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BUDGET 2012

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  • #252
    NewDirection
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭NewDirection


    Anotherducky wrote: »
    Rumours surrounding this budget are really getting me down...i.e.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1124/1224308056484.html

    Can't believe this "sugar tax" on soft drinks looks like a runner. I don't drink a huge amount of Coke/Pepsi etc. but I'm pretty sure it's expensive enough as it is. Why should I, as a non obese person, pay extra for a whiskey/rum/vodka and coke down the pub when it already costs 8-10 quid because some people don't exercise?

    I feel like I’m being discriminated against.
    Wow.... I don't know what to say about that post.

    I had to reread it to be sure, but your major complaint with this is that an alcoholic drink which you are willing to pay €8-10 for will now cost a few cents more? Judging by your post, you don't even know how much your spirits and coke costs you to start with, so I'd imagine you won't even notice the difference.

    Have a look at the bigger picture, rather than how this small tax will affect you personally.


  • #253
    wrecks1971
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭wrecks1971


    What sort of changes to the way redundancy is calculated will be changed in the budget ??


  • #254
    Kitty-kitty
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭Kitty-kitty


    d-gal wrote: »
    The people giving out about the SW are honestly a joke. We have the highest SW in the EU. There is going to be the very small minority that need it more than others but imagine what the other countries are like!

    Some of the sob stories are ridiculous. 'I have applied for 250 jobs this week' - that's bullsh1t. I run my own business and I looked over the amount of CVs I got handed in for 2011 - 14! I have only ever got 1 person willing to do an internship to get some experience

    We have one of the highest costs of living in the EU. Do you disagree that our SW is disproportionate to the cost of living?

    When my company advertised a single basic post through fás we received 400 CVs in one day and had to take the ad down on day 3 because we were swamped.


  • #255
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I suppose some of you heard U-turn Enda might be addressing the nation before the actual Christmas Late Late Show?

    A major turn off! His speech writers are currently working on the excuses and propaganda reason for the broadcast.
    Source: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/budget/enda-may-use-toy-show-slot-for-speech-to-nation-2947299.html


  • #256
    Nate--IRL--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭Nate--IRL--


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    4 cent increase per litre of fuel - added
    % increase for Car Tax - added
    Carbon Tax Increase - added
    Water tax - added
    Property Tax - added
    VAT icreased by 2% - added


    ...sigh...

    And that is only for this year - we have more budgets like this on the way for the next few years.

    Nate


  • #257
    whatislife
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭whatislife


    whens it being released?


  • #258
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    whatislife wrote: »
    whens it being released?

    The budget?
    December 6th. Reading in the Dail at 3pm.

    Then the fun begins.


  • #259
    chasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭chasm


    I thought the Public spending cuts were being announced on Monday 5th December and Taxation changes on Tuesday 6th December?


  • #260
    Meauldsegosha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,600 ✭✭✭Meauldsegosha


    chasm wrote: »
    I thought the Public spending cuts were being announced on Monday 5th December and Taxation changes on Tuesday 6th December?

    That's in 2012.


  • #261
    chasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭chasm


    TishyO wrote: »
    That's in 2012.

    No it was announced for the 2012 Budget, which is this budget.

    http://www.thejournal.ie/budget-to-be-announced-over-two-days-289762-Nov2011/


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  • #262
    Meauldsegosha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,600 ✭✭✭Meauldsegosha


    chasm wrote: »
    No it was announced for the 2012 Budget, which is this budget.

    http://www.thejournal.ie/budget-to-be-announced-over-two-days-289762-Nov2011/


    Ok I read that wrong last week, thought it was for 2012. Sorry


  • #263
    chasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭chasm


    TishyO wrote: »
    Ok I read that wrong last week, thought it was for 2012. Sorry

    I had to go check because i'm on strong meds at the moment and thought i may have imagined reading it lol


  • #264
    Meauldsegosha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,600 ✭✭✭Meauldsegosha


    chasm wrote: »
    I had to go check because i'm on strong meds at the moment and thought i may have imagined reading it lol


    We might all need some of them last week, god knows what else they are going to throw at us. :p


  • #265
    d-gal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭d-gal


    Kitty-kitty wrote: »
    We have one of the highest costs of living in the EU. Do you disagree that our SW is disproportionate to the cost of living?

    Yes I do disagree. We have the highest SW in the Europe. Prime example is look at the UK, they get less than half of what people in Ireland get. Imagine living in London on that, one of the most expensive cities in the world!
    Ireland is not that expensive, plenty of countries which are much more expensive in their main cities (Prague, Geneva, Oslo, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna, Helsinki). None of these countries are getting the entitlements compared to us.


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