Why are the Irish in Oz not...

ardinn · 27-02-2013 04:29PM #1

Sending money back home???

I cant understand why the people who have left our shores and have found work abroad are not doing this.

The eastern European citizens that came here in the boom all did this and sent millions back to their home countries - It beggars belief that our young adults are not doing this when the country is in dire need of help. As far as I can see our young people are over there making good money and p*issing it up against a wall.

Im not sure of the figures, but if say there was 50k Irish abroad working, Sending €100 a month home, that equates to €60m a year.

Its not much, but it's a start!!

EDIT: Money being sent home as in to their own families - not the state! I was wondering why so many were against it!

Seachmall · 27-02-2013 04:30PM

Why do you think we're entitled to a cut of their wage?

27-02-2013 04:31PM

€100 home to who exactly?

crockholm · 27-02-2013 04:31PM

their currency doesnt work here

Galwayguy35 · 27-02-2013 04:31PM

ardinn wrote: »

Sending money back home???

I cant understand why the people who have left our shores and have found work abroad are not doing this.

The eastern European citizens that came here in the boom all did this and sent millions back to their home countries - It beggars belief that our young adults are not doing this when the country is in dire need of help. As far as I can see our young people are over there making good money and p*issing it up against a wall.

Im not sure of the figures, but if say there was 50k Irish abroad working, Sending €100 a month home, that equates to €6m a year.

Its not much, but it's a start!!

It's their money, which in many cases they worked hard for so why should they send it back?

DrumSteve · 27-02-2013 04:31PM

Im assuming you have facts and figures to back this assessment up and its not just baseless ranting?

clairefontaine · 27-02-2013 04:31PM

Watch. They will tax the emmigrants next.

SunnyDub1 · 27-02-2013 04:32PM

I'm going to Oz in Sept for a year, and tbh I won't be sending any money home...

Send money home to who and for what exactly?

Nodin · 27-02-2013 04:33PM

ardinn wrote: »

Sending money back home???

I cant understand why the people who have left our shores and have found work abroad are not doing this.

Why don't you write to one and ask them for a few bob. Say its for the babby.

MadsL · 27-02-2013 04:33PM

Have you seen the price of a beer in Perth! :eek:

Thatnastyboy · 27-02-2013 04:33PM

Ok so,

ALL of the eastern European citizens who came work here sent home loads and loads of money.

NONE of the emigrant Irish save money or send home money.

Who would you like them to send the money to?

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ardinn · 27-02-2013 04:33PM

ardinn wrote: »

Im not sure of the figures,

DrumSteve wrote: »

Im assuming you have facts and figures to back this assessment up and its not just baseless ranting?

No - Just ranting - But this was explained!!!

Creamy Goodness · 27-02-2013 04:34PM

such an upside down view on our debt problem.

ldxo15wus6fpgm · 27-02-2013 04:34PM

If I went over to Australia and managed to get a decent job, I'd be living it up while I could, not saving it for when I get back to Ireland!

MadsL · 27-02-2013 04:34PM

clairefontaine wrote: »

Watch. They will tax the emmigrants next.

The US already do. There's precedent.

Fromthetrees · 27-02-2013 04:34PM

Because it isn't the famine???

super_furry · 27-02-2013 04:35PM

Hard to send it home when you drink it all.

Mr Benevolent · 27-02-2013 04:35PM

ardinn wrote: »

Sending money back home???

I cant understand why the people who have left our shores and have found work abroad are not doing this.

The eastern European citizens that came here in the boom all did this and sent millions back to their home countries - It beggars belief that our young adults are not doing this when the country is in dire need of help. As far as I can see our young people are over there making good money and p*issing it up against a wall.

Im not sure of the figures, but if say there was 50k Irish abroad working, Sending €100 a month home, that equates to €6m a year.

Its not much, but it's a start!!

Because we're not THAT poor. Most employed people are struggling because of a combination of large mortgages and health insurance plus an addiction to LED TVs and expensive phones. And the misconception that Tesco is the cheapest place to buy food.

DrumSteve · 27-02-2013 04:35PM

ardinn wrote: »

No - Just ranting - But this was explained!!!

Okay, well then there is no need to take this topic seriously then.

I bid you goodday.

DrumSteve · 27-02-2013 04:36PM

MadsL wrote: »

The US already do. There's precedent.

I think they get voting rights and so forth for this, Irish emmigrants get nothing.

Dj Stiggie · 27-02-2013 04:37PM

What business is it of yours what they do with their money? I live abroad and my mam wouldn't want me to send money home.

Also,

ardinn wrote: »

Im not sure of the figures, but if say there was 50k Irish abroad working, Sending €100 a month home, that equates to €6m a year.

Its not much, but it's a start!!

Genius maths there chief.

DeltaWhite · 27-02-2013 04:40PM

Have to say I have a brother in oz who took out a huge loan before he went which he was meant to pay back and was only supposed to stay a year.... 2 years later my parents are still paying the loan for him as my dad went guarantor and surprise surprise he hasn't sent a fcking cent back to us.... So yeah OP I agree with your thread...

krudler · 27-02-2013 04:40PM

ardinn wrote: »

Sending money back home???

I cant understand why the people who have left our shores and have found work abroad are not doing this.

The eastern European citizens that came here in the boom all did this and sent millions back to their home countries - It beggars belief that our young adults are not doing this when the country is in dire need of help. As far as I can see our young people are over there making good money and p*issing it up against a wall.

Im not sure of the figures, but if say there was 50k Irish abroad working, Sending €100 a month home, that equates to €6m a year.

Its not much, but it's a start!!

Why should people whose futures were sold out to pay for other people's mistakes and debt be obliged to send money back here? The reason they're over there is there's fcuk all work here in the first place.

Irishcrx · 27-02-2013 04:43PM

There's a big differance in what other nationalities do when they come here to work and what we do when we go abroad in this day and age. When the polish , indians , romanians etc they came here with the sole reason to find work andsend money back home because...

A. Their was no well paying jobs in their country , a €200 cleaners pay packet over here would go a long long way in poland as the cost of living is a lot less. Most would have had large families with no money who were relying on this , they wouldn't be over here to live the high life, they would save the rest and be able to buy a house back home when they were finished.

B. We had a lot of work at the time available.

The reason we go abroad and don't do this is because...

A. Our cost of living is very high and the pay for most jobs in Australia/Canada isn't huge compared to here. Of course this is refering to general bar work etc
B. We aren't as bad off as we sometimes make out, certainly not on the scale of what some of the imigrants coming here were.
C. We ARE going over there to go on the rip, live it up etc and not solely to work and send money home.

It's a common thing these days , 'Oh there's no work in Ireland' I better go abroad work in a bar and get pissed for a few years...I'd be willing to bet if you stayed here and looked hard enough for a job you'd find a better one than picking apples in a vineyard half the world away.

Duggy747 · 27-02-2013 04:43PM

Yea, if I were to live and work abroad I would in my hole send money back here.

That's like a tax for being Irish :pac:

Where To · 27-02-2013 04:48PM

As long as they keep blowing their wages, no matter what country they are in, the global economy will tick along nicely.

NegativeCreep · 27-02-2013 04:50PM

I've seen dumb threads in my time but my god this is actually ridiculous. It's made worse by the fact that I'm pretty sure OP is completely serious!!

I'm off to gouge out my mind's eye.

Where To · 27-02-2013 04:53PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I've seen dumb threads in my time but my god this is actually ridiculous. It's made worse by the fact that I'm pretty sure OP is completely serious!!

I'm off to gouge out my mind's eye.

It's not that ridiculous, don't forget yhat large swathes of this country were built almost solely on repatriated money, and still are today.

ardinn · 27-02-2013 04:53PM

Im not sayin to send it home to randomers ffs, But I know alot of people in oz who have families here really struggling to keep things going, yet their sons/daughters are away living it up - the attitude is they have gone and they are doing well and good look to them. I just think some families here could do with some help and I cant see why people dont help out. I'm sure many do, but I havnt seen it!

ardinn · 27-02-2013 04:54PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I've seen dumb threads in my time but my god this is actually ridiculous. It's made worse by the fact that I'm pretty sure OP is completely serious!!

I'm off to gouge out my mind's eye.

Dont be such a negative cre....

Never mind!

gobnaitolunacy · 27-02-2013 04:56PM

Because it's not the 1950's anymore.

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