Ireland Bailout Gets The Taiwanese Animation Treatment (VIDEO)

It was inevitable, but the massive bailout of Ireland has finally got the Taiwainese animation treatment.

Ireland, once heralded as a model of growth, has quickly become a debt-addled nation that, at least one prominent Irish leader, says was cajoled into accepting a massive bailout and harsh budget cuts. Along the way, the video notes, Ireland was embroiled in a speculative housing bubble and became something of a tax haven, home to accounting gimmicks like the "Double Irish."

The result, according to the video, was that the economy once called the "Celtic tiger" turned into a house cat, and civil unrest has been unleashed after cuts to social services. It may not be that far from the truth -- though we can't vouch for (or support) the video's depictions of violence against Leprechauns.

WATCH the video below:

Comments

[ceti]

03:32 AM on 12/18/2010

Father Ted -- "Down with this sort of thing" Brilliant!

[aphextwin07]

03:32 PM on 12/02/2010

haha, their vids are always a riot and pretty much considered must-see.

[floodmfx]

01:07 PM on 12/02/2010

Ireland is now a vassal state to the major European powers.

The people of Iceland should remember what is happening in Ireland today when they vote on EU status next year. Joining the EU, for smaller states, means becoming a pawn of Germany and France.

[bklynnupe]

11:58 AM on 12/01/2010

Finally, someone has found a very useful purpose for those avatars!
This is today’s new School House Rock.
These guys are evil geniuses and deserve some awards, too funny!
It's so over the top, hysterical.

[Paul Moran Dublin]

03:12 AM on 12/01/2010

Christmas, wintertime
some shepherds, ordinary men, plain spoken, kind hearted, looked up and unusual patterns were in the sky, an angel appeared and said
'be not afraid...'

www.socialjustice.ie
bainteatneamh as
moonpurple
dignitas humanae

[Lost Rights]

02:40 AM on 12/01/2010

My question is, who is getting that 6.7% interest? Is the Goldsacks of money, and other banks getting it for 0%? Isn't this just another way to keep the money going to the top while destroying any middle class there might still be in Ireland?

[flashblitzen]

11:22 AM on 12/01/2010

The Alien race from Antiarch Sol 10983. We've been their food source for hundreds of years.
The world's future children are being brokered by the ultra wealthy in exchange for survival and short term profits. I assumed anyone on the street had already accepted that as truth.

[Lost Rights]

02:29 AM on 12/01/2010

"Pride goes before the fall".

[The One True Dave]

02:04 AM on 12/01/2010

I just had to laugh at analysis that was delivered via so many stereotypes.

[Chef Typhoid Mary]

09:42 PM on 11/30/2010

Economist Michael Hudson has it right. This the new form of Foreign Domination. The Irish have figured it out will fight it again. http://michael-hudson.com/2010/11/schemes-of-the-rich-and-greedy/

[quixoto]

09:30 PM on 11/30/2010

So confused...

[dn sf]

10:13 AM on 12/01/2010

try replaying the video a few times and you might get it