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General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by whitey - Today at 06:27:09 PM
Quote from: Itchy on Today at 06:22:57 PM
Quote from: whitey on Today at 03:48:21 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on Today at 03:31:13 PM
Quote from: whitey on Today at 01:46:52 PMImmigration is the number one issue because it costs hundreds of millions of Euro to house, feed, clothe and transport these people (some of whom are complete fraudsters)

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/cost-accommodating-asylum-seekers-increased-31485431.amp

Ah so your biggest concern day to day isn't being able to afford to heat the home you can't afford to own, but rather, it's the money the state has to pay for those damn immigrants? Surely if it's true that on a day-to-day bais the health of the states coffers are of more concern to you than your own coffers, then taxation and tax dodging by the superwealthy that ought to be making you mad, instead of the dark skinned fella walking down the street minding his own business?


People have (and had) legitimate concerns that are not being addressed

The government (and Sinn Fein) had an opportunity to tackle this but they caved to the woke NGOs and just started calling people racists and far right

I have 4 immediate family members who are staunch lifelong Blueshirts and they're all voting third party at the next election

I'm not surprised that's the stock you come from.

Tell me, who is this "third party" and what's the name of the candidate?


I used the term third party in the generic sense-ie not FF, FG, SF, PBP, Labour etc

Candidates haven't been declared yet-so it will be some type of protest vote for someone like Aontu or an independent if I were to guess
#2
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by Itchy - Today at 06:22:57 PM
Quote from: whitey on Today at 03:48:21 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on Today at 03:31:13 PM
Quote from: whitey on Today at 01:46:52 PMImmigration is the number one issue because it costs hundreds of millions of Euro to house, feed, clothe and transport these people (some of whom are complete fraudsters)

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/cost-accommodating-asylum-seekers-increased-31485431.amp

Ah so your biggest concern day to day isn't being able to afford to heat the home you can't afford to own, but rather, it's the money the state has to pay for those damn immigrants? Surely if it's true that on a day-to-day bais the health of the states coffers are of more concern to you than your own coffers, then taxation and tax dodging by the superwealthy that ought to be making you mad, instead of the dark skinned fella walking down the street minding his own business?


People have (and had) legitimate concerns that are not being addressed

The government (and Sinn Fein) had an opportunity to tackle this but they caved to the woke NGOs and just started calling people racists and far right

I have 4 immediate family members who are staunch lifelong Blueshirts and they're all voting third party at the next election

I'm not surprised that's the stock you come from.

Tell me, who is this "third party" and what's the name of the candidate?
#3
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by whitey - Today at 06:22:08 PM
So if I understand you correctly, in your view, ALL concerns regarding immigration are driven by either racism or stupidity (or both)?

And if the answer is yes-do you support open borders?
#4
GAA Discussion / Re: Is the earlier Championshi...
Last post by seafoid - Today at 06:12:30 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on Today at 02:58:31 PMIs Prenty losing his marbles?
He wants Provincial winners to be let straight to Qtr Finals entailing sitting around for 7 weeks waiting for the AI series to end.
He also wants Div 3 winners a place in Sam, presumably at the expense of a Div 2 team who are 1,2 or even 3 League places above them.
Prenty and the rest of the Provincial secretaries are the power brokers in the GAA
#5
GAA Discussion / Re: UTV & BBC & RTE & TV3
Last post by AustinPowers - Today at 06:05:44 PM
Quote from: tiempo on Today at 03:20:01 PMTommy Nibs must cleaned house after that Cross documentary I'd say, has a remarkable spirit about him, a very cunning linguist, phenomenal modern human being/broadcaster

Ooh matron!
#6
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by Snapchap - Today at 06:04:01 PM
Quote from: whitey on Today at 05:41:59 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on Today at 05:39:13 PMWhitey, why aren't you more concerned about tax evasion by the super wealthy than you are about immigrants, if concern for the public purse is your genuine motivation, rather than just, ya know...racism?

Who said I'm not concerned about it?

Last time I checked you can be concerned about more than one thing at the same time

Keep banging that racism drum instead of addressing legitimate concerns and you'll see what happens. The govt got a sneak preview as to what coming with the recent referendum debacle



Well your history of posting to this board suggests it isn't a matter of concern at all. You seem to be infinitely more exercised about immigration. If your reason for "legitimate concern" around immigration is down to what you perceive it costs the public purse (as you have claimed) then why aren't you at least as vocal about tax evasion, given its surely a much bigger cost to the public purse?

I mean, I don't know anyone who gets up in the morning and is inhibited in any way during their daily life by the presence of an immigrant. I know countless people who on a daily basis struggle to pay their energy bills though. I'd imagine most people would say the same about the people they know. So I'd find it very odd if any of those people were more passionate  about immigration as a political priority than they are about things like the cost of living or any of the other issues that directly impact their own standard of living every day. The only explanations I can think of is that they are too stupid to know they are being manipulated, or just racism (which may as well be a byword for stupidity).
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General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by whitey - Today at 05:41:59 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on Today at 05:39:13 PMWhitey, why aren't you more concerned about tax evasion by the super wealthy than you are about immigrants, if concern for the public purse is your genuine motivation, rather than just, ya know...racism?

Who said I'm not concerned about it?

Last time I checked you can be concerned about more than one thing at the same time

Keep banging that racism drum instead of addressing legitimate concerns and you'll see what happens. The govt got a sneak preview as to what coming with the recent referendum debacle

#8
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by Snapchap - Today at 05:39:13 PM
Whitey, why aren't you more concerned about tax evasion by the super wealthy than you are about immigrants, if concern for the public purse is your genuine motivation, rather than just, ya know...racism?
#9
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by whitey - Today at 05:02:26 PM
So if the government was enforcing the law as it pertains to people landing without documentation why all of a sudden was there a CRACKDOWN? 


You only would need a crackdown if the process was being abused and you were seen to be doing nothing about it

https://www.newstalk.com/news/state-is-failing-to-enforce-its-own-immigration-rules-michael-mcnamara-td-1634712



Why cut the welfare entitlements of Ukrainians in HALF? Does that not tell you that they were double what they should have been in the first place
#10
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
Last post by imtommygunn - Today at 04:55:37 PM
Are there not ones coming back the other direction too? That Rwanda thing is one of the biggest con jobs about.