Garrett Fitzgerald

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Originally Posted by Macy

You can't look at the 80's in isolation without looking at the legacy left by the FF giveaway Government of 1977.

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While you are at it what about the borrowing of Richie RYan in the 1973-1977 period ? If you don't want to look at anything in isolation. Because that was the real beginning of deficit budgeting in the country. Yes the giveaway compounded that.

But in fairness to Cosgrave's Government they rode the rough waves of economic climes somewhat better in the 1970's than their successors did a decade later!

P.S. A pattern is emerging. The architect of the 1977 Giveaway election was Professor Martin O'Donoghue...an Economist!
Garret Fitzgerald Taoiseach from 1982 to 1987 was an economist. Between them they had the World Bank on our doorstep by 1987.
Moral of the story..... NEVER ALLOW AN ECONOMIST ANYWHERE NEAR THE ECONOMY!

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

All of which goes to make us the politically clean, safe, non-corrupt beacon of modern developed democracy we are today ...no wait:eek:

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We get the politicians we deserve. People complain that there are not enough Women in parliament. NOT ENOUGH OF THEM RUN FOR OFFICE IN THE FIRST PLACE!

As regards the Alan Curbishley analogy, if he led Charlton Athletic down into the Ryman League you would agree that he was a crap manager now wouldn't you?...... he hasn't and he isn't!

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Why do you continue to attack Fitzgerald for factors that out of your own mouth so to speak, were utterly beyond his control?
As for national debt ...the country had to borrow to put food on tables, interest rates were sky high and finance was a sellers market.

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Well All of the tax dodging and tax evasion and failure to pay their way by so many wealthy during the 1980's did not help their case.
The only people in this country who made money legitimately starting from nothing in the 1980's were U2!
But all we got was dole for the money borrowed!