The End of the Rainbow — Ireland is now Europe’s second richest country.
… In a quite unusual development, the government, the main trade unions, farmers and industrialists came together and agreed on a program of fiscal austerity, slashing corporate taxes to 12.5 percent, far below the rest of Europe, moderating wages and prices, and aggressively courting foreign investment. In 1996, Ireland made college education basically free, creating an even more educated work force.
The results have been phenomenal. Today, 9 out of 10 of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies have operations here, as do 16 of the top 20 medical device companies and 7 out of the top 10 software designers. Last year, Ireland got more foreign direct investment from America than from China. And overall government tax receipts are way up.
This is fascinating. Yet we can only wish that leaders of other countries (Like maybe, the USofA) would/could use this as a model.
You mean libertarian-like capitalism works? Dang! I was seriously thinking of getting my passport and seeing what’s up with the job market over there, but I’d have to fly to San Francisco to do it. It can wait. I told Kinshay to check out the IT jobs over there, but he is lazy and in love with a Jewess so he won’t go.
That phrase “lazy and in love with a Jewess” is one of the most finely crafted bits of wordsmanship I’ve seen in a while.
I’s good at riting.
I would be offended other than it’s true
doots, there’s an assload of jews in ireland. the previous mayor of dublin was a clip-tip. actually, she didn’t have a penis, but you know what i mean.