People before Profit budget proposals

Their proposals are tired, have all been tried and failed. Leave us €100k+ earners out of your domestic worries by the way, we don't owe you a living.

The problem with this crowd is that they have zero intention of compromising their ideology by going into coalition with anyone. This therefore is a fantasy document.

I honestly thought they were a harmless bunch in the past. Sure, they had no interest in doing anything constructive but what the hell - it's all part of a healthy democracy right? I completely changed my tune this year though.

Their whole stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine actually disgusted me. They're basically unable to escape the world view that anybody who opposes the USA can't be all that bad. This results in them giving speeches where they dispassionately pay lip service to condemning Russian atrocities before whole-heartedly rounding on the USA, NATO and the EU with gusto. Clare Daly and Mick Wallace get a lot of the attention for ending up trending on Russian social media with their rants but Richard Boyd Barrett isn't too far behind them.

I hope they all lose their seats in the next election.

This would include increasing all social welfare rates to a minimum of €300 per week and €350 for those with disabilities. 

with that, its a no go for me.

increase minimum wage, decrease SW for people who can actually work.

lets all be lazy, sher someone will pay for it

It all seems so easy.

Putin taught the same thing. There might be a bigger rush even.

Tell us you're financially illiterate without telling us you're financially illiterate.

Most taxpayers would have no problem paying 350 pw to people who are genuinely disabled.

However, this being Ireland, there are loads of people on DA who are not disabled.

I can think of three of them that I know.

(1) A relation - married woman, aged 60 approx, children all grown up and gone, had cancer in the past, decades ago, gets DA

(2) A friend - lovely fella, aged 60 approx, was on JSA long-term, told me he was delighted to get transferred to DA, as the labour activation measures would stop. He runs a public website, he cycles around the place, goes to the pub a lot, he's the type to reject 9-to-5 work. He rruns small nixers.

(3) A friend - this lad has mental health issues, fair enough, so maybe under some definition you could argue he is disabled. I agree that he is poorly employable. He can't meet deadlines.

I strongly reject charging me 52% marginal tax rate, or even more, to transfer funds out of my family, to people like these.

If you told me that each DA recipient was to be strictly vetted, and that the genuinely disabled would get paid more, I agree.

Taxing the working class to pay the unemployed isn't communism.

Its criminal that we only give the diasbled 208 euro a week.

Perks? They are disabled ffs. Hardly perks.

It’s hilarious that our corporation tax take is so high. And is keeping us afloat.

And the party behind this budget immediately moves to eat the goose laying the golden egg.

What's stopping you chipping in now? You do realise you can volunteer to pay more tax. Just hand it on over.

Take one for the team mate, lead by example.