What is wrong with us thicks?

[Shallowhal]

I don't think PTSB got much from NAMA, certainly not as much as AIB or BOI so it's carrying forward losses might not be as objectionable?

The cnuts sold my pension loans to a VF for a discount of 30% +. The VF are offering me a discount of 6% to clear. Woulda had a lot more options if they had offered me the 30%+ discount.

Banks and VF don't do direct write offs for the little man...no mercy!!

[Rat Catcher]

Could be a lesson for the next bust. Don't see why they couldn't have provisions requiring banks to offer account holders similar terms to VFs, perhaps subject to a small admin fee. We are pretty committed to boom/bust economics, in fact we even require banks to contribute to a bailout fund nowadays. If we put our minds to it we could become the most efficient country in the world at orchestrating economic crises.

[The Liffey Lip]

Why are yez all so anti-Mick Ryanair? I don't recall him conning the taxpayer into bailing him out.

[mercenary for hire]

Because he's bringing in the foreigners to take our Jobs and then our welfare money....probably.

[Rat Catcher]

I don't think people are anti-Mick but if you were his father you wouldn't be proud of the crude, vulgar little man that he is. For my own part, I'm happy to use his cheap and nasty airline service, putting the underlying exploitation to the back of my mind while I concentrate on price. It's one of those things, a lot of folk are happy with what he provides but very few would be proud to be in his shoes.

[The Liffey Lip]

Well, with Saudi women being allowed drive now and all that, he's brought out a new jammer in conjunction with Mercedes...smart cookie.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

He's a Bilderbergin' cunt.
That's why I don't like him.