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Budget April 2009 as it happens.

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    #122
    djk1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭djk1000


    Change this thread from "Budget April 2009 as it happens" to "right wing views on social welfare"


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    #123
    Tom65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Tom65


    Well, there's the silver lining: I called the increase on smokes correctly :p


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    #124
    big syke
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭big syke


    alanmurphy83 wrote: »
    rent has come down why wouldn't that come down.

    just because rent has dropped doesnt mean people on rent allowance have more money to spend. its given in proportation to what u pay in rnet. so if u pay less u get less.


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    #125
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    TunnelWeb wrote: »
    The dole should be taxed and cut!! Taxing ppl thru the teeth who are actually out working to pay for ppl who sit at home is unfair.:mad:

    Jesus, I really hope you lose your job and are forced to try find one at the moment...


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    #126
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,965 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    ongarite wrote: »
    Tax bands reduced.

    PRSI ceiling up to 75K
    Diesel up 5c


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    #127
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 20,111 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    Richard Dower wrote: »
    NO :mad: it's abonus to HELP those with families and CHILDREN at Xmas to buy presents and do things working peole take for granted ! :mad:

    and why should they get this bonus? they get free money all year is that not enough, i cannot even begin to comprehend your argument


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    #128
    jamieh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    Petrol and booze staying the same ...thank Christ :D


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    #129
    PCros
    Registered Users Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭PCros


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    There go the fags and petrol

    Just diesel I think?


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    #130
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Surely he meant 25 CENT on cigarettes, not 25%??!!!


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    #131
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Nothing on alcohol. Sure the Fianna Fail lads aren't going to damage their mates' business. I expected a tax on off-licence beer though.


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    #132
    sioda
    Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭sioda


    is it 25c per pack or 25 percent??


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    #133
    miece
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭miece


    thank **** petrol did not change


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    #134
    holmyster
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭holmyster


    Anyone interested in some smuggled fags!!!!!!!
    the black market will thrive.

    25% that over a tenner now


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    #135
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Lol Xmas bonus on welfare, with a 20 billion deficit it is crazy to suggest it shouldn't go.

    The cost of living has reduce slightly so save the money now for Xmas and you won't have any problems.


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    #136
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,500 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Cigs - +25c
    Diesel - +5c

    Its 25%!


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    #137
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Lol Xmas bonus on welfare, with a 20 billion deficit it is crazy to suggest it shouldn't go.

    The cost of living has reduce slightly so save the money now for Xmas and you won't have any problems.


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    #138
    MetalDawg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 160 ✭✭MetalDawg


    holmyster wrote: »
    No reduction in unemployment benefit.


    .....*breathes sigh of relief*
    Diesel should have been left as is. Its vital to the infrastructure,delivery vans HGVs public transport even.


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    #139
    joeystrider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭joeystrider


    Those on the dole, as all others, will just have to reorganise events such as christmas to suit their means... Smaller token presents perhaps... I've afforder nice things for christmas for years on a budget.

    Dole should have been reduced to suit the downturn in the economy and the increase in tax for employed persons.


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    #140
    Xavi6
    Registered Users Posts: 40,867 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    PCros wrote: »
    Just diesel I think?

    Yeah sorry I meant diesel.

    Are smokes up 25% or by 25 cent? I thought it was % myself.


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    #141
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,965 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Its 25% of the exise which isn't 25% of the cost of the cigarettes. I'd say it roughly equates to 10% overall


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    #142
    Goolay
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Goolay


    Mr.S wrote: »
    I heard 25cents per pack, not 25%

    Pretty sure he said 25%


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    #143
    djk1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭djk1000


    I wonder if there will be anything about FAS, it's getting tougher and tougher to get on any course and due to cut backs, well paid staff are wandering around doing nothing.


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    #144
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    djk1000 wrote: »
    Change this thread from "Budget April 2009 as it happens" to "right wing views on social welfare"
    Alternatively, discuss the ramifications of various measures in other threads, and keep this one for "breaking news".


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    #145
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    Its 25%!
    RTE say 25c ?


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    #146
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    The RTE ticker thing said 25 cent.


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    #147
    PCros
    Registered Users Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭PCros


    sioda wrote: »
    is it 25c per pack or 25 percent??

    25c on cigis.


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    #148
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Not for me :confused:

    Same here, rents are staying the same or going UP!!! :confused:


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    #149
    speedfreak
    Registered Users Posts: 438 ✭✭speedfreak


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Yeah sorry I meant diesel.

    Are smokes up 25% or by 25 cent? I thought it was % myself.

    I heard 25% also


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    #150
    skyhighflyer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭skyhighflyer


    Mr.S wrote: »
    I heard 25cents per pack, not 25%

    It's defo 25cent, not 25 percent


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    #151
    bill_ashmount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭bill_ashmount


    sioda wrote: »
    is it 25c per pack or 25 percent??

    He meant 25 cents but he said 25 percent


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