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I realise that it’s most improper to read the article on this here orange website, but it produced an economic benefit greater than the cost, which was fairly m

I realise that it’s most improper to read the article on this here orange website, but it produced an economic benefit greater than the cost, which was fairly minimal. There are worse things for governments to spend money on. The idea that the average artist in Ireland is in any way an ally of the FF/FG coalition is also pretty farcical.

CalRobert 1y ago
The program was championed by the greens, who would be generally well-liked by artists (and myself, even though I dislike this policy personally). Though they're somewhat less-liked since going in to coalition with FF/FG. The benefit was greater than the cost if you consider the psychological well-being aspect of it, but it was not self-supporting economically (i.e. it's difficult to see how this is scalable).
- rsynnott 1y ago
  The Greens are gone; the current government, which is extending the programme, is Green-free.
  - CalRobert 1y ago
    Right, but the greens were around for its implementation.
account42 1y ago
> but it produced an economic benefit greater than the cost Except it doesn't unless you include the artists feeling good about getting free gibs as an economic benefit, which the calculation used for the article does.