I didn't see the entire program but of the section I saw every interviewee - who was prepared to discuss their wages - made reference to the 7.5% pay cut. There was a Garda Sargeant, some girl and some other bloke.Were we watching the same programme? How many interviewees on your tv spoke about taking a 7.5% pay cut? Every single striker?
I think it's you're doing the misinforming.
Anyone have any idea roughly how much tax relief to pensions (public and private) costs the government per annum?
Off the top of my head, in excess of 2bn in estimated tax forgeone.
According to ERSI report today, a move to a single rate of 30% would save the government 500 million. This would seem like an easy thing to implement as it would be of benefit to lower earners.
Can any one confirm if the word doc below is authentic. If so, it explains how all stories are pitching the same yarn.
Tell your personal circumstances. One of the biggest difficulties for Public Service Unions has been to convey the fact that over 200,000 Public Servants are on salaries of less that €50k per annum.
Not saying whether I think that's a reasonable level or not (not really sure I'd be using 50K to gain sympathy), but the union proposal for the joint incomes of €100k to be taxed at a higher rate. Would include a large proportion of PS/CS employees too by the looks of it.
Wouldn't see it as screwing the middle class. The government is going to have to raise revenue as well as cuts and this could be an option. If it was introduced at the same time as bringing more low earners into the tax net it might be a runner.
I think the government seem to be talking about a rate of 33% anyway.
What proportion of public service employees work part time or job share? Are the unions counting two pwoplw job sharing as one or two salaries when they talk about these things?Exactly.
Aside from the authenticity or not of the document wasn't there a full page newspaper ad the other day outlining how 4 in 10 public servants earn less than 40K? (Didn't see this - maybe someone can confirm)
Neither is 40K a figure that should elicit sympathy or outrage IMO. I know plenty of people earning less than 40K.
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