One man's wages story from the protest today....????

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I'm trying to get the link up here from the breaking news website but can anyone explain this man's calculation...........if it's true I truly do feel sorry for him but find it hard to believe.....

Sean Whelan, 45, a public sector worker with Dublin City Council for 27 years, said taxes and levies on his already low pay were making it impossible for him to get by.

“I’m on a gross wage of €650 a week, and by the time all my reductions are taken out I take home €106 a week. Now with the Government levy and the Visa card that I have to pay off I will be left with €6.50 to live on – chicken feed,” he said
 
I saw that too.
€650 isn't too shabby a gross wage to be on. - I'd be delighted with that.
I suspect when he says 'reductions' he might be talking about mortgages repayments etc, and he's 'only' left with €106/week. My heart bleeds for him if that's the case.:rolleyes:
 
There is no way that any taxes etc would take five sixths of anyones income.
 
Determined said:
I'm trying to get the link up here from the breaking news website but can anyone explain this man's calculation...........if it's true I truly do feel sorry for him but find it hard to believe.....

Sean Whelan, 45, a public sector worker with Dublin City Council for 27 years, said taxes and levies on his already low pay were making it impossible for him to get by.

“I’m on a gross wage of €650 a week, and by the time all my reductions are taken out I take home €106 a week. Now with the Government levy and the Visa card that I have to pay off I will be left with €6.50 to live on – chicken feed,” he said
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That IS a load of bull
 
Maybe the Government should pay off his Visa card!?
Let's hope the IMF sacks the Sean Whelans first.
 
So in other words he owes a fortune in debts and the rest of us should feel sorry for him? Don't think so butty.
 
Exactly my thoughts, it seems to me much as there is genuine casualties in this recession, that a lot of individuals are crying out shame on the government for their greed when some people are guilty of the same albeit on a smaller scale.
It is an old adage but "cut your cloth by your measure" comes to mind !!!
 
Well taking aside his commitments, I think that this fellow would be at the top of the Clerical Officer scale. There would not be too many at the top of the scale as far as I know so therefore most Co's would be earning less than this. Therefore would not take his case as being typical.
 
This guy will just have to reduce his costs or take an extra job if he can find one, if he wants more disposable income. The levy is here to stay and he should be glad he's not running a deficit at the end of every month.
 
I'm sorry but he takes at least 33800 € a year as income and after tax (if he takes no tax deductions at all) that leaves him with about 595 a week or 2383 € a month, a lot of people woule like to have that much money every month for a job that is guaranteed.

So his 106€ is definetly wrong unless he talks about paying for his house and his other loans (visa included).

Now how can it be my problem that he spend more than he earns by buying a house and racking up a visa bill. It's his personal responsiblity not mine. I did not force him to buy stuff with his visa or even buy a house.

Living on 2383€ a month is plenty even in expensive Ireland.
 
DublinTexas said:
I'm sorry but he takes at least 33800 € a year as income and after tax (if he takes no tax deductions at all) that leaves him with about 595 a week or 2383 € a month, a lot of people woule like to have that much money every month for a job that is guaranteed.
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I agree 100%. Many if not most people in the private sector - who pay his wages - do not have 33800 a year, plenty of paid holidays + sick days,a secure job + pension. Most people envy him, here and abroad. What a whinger he is.
 
His Credit Card bills aren't the major deduction from his take home pay, he states that after all deductions he is left with €106 and then after the levy he will be due to pay and the credit card repayment he will be left with I think €7.50
 
Interested to see the credit card bill - wonder if there is a 46inch HD ready plasma on it along withe the full sky movie & sports package.
 
gillarosa said:
His Credit Card bills aren't the major deduction from his take home pay, he states that after all deductions he is left with €106 and then after the levy he will be due to pay and the credit card repayment he will be left with I think €7.50
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He clearly is not speaking the full truth here, nobody on 650€ a week is having state mandated deductions of 544€ as he claims.

So if he pays 6.5% pension levy on his 650 € that would be 42.25 € which means his credit card bill is 56.25 € a full 8.65% of his gross salary.

And that does not even take into account that the 42.25 € levy actualy gives him tax credit.

He clearly is trying propaganda here and the left wing media is just to happy to run with it.
 
To be honest, there is a whole of rubbish being sprouted about. Was out with 2 nurses, 1 doctor and 3 guards at the weekend (fun group!!). All six started going on and on about how much the pension levy was going to cost them. Then they all stared at me blankly when I pointed out that the cost would only be roughly half that due to tax relief. All intelligent people but not one of them understood what I was talking about and yet all were ready to march the streets on the issue. I can understand people being angry about the move but at least be angry with the correct information. To be fair though, it is the Governments and Unions fault for failing to get the proper message out there. Or else people have just stopped listening.
 
Sunny said:
One of them did but they all talked a good march!
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Classic - so surprise surprise, it may not actually have been the principle of the thing - once it had sunk in that the 'cut' may not be as bad, 'I'm alright jackism' sinks in and moral indignation & solidarity goes out the window.
 
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