We need a jargon-free election to keep the facts clear

Economic plans should be based on hoping for the best, but planning for the worst. And those of us over a certain age will remember the fear we had to question a teacher when we did not understand what he had said.

He, generally speaking, either lost the cool or made you feel like an idiot.

Obviously, Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s years as a teacher or his study of economics in UCD did not go to waste.