Ireland's "low paid" whingers: our low paid are actually over paid!

[Cael]

You sound like a Thatcherite. Thatcher allowed people in council houses buy their own houses and take control of their own lives.

And then the bottom fell out of the property market - and the banks had control of their lives.

[SAT]

In response to the OP

So what say all the whingers here to the fact that our minimum wage is already €8.65

I'd say you need to go and learn about purchase price parity (PPP) so in the future you will not repeat the error of comparing apples with oranges

[Own Arris]

Originally Posted by LeDroit
When 4% of the population pay 45% of all income tax there's something wrong.

i agree completely - it indicates grotesque income inequality

+1 well put

[myksav]

I'm not sure how many times i have to say it to you. She has been given her house by the council, hence she does NOT have to bust a gut to pay a mortgage, working folk like us end up paying her way.

I've no idea how many children she has.

I haven't (yet) reported her, I only found out about her on Monday and I'm sure the authorities know loads of people like her have boyfriends living with them.

What are you on about me creating a company to employ people? If I had some great idea that I could make a fortune from then I would. I don't so I work as an employee like most people.

(bold)So this woman is a different one to the one you were complaining about a few months ago, and a few months before that, and so on?
(underline) Nice assuming there. Very sure of the authorities knowing everything, you are. Which, to be blunt, is stupid of you.

Your last paragraph illustrates a common attitude among Irish people, "I can't" or "I can't be bothered." The Irish fear of failure.

What the hell are you (collectively) afraid of? Failing? Everyone fails at things, just get off the ground and try again. Hell, I've had a few businesses fail on me, so what, it isn't the end of the world. Learn from what went wrong and figure out solutions. Anything less is pure laziness.

Do you suffer the "I can't"? Are you just lazy? Or just afraid of maybe failing?
The person who fails is the one who never tries.

By the way, those 100,000 you say never worked a day in their lives, the majority of those were seasonal workers. Workers who paid tax and prsi. Fishermen, agri-contractors, etc, who probably worked harder than you ever did.

[myksav]

So provide a link to a report which shows that women in Ireland doing the same job, same hours, same experience get paid less than men.

Originally Posted by myksav
If it is for the same job, same qualifications, then women ARE being discriminated against in wages.

Quote:
Originally Posted by toughbutfair
What detail does the research go into. All I've ever seen is that women on average get x% less than men. That does NOT prove discrimination.

You were the one to bring up that idea. Note highlighted word.