Pearls Of Wisdom To Ignorant Swine

CORI, the umbrella group for Catholic religious institutions, the Conference of Religious in Ireland, has said it does not believe the country's infrastructure and social provisions can be brought up to average European levels without an increase in taxes.
In its latest socio-economic review, CORI says that despite all its economic success, Ireland still has growing levels of poverty, unequal income distribution and social exclusion.
The review says 900,000 people here are living at risk of poverty and claims the last seven budgets have widened the income gap between rich and poor.
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And the national media shows due deference to Fr Sean Healy!
For a fairer balance, I think it important to point out that CORI comes from the same stable as the Irish Christian Brothers.
Nor does their refernce to the need for extra taxes require any profound level of intelligence! It would be difficult to discount the expertise of CORI in this field, as they have always been, and still are, such a major contributing factor to Ireland's problem of economic inequality, and many other national problems as well. The latest budding scandal caused by the Irish Christian Brothers has yet to unravel, but the reluctance of the nation's administration to run the country in any pro-active manner, nor to give meaning to such wonderful words as transparency and open-ness would be obvious to a deaf-mute.
The serious problem with Ireland today is that probably 95% of resources are being squandered in attempting to conceal Catholic Ireland's dismal failure, while the many businesses channelling funds into Vatican bank accounts goes on unabated.
CORI is in a very smug position, pretending it gives a damn. It's loyalties are to Roman Imperialism, old-time-religion being merely a front for the vast financial corporation run from the Vatican in the name charity!
The very idea that politicians might begin as idealists, naievely thinking they might make a difference, and working hard for years to get elected, is beneath their contempt! The secular world running it's own affairs, efficiently and openly, is of no benefit to CORI. They can always box-clever and waffle about their Rolls-Royce solutions to national social problems. They haven't played a very impressive role as national leaders over the past 15 years, though.
One thing is sure, time will tell just what the hell sort of Republic Bertie ran!