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GNP of Ireland is 140 billion Euro and falling.
Government debt of Ireland is 103 billion Euro and rising.

By end of 2011 the total debt held by the Irish consumer on Mortgages and the Total debt of the Irish Government, ADDED TOGETHER will be at least 225% of GNP and Possibly 250% of GNP.

*Shakes head slowly*

If only you had the steady hand of the British Empire to look after you

Don't worry, the Queen is going to visit next year. That will cheer everyone up.

Kilkrazy wrote:Don't worry, the Queen is going to visit next year. That will cheer everyone up.

Maybe the Irish should have a Monarch. Then they could claim a spot of land is a "historical monarchial landmark" and claim millions of dollars in revenue for that spot, just like the Queen does.

No she doesn't - she claims millions of pounds. Silly American

SilverMK2 wrote:No she doesn't - she claims millions of pounds. Silly American

And coverted she claims more money if in American dollars, silly Brit.

WarOne wrote:And coverted she claims more money if in American dollars, silly Brit.

However, she doesn't actually claim anything in dollars, American or otherwise

I don't think this thread has ben on topic very much - whoops!

SilverMK2 wrote:*Shakes head slowly*

If only you had the steady hand of the British Empire to look after you

Yeh. At least then (with morgages added to the debt of the british government) they would only be in debt by 50% of their GNP. What a saviour.

"This is where you could have been had we not been here to look after you...but by the way, we're still fethed."

Ireland has a fairly slender economic base, making it easy to feth up without doing too much wrong.

The Uk has a strong economic base yet we just had a government that had a modus operandi of 'Spend it all now, and borrow to spend some more, just so long as we look good her and now its someone elses problem.'

The Uk had a solid treasury and no remaining debts under Major, how we will be paying for decades for the economic lies that made Blair appear to be competent capitalist and socialist all at the same time.

Orlanth wrote:Ireland has a fairly slender economic base, making it easy to feth up without doing too much wrong.

The Uk has a strong economic base yet we just had a government that had a modus operandi of 'Spend it all now, and borrow to spend some more, just so long as we look good her and now its someone elses problem.'

The Uk had a solid treasury and no remaining debts under Major, how we will be paying for decades for the economic lies that made Blair appear to be competent capitalist and socialist all at the same time.

Yes, built on a wide range of miniatures ranging from Orks to Space Marines to little ravenous critters, rat-men, undead warriors, and terminators ruled by hungry star gods. Very wide and diversified economic base.

Oh lord, imagine the dark day when GW shutters its doors.