Johnny Dogs wrote: » Well 3 of them are entrepreneurs, I'd imagine some of them took voluntary pay cuts in their salary expectations during the start up phases of at least some of their businesses? It's a question I don't think anyone here could honestly answer tbh .
elperello wrote: » Let's elect the rich guy.
pjohnson wrote: » Nah they guy that doesn't pay taxes here. He knows what Irish Taxpayers want
Choochtown wrote: » That's not a voluntary pay-cut. A voluntary pay-cut is volunteering not to be paid what is owed to you and taking a loss on your earnings. Only one candidate has actually ever done that and he's the one being painted here AZ a money-grabber
TallGlass wrote: Gavin Duffy, doesn't want any pay for the gig.
Choochtown wrote: » A pay cut at any time in any of their jobs Michael D being painted here as a money-grabber but he's the only one who has ever taken a voluntary pay-cut
fergus1001 wrote: furthermore he is going to be 84 IF he makes it through the next 7 years
elperello wrote: » And he wants to collect the salary from us and give it to the councillors to distribute as their largesse. What could go wrong?
Rubberchikken wrote: » Are we so pathetic that we'd expect our president to sleep in some cheap place to save the country money? He's our president and as such should be able to booked into something other than a hostel. This type of nitpicking by the other candidates or their followers is a sign of how little they have to offer voters.
Johnny Dogs wrote: » A business owner taking less of a salary than they intended is indeed a voluntary pay cut. This is pretty basic stuff. Man sets up business, decides he'll pay himself x amount in year one, business does better/worse or exactly as expected, but decides to pay himself y amount instead, reinvesting money into the business, giving staff pay rises over himself, or just cutting his cloth in the interest of the business, either way, it's a voluntary pay cut. Further to that, I have no idea of all 6 previous employment history in the private sector, and whether any of them ever took a voluntary pay cut in one any of these roles. Do you? Strange train of thought right there. ^^^^
fergus1001 wrote: » his words aren't worth a sh1te, if he stood down like he was supposed to we would have proper candidates running not this **** show we have now
JupiterKid wrote: » Voting tomorrow morning on my way to work. Giving Mickey D and Ni Riada my No 1 and 2 respectively. The others can go jump.
TallGlass wrote: » Gavin Duffy, doesn't want any pay for the gig.
fergus1001 wrote: » MDH promised he was a one term president his words aren't worth a sh1te, if he stood down like he was supposed to we would have proper candidates running not this **** show we have now
SafeSurfer wrote: » Would it not be possible for him to make up the difference through the €317,000 unvouched allowance?
elperello wrote: » If a business is not generating enough profit to pay the owner the wage he wants then he has to take less. Not really voluntary. Voluntary is more when the money is there for you and you don't take it.
decides he'll pay himself x amount in year one, business does better/worse or exactly as expected, but decides to pay himself y amount instead, reinvesting money into the business, giving staff pay rises over himself, or just cutting his cloth in the interest of the business, either way, it's a voluntary pay cut.
Silentcorner wrote: » Public service is where a person eschews a lucrative career in the private sector to serve the public for much less money.
haley79 wrote: » #notmypresident
statesaver wrote: » Was hoping Casey would get to 1000 votes in this poll before tomorrow. He’s my number 1.
splashuum wrote: » Does anyone think MDH will get over 50% tomorrow?
Johnny Dogs wrote: » Let me know what part of this didn't sink in and we'll run through it together. Are you only reading what you want to see:D?
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Where did you get this definition from? I know about 300,000 who would disagree with you.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » More fiction.https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/gavin-duffy-ill-keep-all-aras-salary-to-recoup-election-costs-860192.html Aw, so unfair - imagine running a good candidate in an election race! Any proper candidates could have run this time round. If they were proper candidates, they'd surely be able to give MDH a run for his money, unlike any of the current five chancers, right? No, because an allowance to spend on running events is not salary.
haley79 wrote: » why should anyone waste a fiver of petrol to go and vote for him
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Maybe because they want to have a President who has a clue about what a President does.
SafeSurfer wrote: » The €317,000 is discretionary, unvouched, unaudited spending. You don’t know, nor do I if that money was used to buy his third investment property in Galway because this information won’t be released until after we vote.
