Where is the cost of living crisis exactly?

I agree with you on the growing up in the 70s and 80s - where the net curtains were frozen onto the inside of the window in the mornings! And that makes me sound like we were destitute, but we were not. That was just a lot of housing during those times. I grew up in Dublin, private school, but we were always minding money and the house was often baltic. I could probably afford to heat my home like a sauna, but why would I be so wasteful? We heat to 20 degrees then let it cool and the bedrooms are better cool at night. Just as well i'm used to that, because I won't be able to afford that kind of heating this winter! I am definitely feeling the pinch with fuel and groceries but the electric bills are the ones giving me the horrors. I feel as though i'm already baulking at paying them and surely they will only be worse come winter .. I have the greatest respect for those managing on less than my own humble funds. I think the OP must be trolling.

How dare people try to protect their standard of living - sure aren't they lucky to be getting paid at all? 🙄

Since when was rejecting a substantial pay cut "greed" ?

WFH will do nothing to lessen the impact of strikes from the rest of the public sector - it certainly won't just be teachers they're just the favourite whipping boy of the media and shytetalkers on boards.

A bit more on top i'm afraid

Annoys you, why exactly?

These parents may be homeowners, but these days it's more likely that they're renters...

Cost of living crisis?

Today in Dublin, I saw a young girl driving a new Mercedes G class.

Particular model I checked and they cost 290K.

40 years ago ago I always taught that left wing parties were the answer. I accepted left wing ideology unquestionably, somebody else's should always pay. Life should not be a struggle.

However life is always a struggle.... depending on how much you want it to be. You can always buy a house it just may not be where you think you are entitled to

Ah yeah that clears it up then. No crisis. Close the thread.

Anecdotal evidence that one person, or even a lot of people, are doing well financially, does nothing to contradict the argument that there is a cost of living crisis.

Surely you must understand this.

The present cost of living crisis is energy related. It was going to happen anyway with carbon taxes and the demand on resources.

Energy costs are impacting different products accross the economy it's just faster than it was supposed to be. The biggest pact that consumers see is in food prices.

However your assumption that it hits someone on 20 k more than someone on 40 k maybe incorrect. At 20 k you see more social supports. A single person on 20k would get HAP support for accommodation which would more than likely there largest costs. A person on 40 k gets no support. More than likely they are traveling further to work as well. People on 20 k ate on the minimum wage and always find work near where they live.

The person on 40k is either a semiskilled worker or generally a person in the early stages of there career. My son is in Dublin paying 800/ month for accomodation there is no support as his wages are above the 35k limit on wages to get HAP. Therefore this cohort is often impacted more than the 20 k cohort.

At the end if it all you make choices with you income. The biggest issue is the mismanagement of you income.

We cannot spend/ subsidize our population for this increase without seriously causing longterm structural issues in the economy

I do find this thread funny because it was started by a teacher yet theres loads of them over in the pay talks thread moaning about cost of living crisis. Needing a pay rise.

This comical stuff just writes itself

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What measures do they want to see in the budget? If the government throw money at everyone inflation will continue to rise. Unfortunately, we need to accept that we're in a tough time ahead.

Something like 80-90% of the adult population own a home.

So 80-90% of people want property prices to rise. If you were a political party looking for votes, what would you do?

Honestly, I see it in myself. I gave out for years about the price of property, then I bit the bullet and bought a house. Now it doesn't phase me. So long as I can afford my mortgage, all is well.

Then they go 'waaah why are my kids still at home??'

'Waaah! Why can't my Sorcha find a house for uni??'