Free cheese and Dáil vegetables

SOMETIMES, the simplest things sum up the state of a country.

This Christmas, when so many people will be short of cash, jobless and struggling to make ends meet, are we to be cheered up by a Fianna Fáil announcement of free cheese?

Sure, some people will be hungry, but those unlucky enough to be in need will also remember how things got this bad. We will remember that, in theory, these ‘public servants’ are our employees, but we can’t fire them, fine them or cut their wages, no matter how bad they are. They get to finish out their contracts and live on our taxes.