Bailing out Ireland

In 1997, I was in Ireland visiting some friends who had just arrived there and were planning on staying for about six months. They were looking for a job, but not having much success. One evening, they were talking to a couple of young Irishmen, guys in there 20's, asking them if they knew of a good place where a couple of Americans might find a job for 5 or 6 months. And they responded, "Why don't you just go on the dole?"

We laughed, but now I know, this is how that ends.