Originally Posted by
carlos marvado
Well said TheNads. You're a man after my own heart; not only do you support a good football team, but you have a similar attitude to the rip-off mentality that the celtic tiger fostered. I for one am glad that the beast has finally been slaughtered, this recession could be the best thing that ever happened to us in the long term.
I myself proposed a punting moratorium back in May or thereabouts to drive prices down in this business. But I totally agree with you, it's not just escorts, but a whole host of business sectors who rip us off compared to what they charge in the UK and elsewhere. But at the end of the day, a fool and his money are easily parted, and until those who have their brains firmly located between their legs can no longer afford to subsidise prices that would be laughed at abroad, we may just have to grin and bare it.
My theory is that the same w***kers are responsible for all our woes.....Fianna Fail and their buddies in the construction, property, and banking sectors; get rich quick merchants who made money and spent it like there was no tomorrow and without a care in the world for the effect that their greed was having on others. They are the same shower who are now going to the government to get the taxpayer to bail them out. Well, there are at least 1900 less taxpayers in Limerick now and 5000 less nationwide per week to bail them and their public sector cronies out of trouble.
What you say about the French is also correct. If we were living in France circa 1789, 1830, 1848, 1870 or even today, we would use the brains in our heads to find a solution and we would'nt have to think about it too long or hard either.
So shop around or as they say, let your fingers do the walking, use up some shoe leather, and go whereever you have to, to get the best price.
And just a final thought. Countless generations both here and abroad, fought and died, struggled, campaigned, protested, marched etc. for the right to universal suffrage. Use the power of the ballot box and whatever economic power you have wisely and effect some change.