aonfocaleile
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While there are genuine hardship cases in all sectors, private, public, and social welfare recipients I can't help but believe that a lot of people could minimise the hurt by cutting out 40 fags a week, or 4 pints a week or maybe even making a lunch at home and bringing it to work a few days a week and forget your 11 o clock cappucino. Cut out newspapers two days a week or more. Also as regards petrol consumption make your littlle brats walk to football practice. They will eat whats put on the table then.
Thanks for the helpful tips. I bring in my lunch 4 days a week and only 'treat' myself to a take away sandwich once a week. Don't drive to work and only use my small car, which I bought second hand a few years ago, for shopping and visiting friends/family. Shopping is done in aldi, no leftovers are wasted. I freeze everything or else throw stuff into a stirfry or curry. I only socialise in peoples houses, rarely go to the pub anymore. My 11 o clock cuppa consists of own brand coffee, brought in from home. Only buy a newspaper on a saturday. Don't have sky or anything like that. Can't remember the last time I was in a restaurant. Thankfully, my employer pays my monthly line rental on my mobile and there are no charges for calls or texts. Small consolation for the fact that I'm "unofficially" on call 24/7. I don't get allowances or overtime to compensate for this. The only expense I can cut is my broadband. Frankly, I don't see what other savings I can make to "minimise the hurt". So forgive me if I feel aggrieved at the way my wages have been hit today. At least I have my "rolls royce" pension to look forward to in 30 years.
I've been listening to the moral outrage about how good I have it with my public sector job over the last year. I hope todays announcement will at least put an end to the pontificating from the likes of Fionnan Sheehan and Jim Power about the public sector. But please, allow us to express our frustration in LOS withot being patronised. If I need further tips on budget living, I'll take myself off to the money makeover forum.