Mind yourself and tell powers-that-be to go to hell

WE have all become passive victims of crimes committed by politicians, bankers, developers and so-called regulators with cuts and levies in services, salaries, pensions and insurance.

Quinn insurance went into administration, regulators and bankers retired with lavish pensions and gratuities, Bertie Ahern is appointed professor emeritus at Maynooth — all fully legal, of course — while we got NAMA.

The bankruptcy system that is meant to punish reckless trading has now been abandoned, protecting the reckless, but bankrupting the country and mortgaging our grandchildren. Let’s not forget we zombie citizens are still paying for past scandals including PMPA, ICI, Goodman beef scandal, et al. Your house insurance is being loaded to pay for flooding of properties that should never have been built in flood planes. We pay exorbitant health insurance for the privilege of being left sitting on trolleys with our GP referrals unopened.