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Fergie picks 4 workhorses

Insult to workhorses...

[FOURTEEN TIMES]

Probably the sickest joke in 2010.

Pre-Irish Budget 2010, the Irish Government (Cowen, Lenihan, and the rest of those fcukin wasters) state that "...the pain will be shared".

At that point, the Taoiseach was on thirteen (yep, 13 -- worth it, eh?) times the salary of someone on the minimum wage.

Post-Irish Budget 2010, the durty rotten buffoon of a Biffo will be on FOURTEEN TIMES the salary of someone on the minimum wage.

They're beyond traitors.

The Millionaires' Budget

That's a load of bladdy codswallop.
Comparing the minimum wage to the taoiseach's salary? FFS, catch a grip.

And as for the figures of the very high self-employed earners being better off (and let's ignore that they've been hit by previous budgets and they'll be hit hard by the pension relief restrictions, so I doubt there'll be any actually better off) - but if you're self-employed and earning say €250,000 a year, you can be sure you've worked damn hard over a long number of years to get there, and you can be sure you're very good at what you do - plus you're likely to be employing people, and contributing payroll taxes and VAT to the exchequer - not to mention your individual taxes on their own would pay for 10 people on the dole every year, despite the dole being so high in the country.

These people have contributed hugely and are contributing hugely, and yet people want to target these people more, and ignore the thousands who havent contributed a cent in years, if ever

This is typical right-wing 'market knows best' garbage. Lets go a step further and lower taxes for the rich, that way these higher dimensional beings can go forth and make more money, which will of course trickle down to the rest of society....

Some of these people may have contributed hugely, most have benefitted hugely - from a tax system designed by the rich, for the rich

The result of entrenched socialized entitlements... coming to an Ireland/America near you

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101209/wl_nm/us_britain_politics

What are entrenched socialized elements?

[By all accounts he's flying in training.]

Hopefully Hargreaves will be back in a few weeks to add some needed mettle to midfield.  By all accounts he's flying in training.

This is the leader of country - addressing the nation, sick as a dog from drink 
We're meant to believe he can lead us out of the dire mess we're in...

quality

"He's a player we've been following but he really came on the scene in the last week or so," David Gill, United's chief executive, said.

WTF? 

Most likely an electrician got electrocuted working on that socket 20 years ago to the day and his ghost has came back to haunt the place

Can be the only sensible explaination

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Hopefully all hell is raised about this. Its an absolute disgrace. The lackey the police got to do the postmortem is under investigation for up to four incompetent postmortems and is at risk of being struck off... The IPCC and their pathologist argued for prosecution. Farcical.

A goal for South Africa, a goal for ALL Africa. 

Yea, I'll be doing the hokey kokey if Rooney bags one tomorrow.....

Very good goal for South Africa. But Peter Drury didn't half rehearse them couple of lines he came out with when they scored. Was pretty cringeworthy even by Drurys standards!

+1 shocking bad

[Secterian politics is on its way out, slowly but surely!]

In fairness I know a lot of Protestant farmers who voted (or at least said they were going to) vote for Michelle. She has done a lot for the farming communities with one complaint iv heard being that she has done more for the protestant farmer than for the catholic equivilant. Regardless, if she has appeased the protestant community to some extent to vote for her well then she has done an admirable job. With the upcoming budget cuts and slashing of public expenditure, now is the time for the green and the orange to stand side by side.

Secterian politics is on its way out, slowly but surely!

Haven't followed this thread much but I'd have to disagree. A unionist 'unity' candidate resulting in a sectarian headcount rather than a proper election on those silly notions such as issues and merit. Depressingly like the old days I think.

About time! i know the regulator is just trying to do his job but a english man should not be deciding the future of irish families up and down the country

[The man's a genius? What was genius about what he achieved tonight? "OK, lads, go out there tonight, you 3 on Messi, the rest of you stay in around the box, Eto'o and Milito, under no circumstances must you cross the halfway line." I could've done that!]

The man's a genius? What was genius about what he achieved tonight? "OK, lads, go out there tonight, you 3 on Messi, the rest of you stay in around the box, Eto'o and Milito, under no circumstances  must you cross the halfway line." I could've done that!

RE: The yellow card. Before the match Thiago Motta accused the Barca players-rightly so, in some cases-of being divers, in that case keep your hands down by your side! Red card or not, he had already been booked, and would have gone anyway.

There are no such things as stupid comments, only stupid people

If the Regulator has no duty of care over Irish people then what exactly is his role? To apply legislation at the expense of the Irish people?

His duty is solely towards policy holders of QIL.

What if QIL's solvency levels were far worse than disclosed or the banks called in their loans and at the same time QIL encountered a glut of big claims? Can you imagine the mess if there was a major storm etc and QIL couldn't cover the claims?

I hope a way out can be found for the sake of the workers, because if the Quinn Group folds its adios to the Fermanagh/Cavan/Lietrim border area.