Hi all,
Mr Bear and I were chatting last night about the current recession. I grew up in the republic, Mr. Bear is from the North.
We were looking at our personal situation, I am in a secure job, my pay is ok, my job is relatively secure. Mr. Bear's job, well that is a different story, it really is a matter of days/weeks/months at this stage. We really don't know how long he will have a job for.
So, for as long as we have known about Mr. Bears job we have been living on one salary. So if Mr. Bear gets paid, we save most of it, and pay the rest of our visa bill. So we are not too badly off. In that when he looses his job, we should be able to manage mortgage and living on my salary.
However for me it kind of goes a bit deeper than that, because I can remember growing up in the 80's and my main memories is of my late father giving out about the amount of tax he had to pay and doing what ever he can to emigrate to Australia. My dad had an OK job, however he had no life, lived pay check to pay check, had 4 children to educate. So his desire to emigrate was to have a life for him and mam, and a future for his kids.
I looked at my paycheck this month and I am paying €1000 in tax alone, I also pay €800 into my pension. When is enough, enough? I love my country, I love being near family, and I am trying so hard to be optimistic about the future..
But you know I fear the worst. I fear that the humble tax payer will have more and more tax hikes and really while we can survive in Ireland - we wont have a life.. Am I being too pessimistic?
P..
Mr Bear and I were chatting last night about the current recession. I grew up in the republic, Mr. Bear is from the North.
We were looking at our personal situation, I am in a secure job, my pay is ok, my job is relatively secure. Mr. Bear's job, well that is a different story, it really is a matter of days/weeks/months at this stage. We really don't know how long he will have a job for.
So, for as long as we have known about Mr. Bears job we have been living on one salary. So if Mr. Bear gets paid, we save most of it, and pay the rest of our visa bill. So we are not too badly off. In that when he looses his job, we should be able to manage mortgage and living on my salary.
However for me it kind of goes a bit deeper than that, because I can remember growing up in the 80's and my main memories is of my late father giving out about the amount of tax he had to pay and doing what ever he can to emigrate to Australia. My dad had an OK job, however he had no life, lived pay check to pay check, had 4 children to educate. So his desire to emigrate was to have a life for him and mam, and a future for his kids.
I looked at my paycheck this month and I am paying €1000 in tax alone, I also pay €800 into my pension. When is enough, enough? I love my country, I love being near family, and I am trying so hard to be optimistic about the future..
But you know I fear the worst. I fear that the humble tax payer will have more and more tax hikes and really while we can survive in Ireland - we wont have a life.. Am I being too pessimistic?
P..