Comments for Down With That Sort of Thing http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com A window on a dissatisfied nation Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Today’s strike: CPSU by Ronan http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/2009/02/todays-strike-cpsu/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 Ronan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:22 +0000 http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/?p=3#comment-2624 If we are going to get our economy back on track, everybody needs to dig in, including Public Sector Workers! Striking is not the way to go. Down with that sort of thing! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protest-AGAINST-Public-Sector-Protests/182422904961 If we are going to get our economy back on track, everybody needs to dig in, including Public Sector Workers! Striking is not the way to go.
Down with that sort of thing!

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]]> Comment on Taxi Drivers For Change go online by John Garland. http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/2009/02/taxi-drivers-for-change-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-932 John Garland. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:14:22 +0000 http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/?p=21#comment-932 PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR E-MAIL LISTING AND KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US AND YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT 100% PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR E-MAIL LISTING AND KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US AND YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT 100%

]]> Comment on Taxis out protesting in Dublin City presently by MICHAEL http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/2009/04/taxis-out-protesting-in-dublin-city-presently/comment-page-1/#comment-461 MICHAEL Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:09:07 +0000 http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/?p=89#comment-461 THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE JOBS . HOW MUCH DO THEY WANT TO EARN / NEVER HEAR THEM TELL U THAT THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE JOBS . HOW MUCH DO THEY WANT TO EARN / NEVER HEAR THEM TELL U THAT

]]> Comment on 24-hour Taxi strike on Monday 30th by Jason Kelly http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/2009/03/24-hour-taxi-strike-on-monday-30th/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Jason Kelly Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:52:49 +0000 http://www.downwiththatsortofthing.com/?p=81#comment-21 As a Dublin Taxi Driver for the past five years and I fully agree that the taxi industry in a state of rapid decline. Without harping on it has become increasingly difficult to make ends meat. My monthly commitments are still the same but my ability to be able to earn enough money to meet said commitments has all but vanished. We have a Taxi regulator who today announced that she fully endorses and supports the Good Body Report into the Taxi Industry. This woman is so out of touch with reality that one has to ask what planet is she living on. She will accept the findings of a report that has no actual basis in fact whatsoever, don't take my word for it just ask the other 27,000 Taxi Drivers around the country. This is the same woman who tried to deal with this crisis last November by increasing taxi fares against the wishes of taxi drivers. This was done at a time when the country was going into recession, when people were losing their jobs and when taxis had become a luxury that most people could not afford, not only was this an insult to taxi drivers it was also an insult to every person in this country who uses taxis. In my opinion its not just the Taxi Industry that needs an overhaul its the Taxi Regulators Office itself, It seems to me that she is nothing more than an ignorant government puppet who has outlasted her uselessness. The Minister for Transport is no better again he won't listen to the people who actually know what is going on (taxi drivers) so he hides behind the aforementioned Government paid for report. Do these people not realize how insulting it is to the countries 27,000 taxi drivers to have them come out and say that its all ok because the report we paid for says so, when we who are working all hours and quite often for a lot less that the minimum wage know the opposite is true. In saying all this I support action whether its marching on Leinster House or the Taxi Regulators Office. But I have to ask what benefit is an all out stoppage when the people who will be most affected are the people we depend on to make a living, the General Pubic. As a Dublin Taxi Driver for the past five years and I fully agree that the taxi industry in a state of rapid decline. Without harping on it has become increasingly difficult to make ends meat. My monthly commitments are still the same but my ability to be able to earn enough money to meet said commitments has all but vanished.

We have a Taxi regulator who today announced that she fully endorses and supports the Good Body Report into the Taxi Industry. This woman is so out of touch with reality that one has to ask what planet is she living on. She will accept the findings of a report that has no actual basis in fact whatsoever, don’t take my word for it just ask the other 27,000 Taxi Drivers around the country. This is the same woman who tried to deal with this crisis last November by increasing taxi fares against the wishes of taxi drivers. This was done at a time when the country was going into recession, when people were losing their jobs and when taxis had become a luxury that most people could not afford, not only was this an insult to taxi drivers it was also an insult to every person in this country who uses taxis.

In my opinion its not just the Taxi Industry that needs an overhaul its the Taxi Regulators Office itself, It seems to me that she is nothing more than an ignorant government puppet who has outlasted her uselessness.

The Minister for Transport is no better again he won’t listen to the people who actually know what is going on (taxi drivers) so he hides behind the aforementioned Government paid for report.

Do these people not realize how insulting it is to the countries 27,000 taxi drivers to have them come out and say that its all ok because the report we paid for says so, when we who are working all hours and quite often for a lot less that the minimum wage know the opposite is true.

In saying all this I support action whether its marching on Leinster House or the Taxi Regulators Office. But I have to ask what benefit is an all out stoppage when the people who will be most affected are the people we depend on to make a living, the General Pubic.

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