Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v 4.0 (08/07/14 to date)

Roger_007

I think this show is going to be an exercise in scraping the bottom of the barrel to try and find something to criticise about the budget.
The reality is that Noonan has produced a very clever budget in which there is a little something for everyone!

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Jaysus this guy is a blast from the past

grey_so_what

It's like going from the sublime to the ridiculous tonight...

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"Around rich people (myself excepted)"

Atlantic Dawn

"Rich People", going by reports in the media of his pay I would put him right up there with the exceptionally rich people.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/siptu-boss-refuses-cut-to-124000-pay-26574030.html

coolhull

Beardie Jack turns my stomach

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Labour party is a party of the left?

BaZmO*

"No, the Labour Party is a party of the left, right"

grey_so_what

"The Labour Party has sacrificed a lot"........

Em.....ah...you're right there Boss!!

Harry Angstrom

Shut up Jack. How can a man like him earning an obscene salary have any empathy towards the ordinary working man and woman? :mad:

Atlantic Dawn

Their jobseekers allowance was cut to get them to leave the country and reduce figures on social welfare, it worked wonderfully.

coolhull

Jaysus, Mary-Lou looks like she's freezing

Lapin

The term Double Irish sends a shiver down my spine.

To me it still means 80 minutes of Peig Sayers instead of 40.

grey_so_what

coolhull wrote: »

Jaysus, Mary-Lou looks like she's freezing

She's lost that orange colour all right...

Atlantic Dawn

They could have just left the budget as was last year and instead abolished the water charges, would have pleased most people.

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Even though I'm being hammered with a 52% marginal rate like half the country I'm sick of this obsession with money to the exclusion of everything by every section of Irish society.
People are obsessed with every minute change.

Roger_007

Lapin wrote: »

The term Double Irish sends a shiver down my spine.

To me it still means 80 minutes of Peig Sayers instead of 40.

On the other hand, if it was 80 minutes of Sharon Ni Beolain...........?

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Lapin wrote: »

The term Double Irish sends a shiver down my spine.

To me it still means 80 minutes of Peig Sayers instead of 40.

God I'm getting flashbacks of our prick of an Irish teacher.

ThisRegard

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They could have just left the budget as was last year and instead abolished the water charges, would have pleased most people.

How? They'd have needed to increase taxes or reduce spending to make up for it.

Lady Chatterton

Mary Lou is right about the Respite Carers Grant, that was cut by almost €400 two years ago, it has caused a lot of hardship and the government should've made some gesture today.

grey_so_what

It's the most well-behaved panel I've ever seen.

About as much passion as a flat 7Up you get in hospital for a sick stomach.

Atlantic Dawn

ThisRegard wrote: »

How? They'd have needed to increase taxes or reduce spensing to make up for it.

If they didn't reduce the USC, give €5 extra in childrens allowance, Christmas bonus, reduce top rate by 1% it would have more than made up the difference when you factor in the costs of fitting in all the meters.

BaZmO*

ThisRegard wrote: »

How? They'd have needed to increase taxes or reduce spensing to make up for it.

By the looks of it the government are essentially giving back the same amount of the water charges back to everyone, more to the better off. It's nothing more than a pre-election budget.

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What's McGuirk doing there among pol cors and economists

Harry Angstrom

MrsD007 wrote: »

Mary Lou is right about the Respite Carers Grant, that was cut by almost €400 two years ago, it has caused a lot of hardship and the government should've made some gesture today.

I don't even think carers have been included in their measly Christmas bonus.

Lapin

Roger_007 wrote: »

On the other hand, if it was 80 minutes of Sharon Ni Beolain...........?

Herself and Peig have a lot in common.

Fond of the news and always dress in black.



Where did Vincent find this panel of people?

They look like they they got lost on the way to a barn dance hosted by TR Dallas but wandered into the wrong studio in the hope seeing Paul Daniels doing tricks withe Debbie Magee instead.

coolhull

Anything that's welcomed by Tom Parlon and the builder/ developers is usually bad news for the rest of us

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I don't even think carers have been included in their measly Christmas bonus.

Carers Allowance is paid by the Dept of Social Welfare so they're entitled to it.

Harry Angstrom

This one sounds like Nidge's girlfriend.

Harry Angstrom

MrsD007 wrote: »

Carers Allowance is paid by the Dept of Social Welfare so they're entitled to it.

I read that it's only for OAP's and long term unemployed

Lady Chatterton

Lapin wrote: »

Herself and Peig have a lot in common.

Fond of the news and always dress in black.

She had a lovely red frock on her tonight, I suppose she wanted to cheer everyone up on Budget Day.

grey_so_what

Rita's eye-shadow looks like two headlights in the dark!..

She's about the only one there with a pulse tonight...

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Water charges are going nowhere. Is she delusional.

coolhull

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

This one sounds like Nidge's girlfriend.

She would'nt happen to be from Dubba-lin, would she?

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David Bowie is a master of reinvention.

grey_so_what

Karl is "surrounded by the Pinko's"

Isn't he the brave fella!

Harry Angstrom

Dear Prudence......

Harry Angstrom

grey_so_what wrote: »

Karl is "surrounded by the Pinko's"

Isn't he the brave fella!

He's a typical Yank.

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I read that it's only for OAP's and long term unemployed

The Christmas Bonus was abolished by the previous Government in 2009.


Social Welfare 25% Christmas Bonus – Budget 2015

About 1.3 million people will benefit from this bonus (almost 892,000 recipients and an estimated 400,000 dependents)

Weekly social welfare payments that will be eligible for the Christmas bonus include State Pension , Widow’s and Widower’s Guardian’s Payment , Invalidity Pension, Blind Pension, Deserted Wife’s Benefit, Carer’s Allowance and Benefit, Disability Allowance, Farm Assist, long-term Jobseeker’s Allowance and a number of other employment support payments. (Contributory and Non-Contributory payments are included).

http://www.moneyguideireland.com/social-welfare-25-christmas-bonus-budget-2015.html

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grey_so_what wrote: »

Karl is "surrounded by the Pinko's"

Isn't he the brave fella!

I like Karl.
He's a straight shooter

Atlantic Dawn

Havn't got a Christmas bonus in work in about 5 years, lucky to get 3 or 4 free drinks at the Christmas party that we normally have to sub ourselves anyway.

BaZmO*

€125k a year. :rolleyes:

Harry Angstrom

Jack is on the left! lol


The left of Mussolini, I'd say.

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Splitters!

grey_so_what

The badge is as big as a dinner plate.

The bigger the badge the bigger the salary we used to say!

Atlantic Dawn

There should be a refund of all taxes currently providing for water and then begin the process of charging for water through secure metering not open to tampering, shockingly insecure the mickey mouse meters they are installing, easy for any clown to wipeout a family...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mr16JtDTk

Berserker

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Havn't got a Christmas bonus in work in about 5 years, lucky to get 3 or 4 free drinks at the Christmas party that we normally have to sub ourselves anyway.

Our party was cancelled last year cos the venue was double booked, allegedly. I have to say that seeing long term welfare recipients getting a bonus, from my tax, is tough to stomach.

Someone should give the IMF a buzz and tell them to keep a slot open for us for. The country will be back in the dirt after a small property boom in ten years or so.

Roger_007

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Jack is on the left! lol


The left of Mussolini, I'd say.

Jack is in favour of the re-distribution of wealth............(except his own, of course:rolleyes:)

Berserker

Roger_007 wrote: »

Jack is in favour of the re-distribution of wealth............(except his own, of course:rolleyes:)

Re-distribution to all his members.

Harry Angstrom

I reckon Harry McGee is angling for a job as a Government press officer.