An Bord Snip Nua report

[euroboy]

Of course the fact that they have spent 40 years of their lives working and paying taxes - putting you through education - and wiping your runny nose - lets just euthanize them and they will be no burden at all.

If you were to index link the taxes they paid over 40 yrs, I doubt very much it would cover the cost of 1 train journey to dublin.

The same can be said for social welfare, it would take the PRSI contributions of some earning 190k a year to cover dole for 9 months for that person if they lost their job. How many people have lost their jobs and havent paid even so much in taxes and prsi during their lives to cover 1 month of dole.

Now is the state to sustain that, when we have a tax burden of 19%

[toughbutfair]

Bruton probably supports the cuts but is playing politics and wants to put the boot in, also Enda likes to be "man of the people" ala Bertie so Bruton is probably under pressure.

[kerrynorth]

If Bruton had nothing to say he should have stayed off the radio and considered his response rather than making a fool of himself with 5 minutes of confused waffle that only reinforced the idea that FG dont have the cahones to make real cuts
And before anyone asks hes my TD and got my No 1

Have to agree with that. He was blathering like a banshee with nothing to say. Was he hit by a bus on his way to RTE and suffering concusion? That can be the only possible explanation as to why FG's most competent economic performer did so badly.

[the grinch]

No mention of tackling PS workers earning salaries well in excess of €200K a year??

[toughbutfair]

I'm waiting for Joan Burton and her muppet leader to say "attacking the vulnerable" and resist all changes, oh yeah - they'll probably say "fair" all the time too.

[hurling_lad]

Learned what a tipstaff was today.
Apparently they cost €2.5m.

Also 'Graffiti removal operations to be part of Community Service orders'.

Plenty of clever stuff in there.

[mmrebel]

Get him boys!! Get the ********************er!!

Minster for aggriculture is down in the Cork getting attacked by 100's of raving mad famers with pitch forks.

RTE news is telling me this... :mrgreen:

They did the same to o dea and moloney during the weekend.

[diarmaid]

we've still no idea which parts of this report which are going to be impleented, no mention of a general public service pay cut?

[seabhcan]

No mention of tackling PS workers earning salaries well in excess of €200K a year??

You mean, like the people who wrote the report?

[Oriel27]

should never ever have left the UK. this country is the pits.

times are definately going back to when one never got anything from the government.
my da came from a family of 12, there was no such thing of childcare payments.