Something is rotten in the state of Ireland. Here is the CEO of Anglo telling us that the money we have put into that bank will never be seen again. Twenty-two billion euro. Gone.
That’s about five thousand euro each for every man, woman and child. Where has it gone?
It must have gone somewhere, right? If it’s gone out of our pockets it must have gone into someone else’s pockets.
Never, never put the party of Ahern, Haughey and Cowen in power. This loss is the effect of their policies. Their cosy arrangments, non-existent financial regulation, and the fact that they live on a cloud of comfort away from the rest of us.
It angers me that they let this situation develop on their watch, whilst ignoring calls from people to do something about the property bubble.
You can do something about it. Apathy is an illusion. Granted, it’s a comfortable illusion to feel that there’s nothing you can do, but frankly it’s going to be an expensive one if all of us choose it. Choose to do something!
Visit the website of each political party. Read what they say they will do to fix this mess. Then pick a party and get involved. Turn up to a meeting. Get out and campaign. That means talking to people that aren’t interested in politics and trying to get them interested! Showing them how this really, really matters.
Let’s get a government that’s working for us, instead of plunging us deeper and deeper into debt trying to save their own skins.
