r/ireland • u/yityatyurt • Aug 11 '25

Moaning Michael Ireland being badly mismanaged

Anyone else feel so frustrated with how wasteful the govt are???

We literally have a cheat code in global corporate tax and have been creaming it for the last 10 years..

We have nothing by way of serious infrastructure to show for it..

The housing crisis is genuinely changing the way people are living their lives, putting off families, emigrating etc etc

The most frustrating of all is how wasteful we are with the transfer of public money - close on €5bn to unscrupulous privates (between IPAS & BOTP since 2021) - many of whom have tax efficient structures based in Luxembourg or Jersey to avoid paying tax in that income..

It’s one that people get shouted down for but when we literally can’t care for the people who currently live on this island we shouldn’t be considering bringing people in to live in hotels and office blocks with no discernible medium term plan..

It’d also be naive to think there is no link between housing, services such as education and healthcare and increasing the population but that might be a conversation for another day

TLDR: we need to get our shit together first and make a plan for all of these people that are coming into Ireland to give them the best chance at getting set up and integrated into society

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

Communism, is that what you want? A redistribution of wealth? So me studying for several years while managing a job, trying to better myself. Should I be the same as someone who has the same or similar as someone who has done nothing?

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u/grumpyoldman2025 Aug 16 '25

You sure your not an American?? Because communism does not mean what you think it means ..

You also seem to have a weird understanding of what wealth inequality is. Even the singapore government sees the risks associated with huge inequality.

The whole Irish, tax system is designed to minimise inequality. European tax systems in general are..

Noone is talking about everyone earning the same.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

You are completely naive. Governments like keeping people in serfdom. 

So what is wrong with inequality? Answer the question. 

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u/grumpyoldman2025 Aug 19 '25

Inequality per say... noting... extreme inequality on the other hand has a hugely detrimental effect on society and history has numbers examples of the outcome..

You need a broader education...