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Revenue figures released this week

glanman · 2009-05-07 11:52:15

I saw that the state has got €3.7 billion from income tax and has paid out €3.1 billion to social welfare. I dont know a huge amount about other countrys but this seems ridiculous that around 1.8 million people are paying for the 500,000 or so on the dole, pension etc... this seems a bit mad. One is going down, the other…

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07-05-2009 12:52pm

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glanman

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I saw that the state has got €3.7 billion from income tax

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has paid out €3.1 billion to social welfare.

I dont know a huge amount about other countrys but this seems ridiculous that around 1.8 million people are paying for the 500,000 or so on the dole, pension etc... this seems a bit mad.

One is going down, the other is going up.

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#2 07-05-2009 12:53pm
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More suited to the Irish Economy forum I think: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1196

Have a look and see if it's already been posted about there.

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