Paying the price for government failures

AS we move forward into 2012, the endless struggle continues for most Irish families.

Long gone are the days of Enda and Co, calling for the bondholders to be burned and claiming that the banks won’t get another red cent should Fine Gael get into power, and I, like lots of others, fell for this.

Instead, the Government’s capitulation to the European partners insuring that we all dance to their tune, while our wages and public services diminish by the day. The Government’s failure to tell Europe that enough is enough is mind-blowing. Imposing a property tax, among others, and announcing that it is only €2 per week per household is nothing short of ignorance. This is €2 on top of all the other extra costs imposed on innocent pawns, who are being forced to pay for the recklessness of the greedy few.