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Something’s burning

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Mrs S and I are concerned. Because the burnings are increasing. Galway. Donegal. Dublin, Roscommon. Leitrim. Kildare. Cork. Wexford.

Although we have good relations with our neighbours and have nothing to do with the influx of migrants who are housed by the Government, we are worried that us expats are going to get caught up in this craziness. Because that’s what happens when people are pushed so far they lose their patience.

The political class by contrast appears to be running around with their fingers in their ears going “la-la-la I can’t hear you!” whenever they are challenged, trying to tell us that Ireland needs these people, when a lot of the younger Irish born guys and girls are actually heading out of Ireland, particularly into the fabled land of Oz, because Ireland has limited scope for employment of the type they are skilled for. Healthcare professionals particularly (I am told) are moving for the warmer weather and the better lifestyle.

Yet the politicians and media are telling the rest of us that we need these unskilled incomers to fill all the job vacancies and ‘improve GDP’. According to them we need skilled migrants, but from what I can see, most of the newcomers aren’t of that calibre.

Here’s an analogy; how migrants ‘improve GDP’ is very simple. This is a crude example of how GDP is artificially inflated. You set one guy at fulfilling a low skill role like digging a hole. Then you set another one to filling it in again. Hey presto! Two jobs filled, two wage packets means more money going round, with holes getting dug and filled up, more GDP. Hooray! Time for tea and medals.

Does this mean the economy is doing really well? Actually not so much, because the figurative guys filling in and digging the holes are subsidised by the taxpayer. The newcomers also help keep wage levels for the native population suppressed by providing an apparent surplus of labour. “Look at all the job vacancies that we’ve filled / created.” say the powers that be, whereas the real economic activity generated is wholly artificial.

This state of affairs has existed for a couple of decades now, both in Ireland and the UK. Unfortunately, over here, matters are beginning to come to a head. As a result the arson attacks are increasing and will continue to do so. I just hope our little homestead is spared the worst.

6 thoughts on “Something’s burning”

    1. If you can read Romanian, okay. If not this link is about a widespread medical personnel strike in Romania.

      Please send links to English language sources in future.

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  2. Strange how that stabbing attack on children in Dublin disappeared from the headlines, isn’t it?

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  3. The protests are basically based on two arguments. One is that immigrants are just being dumped into rural communities without any consultation. The case is made that these communities do not have the facilities for such an influx. When a community’s population suddenly increases, services just cannot cope. I would fully support that argument. An example would be my own area [where there is suddenly a large Ukrainian population]. As a result a doctor’s appointment used to be same-day, but now I would have to wait two weeks, and that’s after another two doctors have been drafted in.
    The other argument is that there are numbers of undocumented males appearing which is rather unsettling for young girls and the elderly. I can understand that fear even if it is a bit tenuous.
    Seeing as you are a home owner and already part of your community I would reckon you’re safe enough. I can only assume you don’t terrorise young girls and the elderly though?

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    1. What the locals are calling ‘plantations’ are often bussed in during the night after the Gardai have chased all the locals off. Unless the politicians curtail this policy, more burnings will happen until it gets really nasty.

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