Posted on 12/10/2005 2:10:07 PM PST by Lorianne
...doing the work the Irish refuse to do...er...well, at least they're not drunks.
They're only doing the work the Irish left to do in America.
At one time the Irish WERE cheap foreign labor.
Sheesh, to think the Irish must now import Latvian bartenders! That goes beyond ironic, it's full bore bizarro.
Puts a whole spin on the IRISH NEED NOT APPLY idea.
“Equal Rights For All Workers” [except for the Latvians]
“No slave ships on Irish seas” [Latvians are slaves? Irish have seas?]
and “Stop Outsourcing” [jobs are still in Ireland]
And my biggest customer is outsourcing some of its software development to Ireland. I'm part of the "transition team".
That's interesting. I checked, and indeed, the Irish minimum wage is apparently 7.65 euros per hour, or US$9.02 at 1.18 euros to the dollar.
$9.02 per hour seems to me to be a large amount for a minimum wage.
I'm glad I got my Irish citizenship before they change the laws.
Begads and begorrah!
Get yourself an atlas: Ireland is surrounded by sea.
Always interesting to watch when the brogue is on the other foot.
Yes I believe there is even such a thing called THE IRISH SEA
I was concurring with ya
I know.
It's amazing anyone could claim otherwise ...
I doubt many.
Ireland, and many of the people there, have been among the least vocal and least critical regarding the United States.
Its far and rare to hear any negative comments directed at the United States coming from Ireland.
Its not like the EU which is always looking to take shots at us, Ireland has been pretty good in relation to US policies, and has avoided taking shots at us.
High wages are only good to those that get paid them.
Otherwise, those with high wages place big demands on the productive capacity of the economy.
It sort of like the port workers on the Pacific coast boasting about how their big wages help "support" 3 jobs.
In reality, it takes 3 jobs TO SUPPORT THEM.
Well, I can certainly understand why they don't want Turkey coming into the EU. Their country of 4-million people would be completely flooded and the culture ripped from its roots if the Turks invaded (and they would).
Depends on how many Latvians they're getting over there, I suppose.
Immigration can be good...in manageable doses...from the right places...distributed evenly.
All too often, all of these conditions are ignored.
Tell me that you're joking. By any chance, have you ever been in Ireland?
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