Saturday January 14 2012 - Independent.ie

Confusion. Memory loss. Poor judgment. An inability to let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. Fleeting awareness of mistakes resulting in mood swings and erratic decision-making.

The mix-up surrounding the tax-demand letters from the Revenue Commissioners to pensioners has been disturbing to watch.

We should acknowledge, however, that the symptoms detailed above offer a much more accurate description of the behaviour of the authorities in recent days than the OAPs who received the menacing missives.

Not that you would have gleaned such an impression by following the controversy on the public airwaves. Far from it.

In their eagerness to condemn the latest bureaucratic blunder by the powers that befuddle, most politicians, commentators and vested interests once again opted to portray the elderly as helpless victims, a pitiful bunch of old dears caught in the headlights.

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