Loaded1973
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Yes, and it's exactly because the rumpus that occured when McCreevy brought in his demutualisation measure that leads me to predict that it won't happen again.podgerodge said:Didn't they give tax breaks to couples who both worked outside the home?
Should we take this approach to it's ultimate extent - My house is never going to be robbed, so why should my taxes pay for the Gardai to protect your house? I'm never going to drive to Donegal, so why should my taxes pay for roads in Donegal?podgerodge said:Anyway (and I'm biased cos we have no kids nor do we want to have any) why should you get any childcare allowances - you chose to have kids knowing they cost money. I chose not to and have more money. Why should I pay for your kids.
RainyDay said:My house is never going to be robbed, so why should my taxes pay for the Gardai to protect your house? I'm never going to drive to Donegal, so why should my taxes pay for roads in Donegal?
Taxes are paid to the government who decide what roads will be built/ social models will be supported in the country as a whole.podgerodge said:Taxes are paid to the government who decide what roads will be built in the country as a whole.
Childcare handouts only benefit people with kids
Do you reckon the non-parent employees will be OK with their parent colleagues getting additional benefits (i.e. childcare) for doing the same work?Henny Penny said:If people choose to work surely their employer should bear some of the cost of the childcare?
RainyDay said:Do you reckon the non-parent employees will be OK with their parent colleagues getting additional benefits (i.e. childcare) for doing the same work?
TarfHead said:A colleague of mine spends about one hour per day, every day, less time at his desk than I do cos he's off on smoking breaks.
This plan is ICTU nonsense that should be ignored by the government; and I don't see what it's got to do with IBEC as presumably the employers aren't going to part fund it. What needs to happen is the scrapping of Individualisation and the introduction of child tax credits.Loaded1973 said:[broken link removed]
What do people think?
michaelm said:.. What needs to happen is the scrapping of Individualisation and the introduction of child tax credits .. because the tax system further penalises single-income families .. and they should stop discrimination against single-income families.
Your family has a 'Standard Rate Cut-Off' point of €38,400 after which tax is calculated at the higher rate where as a double income family has a 'Standard Rate Cut-Off' point of €58,800.TarfHead said:Help me out here. How does the current system discriminate against single-income households ? I am not challenging your assertion - I genuinely do not get your point.
Not a tax break simply equality of taxation for two people who happen to be married - the same taxation as when the couple were single. Anything less would be unjust. I was told recently that there was a time when a married couple, with both working, paid more tax than two single people. That was an inequity on which the Supreme Court ruled.Originally posted by podgerodge
Didn't they give tax breaks to couples who both worked outside the home?
Who will pay your pension when you retire
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