Corruption Ireland Vs Uk

[calvinhobbes]

I am a novice to all this HPC but I will dare to reveal my current thinking so that those wiser can correct me!

For years in Ireland we have heard allegedly certain politicians and developers sharing the same pubs (and possibly ladies, ahem) and a certain amount of brown enveloping. Credit crisis = the poor and elderly are penalised with the govt giving breath taking assurances to save the banks. The developers have not been targeted the same way, they know too much!

In the UK certain politicians allegedly become directors of financial institutions/accountancy firms when they retire and so seem to pass unbelievable policies before that to suit their eventual employers. The middle class seem to feel it more in the uk since the welfare system cushions blows for the poorer. These financial directors etc seem to be free to get their multi million pound bonuses regardless if they bankrupt the country, do they also know too much?

Edited October 27, 2008 by calvinhobbes

[eric pebble]

I am a novice to all this HPC but I will dare to reveal my current thinking so that those wiser can correct me!

For years in Ireland we have heard allegedly certain politicians and developers sharing the same pubs (and possibly ladies, ahem) and a certain amount of brown enveloping. Credit crisis = the poor and elderly are penalised with the govt giving breath taking assurances to save the banks. The developers have not been targeted the same way, they know too much!

In the UK certain politicians allegedly become directors of financial institutions/accountancy firms when they retire and so seem to pass unbelievable policies before that to suit their eventual employers. The middle class seem to feel it more in the uk since the welfare system cushions blows for the poorer. These financial directors etc seem to be free to get their multi million pound bonuses regardless if they bankrupt the country, do they also know too much?

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