Ireland: Island of Taints and Dollars

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"Taints" - a Definition

particularly as pertains to Ireland

taints; verb

1. To affect with, or as if by, an infection or disease.
2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; to spoil.
3. To corrupt morally.
4. To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible.

verb.intr.
To become affected with decay or putrefaction; spoil.

noun.
1. A moral defect, a stain or spot.
2. An infecting touch, influence, or tinge.


NOTE: (a) A survey taken last April found that a mere 12% of the population of Ireland trusted members of the Irish Parliament!!  (b) Many of Ireland's problems have money, greed, and dishonesty at the core.

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