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Beware the low paid - Lenihan is coming for you.

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    #32
    thebman
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    Possibly because their higher taxes cover the cost of GP visits?

    Yes the point is that if you increase us to the same tax levels as other Eu countries then you can't expect the people to also pay these costs that other EU countries don't have to pay I think.

    Or that we have these additional costs on top of the taxes.

    So there are other factors to consider, it isn't as simple as other EU countries pay more tax than we do, it is a little more complicated because we pay additional costs they don't have to as a result.


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    #33
    nesf
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    Problem is, there seems to exist a myth in this country that Ireland is a high-tax economy. People demand world-class public services while refusing to pay for them. Changing that attitude is not going to be easy.

    Indeed.
    DublinWriter wrote: »
    By 'easier' I presume you mean 'earlier'?

    Yes, apologies for the "typo".

    DublinWriter wrote: »
    Yes, they do start paying tax earlier, that's because their costs of living are relatively lower and they're not expected to shell out €60 Hello-Money every time they walk into a GP's surgery.

    They had higher taxes than us when our cost of living was lower than theirs back when this was a low cost country.


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    #34
    holly1
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    Make Micheal O"Leary minister for Finance and he will squeeze any money out of us punters that he can, and he would without an apology.


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