Lac...Hello Gerry, alway good to read your insights. Lack of Vision and Imagination- this seem to say it all.<br /> It seems like the capacity of the government to respond to the crisis. It seems like the Medieval doctors blood-letting,as knifes and sawsthat only makes one worse off for it. The Irish patients infected econmic body leaves it weaker and in an even worse state to fight the infection already at hand. The spending cuts in the next few years will slow the economy even further. The main obstacles to Irish prosperity,will be investment. Only more Lack of jobs and growth is in the national future, at this rate, of government policies.<br /><br /> stay well Gerry,Timothy Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626399091447383952noreply@blogger.com