It's basic principle of long term contribution to society. It may be out dated, but it's that married people have kids (certainly more than a single person) and a wife may stay at home to raise the kids.
It's a process of nuturing a future generation that when the single people with no kids look to the state for pensions and support in old age, there are people around to pay the taxes to support this system.
Again there are various reasons why people are single and why even co-habiting couples don't have kids. But the basic principle is simple, it's a relief for the future benefit to society.
Do people actually believe that? Maybe we should punish married people who don't or can't have kids then.......
It's a process of nuturing a future generation ]
There is an historical problem that our tax code was designed when a man worked, got married, and supported his non-working wife and children. Life is very different now.
If you believe that the tax code should support families with children, then you must agree that it needs to be completely redesigned to do that, and not designed around
the traditional Irish Catholic notion, that the only families that matter, are those which are based around marriage,
I cant believe that I just agreed with Leo Varadkar. I need to go and lie down.
He said it was ironic that if he was to marry someone earning less than €25,000, he would be able to share the costs of living and reduce his tax bill by €7,000...
Single people aren't subsidising 'S' class directors, who's spouse happens to be an employee.
TDs get paid far, far too much. They should all be on no more than average industrial wage. Even better would be minimum wage.
They shouldn't be allowed 'expenses' either, because they can't be trusted.
I do agree with everything up to agreeing with Leo.
It's about redefining what constitutes a family. However, that's not his point, he's talking about paying more tax as single person living on their own as I read it. So in effect there should be no incentive for "family" whatsoever.
So what if he pays his mortgage and bills on time, don't couples? Don't families? I thought that's what you're supposed to do when you enter into utility agreements.
Our taxes "subsidise" numerous people and groups in areas we wouldn't have need of, that's part of what taxes are for. I may never be a victim of crime or fire or an accident, does that mean I can petition to get tax refief for the bit that goes to Gardai, Fire and Hospitals?
I half wish that there was a reply to his statement of "Get a girlfriend". But to compare the lot of a single person to that of a family and question why a family pays a whopping €7K less it does suggest he didn't have a good night in Coppers the night before.
The tax system in general is unfair. As a well paid single person I am subsiding all sorts of things such as married couples (tax breaks) and their kids (childrens allowance).
I try not to think about it too much as I know there's nothing I can do about it and I don't want to get depressed!
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