Nearly 100 thousand protest state cutbacks in Ireland

[Joanne98]

Run time: 01:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXVmXt84hA   Posted on YouTube: February 21, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 22, 2009 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 534

 

[Salloot299]

1. It's less than a year a go that Ireland was held up as the poster child for

economic success in Europe

[DemReadingDU]

2. When will hundreds of thousands protest in U.S.?

probably not until they are jobless, homeless, cold, hungry

[ikojo]

3. Not even then. We are brought up

in the US to believe that when we fall on hard times, WE did something wrong.

When Clinton signed welfare reform legislation in 1996, there was barely a peep
from those most affected.

[Joanne98]

4. By this summer hopefully