They predict that there will be 10 Billion people on the planet by the end of the century so I would not loose any sleep over that one.
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Is there a lower income level you would suggest that people do not have children at?
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The reality of life is that we have an obligation to look after the weaker members of society. You are (like it or not) your brothers keeper.
Nope, help them. If they can help themselves then help them to help themselves. If they can’t help themselves then look after them. If they can help themselves but choose not to then screw them.And if they can't look after themselves in spite of our best efforts? What are we going to do? Gas them?
No, I’ve never advocated that or in any way supported that attitude.I know you're going to say 'Well isn't that a classic case of 'shouldn't have kids if you can't take care of them?'" If only the human condition was so simply analysed!
I agree completely. The smell of a shanty town (rot, sweat and stale sewage) stays with you for quite some time.Sorry for straying so far off topic but I think that those who live in ivory towers should once in a while consider the real world outside their walls!
Nope, help them. If they can help themselves then help them to help themselves. If they can’t help themselves then look after them. If they can help themselves but choose not to then screw them...
That's why I think it should be taxable. Why do people on hundreds of thousands a year get social welfare payments? It's as bad as the greedy selfish rich pensioners who had a tantrum when the medical cards they never should have been given were taken back.Means testing for the purpose of allocating welfare support can be expensive and unreliable.
Imagine how much greater would be the problem of determining who is capable of helping him- or herself but chooses not to.
It's as bad as the greedy selfish rich pensioners who had a tantrum when the medical cards they never should have been given were taken back.
I think that's a bit unfair. The majority of people who got medical cards had worked their a*ses off during the sixties, seventies and eighties, paid punitive levels of tax and made huge sacrifices to raise and educate their children. This contributed hugely to the economic boom and they fully deserved to benefit in some way themselves.
I think that's a bit unfair. The majority of people who got medical cards had worked their a*ses off during the sixties, seventies and eighties, paid punitive levels of tax and made huge sacrifices to raise and educate their children. This contributed hugely to the economic boom and they fully deserved to benefit in some way themselves. When things started to slow down, the first place the Government came with their axe was to them. I don't think they would have protested if it had been done in tandem with levies, clampdown on bonuses for bankers etc etc.
They did benefit; they retired on over €70'000 a year. They also spent their working life in the Ireland of tax evasion and corruption. Did all the people up to their neck in such behaviour 20-30 years ago die young? If working families should pay tax on their children’s allowance (and I think they should) then OAP’s earning over €70’000 a year should have to folk out for their own subsidised (community rated) and tax deductable health insurance.
He can claim back his prescription expenses over €100 per month. The balance is tax deductable. Health insurance should cover most of the rest (if there’s anything left over its tax deductable).
Anyone on over €70'000 a year who will march in the streets instead of paying a few quid a week in selfish... what other word is there?
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