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    #32
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,751 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    G Power wrote: »
    we will if we want to but so far the irish people are happy to not upset anyone while we freeze our bollocks off the last 2 weeks for lack of money to heat our homes.

    if there's one thing we love in this country is a bit o the auld sufferin, please can I have some more

    Are you a spokesperson for the Irish people? Are you sufferin much yourself?


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    #33
    G Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭G Power


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Are you a spokesperson for the Irish people? Are you sufferin much yourself?

    well there are up to 2,000,000 of us with less than €50 left at the end of the month so I fit into a huge majority of people who could very well be freezin their nuts off like we are now


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    #34
    Phoebas
    Registered Users Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    G Power wrote: »
    well there are up to 2,000,000 of us with less than €50 left at the end of the month so I fit into a huge majority of people who could very well be freezin their nuts off like we are now

    Don't you mean up to 4,000,000 ? :rolleyes:

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0117/363141-credit-union-what-left/


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    #35
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,751 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    G Power wrote: »
    well there are up to 2,000,000 of us with less than €50 left at the end of the month so I fit into a huge majority of people who could very well be freezin their nuts off like we are now

    The people who brought us that research.

    http://www.creditunion.ie/communications/pressreleases/2012/title,7004,en.php

    Also shortly afterwards brought us this less quoted research.

    http://www.creditunion.ie/communications/pressreleases/2012/title,7037,en.php

    Irish consumers expect to spend €527 on average this Christmas compared to €562 last year. Middle aged adults and females are likely to spend more money than other groups.

    You will see that the average spend of €527 is funded 83% from income and savings. The figures don't add up.

    This other source says that we are spending over €900 at Christmas. What does it all mean?

    http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/christmas-spending-665872-Nov2012/

    BTW I'm all for more spending of the €120 billion held in private deposits. Obviously the 1.5 million people with only €50 a month left don't have it but someone has.


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