Where to begin with a budget that has sought to be all things to all people, all parties, all demographics, all industries, and, in its way, all economists? And how exactly do you frame a budget that has unleashed such a staggering amount of money into the economy, while, simultaneously resisting the urge to splurge even more? Economics, by definition, is a science that studies the allocation of scarce resources. Yet, there was no scarcity of money for Jack Chambers or Paschal Donohoe, the two authors of Budget 2025.  Instead, flush with cash and an election imminent, Chambers and Donohoe…

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