Gravedigger01
12th September 2009, 21:08
Sice the World Recession began Ireland has changed quite a bit.I know at this moment quite a few countries hate their governments but the Irish government really is a bit worse than other.
Healthcare:In a survey it has been found that Ireland as ranked 25th out of 26 countries for Healthcare within Europe.It has increasingly come under fire for getting rid of the only cancer clinic in the west of Ireland and refusing to pay 8m for cervical cancer vaccine whcih kills 40 European women every day.More recently Nurses have went on strike for receiving little pay and and pharmacies have closed down over a state drug scheme.
Employment:In the last year Unemployment in Ireland has nearly doubled.It is now at aroud 12%(5th largest in EU)meaning 1 in 8 Irish people have been let down by our government.Compare this with the unemployment to our neighbours the UK which is just unsder 7% or France which is just under 9%.
Business:The Government has come under fire because many people say that the law is too easy on business.Ireland is ranked 7th in the world/3rd in EU for Ease of doing Business.Ireland has Oil and Gas reserves in the West Coast of the country worth 540 billion.Since 1992 the governemt have 0% tax on these resources(Norway has it at 78%).So the countries natural resources are being exploited and the Irish people aren't seeing a penny of it.
Unjust Taxes:In this recession there are two popular ways of tackling the recession.The American approach which consists of printing money and giving money to businesses which causes inflation but minimises the loss of big businesses.The other approach is that used in Germany where they have high taxes and low social payments which means that a lot of people are fired but the main businesses stay up.Because of the severity of Irelands economic crisis Ireland is using both approaches meaning money is being taken from citizens and given to big business
NAMA:The National Assets Management Agency(NAMA) is a government organisation which will take over the bad assets of businesses with money from taxpayers.This will cost 60 billion+(quite a lot considering unemployment has doubled and at the moment the debt is only 14 billion).
Healthcare:In a survey it has been found that Ireland as ranked 25th out of 26 countries for Healthcare within Europe.It has increasingly come under fire for getting rid of the only cancer clinic in the west of Ireland and refusing to pay 8m for cervical cancer vaccine whcih kills 40 European women every day.More recently Nurses have went on strike for receiving little pay and and pharmacies have closed down over a state drug scheme.
Employment:In the last year Unemployment in Ireland has nearly doubled.It is now at aroud 12%(5th largest in EU)meaning 1 in 8 Irish people have been let down by our government.Compare this with the unemployment to our neighbours the UK which is just unsder 7% or France which is just under 9%.
Business:The Government has come under fire because many people say that the law is too easy on business.Ireland is ranked 7th in the world/3rd in EU for Ease of doing Business.Ireland has Oil and Gas reserves in the West Coast of the country worth 540 billion.Since 1992 the governemt have 0% tax on these resources(Norway has it at 78%).So the countries natural resources are being exploited and the Irish people aren't seeing a penny of it.
Unjust Taxes:In this recession there are two popular ways of tackling the recession.The American approach which consists of printing money and giving money to businesses which causes inflation but minimises the loss of big businesses.The other approach is that used in Germany where they have high taxes and low social payments which means that a lot of people are fired but the main businesses stay up.Because of the severity of Irelands economic crisis Ireland is using both approaches meaning money is being taken from citizens and given to big business
NAMA:The National Assets Management Agency(NAMA) is a government organisation which will take over the bad assets of businesses with money from taxpayers.This will cost 60 billion+(quite a lot considering unemployment has doubled and at the moment the debt is only 14 billion).