http://www.irishelection.com/2009/03/the-return-of-the-king-bertie-defends-the-boomier-times/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.irishelection.com/2009/03/the-return-of-the-king-bertie-defends-the-boomier-times/comment-page-1/#comment-115857 Betty Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:42:27 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=4775#comment-115857 I wonder were there any questions at the Industrial Relations Conferance---did anyone point out that the budget surpluses since 2002 were phoney based on borrowed money---all the taxes are included in the price of a new house and are funded by the mortgage so the entire "boom" since 2002 was borrowed.The mantra "when we had money ,we spent it"is so false, we never had the money, it was borrowed. I wonder were there any questions at the Industrial Relations Conferance—did anyone point out that the budget surpluses since 2002 were phoney based on borrowed money—all the taxes are included in the price of a new house and are funded by the mortgage so the entire “boom” since 2002 was borrowed.The mantra “when we had money ,we spent it”is so false, we never had the money, it was borrowed.

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