Barry Cowen defends comparison of eviction ban extension to ‘making sweets free’

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  1. Nice-sounding policies have second-order effects that can come back to bite you down the road.

    Perfectly valid way to illustrate that point, but of course there’s a pretty significant chunk of the electorate that doesn’t understand how analogies work and professional politicians (from every party) have made an art form out of exploiting that.

  2. He wouldn’t have made such a comparison if he didn’t feel collecting rent was like collecting sweeties.

    Such a quip can be like a lightbulb moment for the undecided.

    Edit to add, it reminds me of P Flynn and his complaints about having to run two houses.

  3. Just keep digging, just keep digging…..

    They’ll still re-elect him though I am sure.

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