Well, not too long ago the people of Ireland voted in a new government with the promise not to follow the IMF guidelines as it would basically rape
them financially.
Further information can be found in this thread:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
But shown in this article:
Voter betrayal: FG/Labour to ditch pledges on economy
The Fine Gael/Labour coalition Government is to implement in detail the outgoing Government's four-year austerity plan as approved by the EU-IMF, the
Sunday Independent can reveal. In what will amount to the most barefaced breach of election promises ever perpetrated by an incoming Government, the
coalition partners' programme for government will cause uproar when it is published today.
www.independent.ie...
In that agreement, about 80% of their tax revenue will be used to pay off that debt by 2012 - which means nothing for the Irish people. Once people
learn of this, you can expect trouble in the streets of Ireland.