Posit an exaggeration, counterpose it with another and you get... this:
Regardless of that debate, the fact that so many people are coming to make their homes in Ireland suggests that most of the newly arrived are managing to find places to live and, more generally, that the Republic is far from being the "failed state" that some wish to portray it. The simplest retort to the failed staters is: Why has Ireland one of the highest rates of immigration in the world if it is such a terrible place to live?
This article was mentioned on this site the other day. Here's another gem from it.
This is a country that hasn't had a budget that lasted 12 months, since 2019. Effectively, a new budgetary culture took hold; a straight bet on more corporation tax funding more debt.
Now what unprecedented events could have occurred since 2019 that might make all financial and economic projections fall apart? And how is Ireland unique in that?
Then there's this:
So Pret A Manger is more than just a sandwich chain, it holds a mirror up to working life and can even be a helpful economic indicator. Observing this phenomenon, Bloomberg developed the Pret Index — an analytical tool to track how many workers are returning to the office in a post-pandemic world.
All other examples welcome.
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