Some people just want to have a dig off the state no matter what they do, Same with the smoking ban, people said it would kill off irish social life, Turned out to be best decision ever made,
Some people just want to shill on behalf of the government as much as they can. No matter what screwups the government make, "you don't understand the intricacies of government - they're all very intelligent people doing an admirable job and how very dare you find fault you complete and utter ingrate"
Smoking ban turned out to be brilliant - along with the plastic bag levy. And btw I've praised MM many times for both here and in RL.