Well, here's the funny thing about plunkey...aside from the fact that not only did indeed immediately change the subject but has (apparently) resorted to making things up about other members (eg canned from the financial services industry - hard to be canned when I am one of two who run the firm. Such is dealing with plunkey. Yet another attempt to divert).
The funny thing is that the fact that Ireland spends a relatively small % of GDP (comparatively speaking) is not up for dispute. Hence it being a fact. If plunkey was such a wise fiscal conservative, he would be in this thread pleading for us to adopt the Irish social safety net model. After all, a country that spends less than most yet has (according to plunkey) one of the most liberal social safety nets is a country we should look up to, yes? It seems like they have cracked the code.
Further proof the man is simply trolling.