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budget 2008
Dec. 5th, 2007 11:20 pmWhile I'm not of the opinion that our current elected representatives are infallible (or anywhere even close to), I do believe that on the occasion of the national budget, opposition speakers should not be allowed to make solely negative comments. Instead, each opposition spokesperson for finance should have to make their own budget, showing how they'd have done things differently.
This not being the version of Ireland where I AM KING, of course, we have the usual scenario: most of the lobby groups who commented on the budget commented positively, and the only outspoken negative comments have been a bunch of largely meaningless soundbites from the losers of the last election. I mean, seriously. What does "he talks the talk but he does not walk the walk" actually mean in the context of this budget?
Hint to the guys on the wrong side of the house: if you came up with some plausible alternatives instead of just negating whatever the incumbents say, people might actually consider voting for you next time around.
This not being the version of Ireland where I AM KING, of course, we have the usual scenario: most of the lobby groups who commented on the budget commented positively, and the only outspoken negative comments have been a bunch of largely meaningless soundbites from the losers of the last election. I mean, seriously. What does "he talks the talk but he does not walk the walk" actually mean in the context of this budget?
Hint to the guys on the wrong side of the house: if you came up with some plausible alternatives instead of just negating whatever the incumbents say, people might actually consider voting for you next time around.
