According to the latest Irish Times /TNS mrbi poll, 18% of people are currently satisfied with the performance of the government while 27% of people are satisfied with the performance of Fianna Fáil.
Although 18% may sound like a low approval rating, it means that just over 1 in 5 people think the government are doing a perfectly adequate job. Look around you - if this poll is to be believed, every 5th or 6th person you see thinks that:
- Removing the automatic entitlement of over 70s to a medical card
- Putting the lives of young girls at risk by halting the roll-out of a cervical cancer vaccine which has been shown to be cost effective - all for the sake of a measly €10 million
- Withdrawing funding for remedial and special needs teachers and, at the same time, increasing class sizes to among the highest in Europe
- Delivering an almighty clusterfuck of a budget.
- Failing to address the bloated, expensive public sector - particularly the large administrative contingents in those departments worst hit by the cuts.
- Putting the taxpayer in hock to bail out banks who found themselves in a precarious position due reckless lending practices.
- Proposing a scheme to prop up wealthy builders/developers who, thanks to their myopic greed, are left with with projects they can't finish and units they can't sell
- Having presided over the greatest economic boom the country has known, failed to set aside any funds for when the inevitable downturn finally came.
Why is this number so high?
Exactly how many bankers, builders and members of the Cowen/Harney/Lenihan/Hannifin/Coughlan families were included in the sample population?
2 comments:
One can only hope they misunderstood the question!
"Exactly how many bankers, builders and members of the Cowen/Harney/Lenihan/Hannifin/Coughlan families were included in the sample population?
18% of the total.
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