In the fullness of time history will judge Bertie to be one of our Greatest Taoiseachs

His leadership and self sacrifice demonstrated, in self led private innovative, war on inflation, could show the way forward, for the Germans and all of Europe, particularly as the dreaded inflation, is again the Enemy at the gate of Europe, threatening to make our mortgages less affordable.

By saving in the save and keeping money out of the banking system, or out of circulation, this showed how the money supply could be restricted, restricting the effect of too much cast chasing too few goods, hence controlling inflation.

In doing so he was happy to forego the considerable interest st the time, and was modest about his war on inflation to boot.
Very mush in the tradition of “they weighed so litely what they gave”.

Where as obvious hardship is being created and endured by breakdown of relationships it is time in recognition of such hardship that the tax system be amended appropriately

2008 DRAFT FINANCE BILL (PROPOSED SCHEME OF TAX RELIEFS FOR HARDSHIP FUNDS OR DIGOUT ACT)

Where as an individual, excepting bodies corporate, partnerships, having such expenses in life to defray, following the effective ending of a relationship, which involved a married union, shall be subject to the contnts of the following sections, be eligable to the following reliefs:

1.1 Full exemption from Benifit in Kind tax associated with any funds, given by way of loan, or by way of funds though by the doner or donee to be a loan regardless of the term of the loan

1.2 The Donee may elect during the life of the loan to convert the loan to a gift.

1.3 The Donee must recieve the good will funding within 10 years of the breakdown or actual separation agreement or divorce

1.4 The Donee must Not solicit the Goodwill funding from the providers of the funding

1.5 The providers of the goodwill funding must be friends of the donee and must all spontainously appreciate the need of the donee for the funding without the knowledge of the donee

1.6 The Good Will funding will be transfered by way of legal tender only

1.7 The proposed relief to be made available to a maximum threshold of 100 times the annual Oldage pension

1.8 a ceiling on the eligable goodwill funding to apply up to 50% of the value of cash savings held on deposit in a safe, attic, hole in the wall, under the carpet, or other suitable place of deposit, other than a bank or mutual society.

Bertie is only a gabhal.