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re: Sinn Fein, the old IRA-linked left wing political party, just won big in Irish election
Posted on 2/10/20 at 10:17 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 2/10/20 at 10:17 pm to Jack Ruby
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They seem very aggressively Socialist but also don't like the government telling them what to do and are somewhat of a tax haven... It's a very odd mix.
Its called having your cake and eating it too and it doesnt work
You can have freedom or you can have a nanny state but you cant have both
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Posted on 2/10/20 at 10:22 pm to Cosmo
And from the article, like many euro nanny states that go broke or begin having financial troublea (apparently Ireland is still somewhat affected by the 2008 recession), when the government tries austerity to reel in some of the costs, the fricking idiots throw protest fits anf vote in tbe bigger idiots who say they will keep giving everyone free shite.
It's just mind-boggling how this continually happens in Europe. I rmemeber the Greeks going batshit crazy when the government tried to cut all their exorbitant pension and vacation plans. They were literally a failing economic state, yet the idiots still wanted their welfare.
It's just mind-boggling how this continually happens in Europe. I rmemeber the Greeks going batshit crazy when the government tried to cut all their exorbitant pension and vacation plans. They were literally a failing economic state, yet the idiots still wanted their welfare.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 1:48 am to Cosmo
quote:Interestingly though, Heritage (the most prominent and reputable conservative think tank) ranks Canada, UK, and Iceland higher in their economic freedom index than the US and they all have policies (particularly healthcare) that are much more nanny-stateish.
Its called having your cake and eating it too and it doesnt work
You can have freedom or you can have a nanny state but you cant have both
And looking deeper into the data, it seems those countries and the US rate poorly in government spending but the US rates worse in fiscal health, which is likely why we trail them. So somehow, it appears that despite not having a socialist healthcare policy we are somehow comparably big government spenders and we’re worse at managing our spending habits.
2019 Index of Economic Freedom
This post was edited on 2/11/20 at 1:49 am
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