The republic and the Fiscal Compact referendum

I write to you to express my distress that the referendum on the Fiscal Compact has already been hijacked by both domestic squabblers and opportunistic politicos.

We vote for a treaty in less than a month’s time which has nothing to do with our domestic bickering and petty squabbling at home, over lost money here, higher taxes there; but instead an issue of greater significance than our internal naval-gazing can allow for. We vote instead for a renewed definition of what government is and what our republic should be.

There has been much talk over the previous referendums of engaging in debate about whether our republic should appease European overlords, enact distant directives or accept rulings from the European Commission.