Free rein for two elephants while lesser creatures get a good kicking

SO, we have the suggestions of An Bord Snip Nua at last, and, as might be expected, the proposals involve kicking the remaining living daylights out of the poorer members of our “society”. That is, of course, if “society” in Ireland allowed the poor to become members.

As I expected, the all-seeing Bord Snip has not managed to spot either of the two elephants in the room — or did not want to spot them. The first elephant is the (very costly) proposal to prevent the banks from having to face the consequences of their greed and stupidity.

God forbid that that should ever happen. And especially the dashing rescue of the developers and speculators’ favourite casino — Anglo Irish Bank.