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What's the general sentiment after all the turmoil over the past few years? Are you better off now or situation is the same? Picture we get presented from Icela

What's the general sentiment after all the turmoil over the past few years? Are you better off now or situation is the same? Picture we get presented from Iceland is that you got rid off everything that was wrong and you're now on the way of prosperity, or already there. Something tells me that's not really the case.

Beltiras 11y ago
The current administration is doing it's level best to use their time in power to serve their owners (donors) knowing they will not be in power after the next election. This involves lowering taxes, doing away with fees for fishing quota, changing the tax code to be flatter, selling public assets to cronies and the head-scratching propensity of the prime minister has for involving himself in minutia of regional planning of the capital and preservation of "monuments". The Pirate Party is polling at roughly 35% for almost a year now with less than 18 months till next election. The left-leaning parties have taken a shellacking and most on the left don't trust them after the terrible job they did last time around. There is a real thirst for a change in politics because there are many things rotten in the state of Iceland.
- Keyframe 11y ago
  Sounds bleak, but still in turmoil. I keep seeing crap like this all the time: http://i.imgur.com/q3CJejw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/q3CJejw.jpg Iceland has become a token for lots of issues/agendas, but I've never heard from anyone Iceland what's the situation like at all.
  - Beltiras 11y ago
    I'd say the spirit of the images is right but the devil is in the details. We are still a very fortunate country. We are managing to stand up after a rough tumble. We also generally know how fortunate we are. The general feeling with respect to the refugee crisis is that harsh policy interpretations by the Directorate of Immigration are not in line with the national spirit of succor for the huddled masses. There have been some very dubious uses of the Dublin Regulation that usually cause outcries that we should help the less fortunate but rarely do those affairs end with the rejected application getting any review. We have a lot of work to do still.
- collyw 11y ago
  Yet the politics still sound way better than almost anywhere else in the world.
  - Beltiras 11y ago
    I guess it's better in the sense that political winds are still shifting. We had the good fortune of voting in 3 members of the Pirate Party (out of a legislative body of 63 parliamentarians) and they have been phenomenally effective given they are in the minority delivering resolutions with cross-partisan consensus leading to legislation reform.

Beltiras 11y ago

The current administration is doing it's level best to use their time in power to serve their owners (donors) knowing they will not be in power after the next election. This involves lowering taxes, doing away with fees for fishing quota, changing the tax code to be flatter, selling public assets to cronies and the head-scratching propensity of the prime minister has for involving himself in minutia of regional planning of the capital and preservation of "monuments". The Pirate Party is polling at roughly 35% for almost a year now with less than 18 months till next election. The left-leaning parties have taken a shellacking and most on the left don't trust them after the terrible job they did last time around. There is a real thirst for a change in politics because there are many things rotten in the state of Iceland.

Keyframe 11y ago
Sounds bleak, but still in turmoil. I keep seeing crap like this all the time: http://i.imgur.com/q3CJejw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/q3CJejw.jpg Iceland has become a token for lots of issues/agendas, but I've never heard from anyone Iceland what's the situation like at all.
- Beltiras 11y ago
  I'd say the spirit of the images is right but the devil is in the details. We are still a very fortunate country. We are managing to stand up after a rough tumble. We also generally know how fortunate we are. The general feeling with respect to the refugee crisis is that harsh policy interpretations by the Directorate of Immigration are not in line with the national spirit of succor for the huddled masses. There have been some very dubious uses of the Dublin Regulation that usually cause outcries that we should help the less fortunate but rarely do those affairs end with the rejected application getting any review. We have a lot of work to do still.
collyw 11y ago
Yet the politics still sound way better than almost anywhere else in the world.
- Beltiras 11y ago
  I guess it's better in the sense that political winds are still shifting. We had the good fortune of voting in 3 members of the Pirate Party (out of a legislative body of 63 parliamentarians) and they have been phenomenally effective given they are in the minority delivering resolutions with cross-partisan consensus leading to legislation reform.