Grouchy Marx

Netanyahu has announced he wants to 'permanently occupy' Gaza.

So now, 'Israel's right to self defense' includes invading a foreign country.

Because everywhere else in the world where advances have reduced traffic deaths, serious injuries have gone up. Stands to reason, what would have been a death becomes a serious injury instead.

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Sex workers voices NEED to be heard on this issue.

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I bet the stats on serious road accident injuries are up though.

And how do I 'subscribe to the pin feed' ffs?

Financiers only focus on finance, they NEVER consider the long-term economic cost of short-term financial gain.

Energy transition IS economic sense.

Politics without principles is a social sin.

Mahatma Gandhi.

@debbierua.bsky.social

90,000 Australians walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge today in support of Palestine.

Confusion as police end Sydney Harbour Bridge protest over 'crowd crush' fears Tens of thousands take to the Sydney Harbour Bridge to highlight the humanitarian situation in Gaza and push for action by the Australian government, as thousands more rally in central Melbourne.

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Happy Friday!

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State neutrality is not a weakness but a great strength.

Ireland should strengthen its neutrality to become a world leader in:

Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Aid,
Medical Care,
Disaster Relief,
Arbitration, and
Refuge.

#neutrality
#irishpol

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@saoirsemc.bsky.social

According to Google, and the official Green Party website, 'the organisation has 12 TDs.'

According to the official 2024 election results there is one Green Party TD.

Honesty, transparency and integrity?🤔

#BewareAI

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My wife is interested in green politics.

Is there a party worth joining?

(I know you left the Green Party)

Environment and climate crisis, not bike paths in Dublin.😉🙋‍♂️

FF & FG always come down on the side of industry.

They don't know what their job is. Or they know & deliberately ignore it.

'Government of the people by the people for the people.'

Industry is an important part of the nation. However, government is first and foremost for the people, not industry.

FF & FG always come down on the side of industry.

They don't know what their job is. Or they know & deliberately ignore it.

'Government of the people by the people for the people.'

Industry is an important part of the nation. However, government is first and foremost for the people, not industry.

No doubt calculated on the artificially inflated Irish 'GDP' due to the tax haven profit laundering by all the multinationals.

#corruption

@micheal-martin.bsky.social

Famine in Gaza is man-made.

The Irish Government must take action.

All Ireland understands the suffering of deliberate man-made famine.

#neveragain
#genocide
#Irishpol

What a beauty!

Now you're talking. I love the London Underground.

More please!🙋‍♂️

Instead of 'robo-trees' why not just trees?

€440,000 would buy a lot of trees.

Every town and city street should have them.

#greenireland
#irishpol

I'm sorry again.

Dealing in cash is tax avoidance.

Many countries have gone fully digital to reduce avoidance.

As for generalisations, sadly that's been my life experience in 3 different countries, including the recent example of the lawyer here in Mayo.

Digital should be an OPTION.🙋‍♂️🙂

Businesses have an obligation to pay their taxes, AND to pass on taxes that customers have paid to them.

Businesses are also obliged to trade legally. Tax avoidance is illegal.

No business has a right to deny digital.

How can you say you lean Left while advocating tax avoidance?🙋‍♂️🙂

#efficiency

Oh, I'm sorry I've misunderstood.

'I could not disagree' to me means 'I agree completely'.

Not dis-agree = I agree.

Example
Lawyer's quote €200. When I produced my card was told I'd have to pay €223 or come back with cash.

So a law firm promoting tax avoidance.

No avoidance Apple or Jo Blow.

98% of business in Sweden is digital.

In Australia it's over 90%.

Ireland 'hopes to be 45% digital by the end of 2025'.

I am NOT saying, as Sweden has, abolish cash. But I am saying all businesses must offer digital as an option.

If we all pay our taxes, taxes could be lower. OR better services.

Small hospitality definitely price gauges by dealing almost exclusively in cash and not passing on taxpayers taxes.

I've got nothing against cash but the Government must also insist every business also make digital payment available to customers.

If not, the Government's encouraging tax avoidance.

Why does the Irish Government regulate wages but not prices?

How are people expected to live when their income is restricted but their expenses keep increasing unchecked?

It's unfair and unjust.

#Reform
#Irishpol

FF FG continue to cut public services instead of providing them.

With Ireland's massive GDP we should have world class everything - health, housing, education, transport and communication.

Given the Government does so little, where does all the public's money go?

#irishpol

With FF FG it's worse than that. They simply don't govern.

So many serious problems, now & in future years, but they do nothing, while the country falls into ruin & the poverty gap widens.

Spend on welfare is 12% of GDP. EU average is 26.9%.

Ireland's welfare spend is less than half EU average.

No. In fact the opposite. In response to a recent report detailing the mess & damage to Ireland's inland waterways the Government has amended legislation to exclude waterways from the environment Act. So they don't have to DO anything as usual, except destroy the environment for others to fix later.

The welfare spend as a % of GNI is 22%. Still below the European average.

The Government boasts about the GDP when it suits them but where does all the money go?

Minimum wage is below the Living Wage.

Public services are inadequate. No NHS, long waiting lists.

Millions in poverty.

#irishpol