Will the new government do anything good?

Worztron

Those cuts are nothing to them. They are not fooling anyone. :mad:

From http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0310/politics.html
"It was decided that the Taoiseach's pay is to be cut from €214,187 to €200,000, with other rates cut in line with that. Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore's pay is cut from €197,486 to €184,405.
Ministers' pay has been reduced from €181,283 to €169,275, while pay for Ministers of State is cut from €139,266 to €130,042."

Unpossible

Scram wrote: »

To be payed that is just disgraceful it's more than Obama gets using it?

How much does Obama make so?

To be honest I do agree that the cuts were not much, 50k could have been taken off all of them. Then we will see who has the good of the country at heart.

kraggy

UsernameInUse wrote: »

Governments don't create jobs - this is a myth.

Businesses create jobs - and it's a case of not involving ourselves in those businesses. Give the people the freedom to create jobs for others by deregulating industries, not organising their every move. Charging pub and club owners more tax is going backwards, not forwards. That is tyrannical that some outside source would have a hand in the running of your private establishment. Taking tax from a business that wishes to remain open is providing the very incentive for them to close their venue earlier to avoid the tax rates - the lesson is, that we can't charge tax.

Let the free market do it's work - only a non-interventionist approach will get us out of this mess. Indeed, it would have never got us into it. Increasing VAT/Tax will discourage tourists. The problem is that we need to get rid of the majority of taxes, not increase them - if we do this, then all those other points you mentioned will increase tenfold.

That is the power of the free market and non-intervention.

Eh, where did I say anything about the Government creating jobs?

It will be the bars/clubs creating employment due to the lessening of existing restrictions.

Are you a PD by any chance? See what deregulation did to the taxi industry? Oh yes, it's easy to get a taxi now, but traffic problems have been created in almost all urban areas in the country due to lack of taxi rank facilities and hundreds of taxi drivers are driven to depression due to lack of business because of oversupply of cars. Because they went into the taxi business, they do not qualify for Job Seekers allowance or benefit.

By deregulation, you leave pubs and clubs open to remaining open for 24 hours a day. Now, while that's fine in urban, non-residential areas, you can't have a pub in a residential area allowed to open 24 hours a day. Children need to go be able to walk to school without passing pissed people near their estate.

There has to be some regulation with regard to the drinks industry. Afterall, it's our taxes that pay for the healthcare of those who develop dependency problems.

Nolanger

The only real good they'll do is call another election in 2013!