Ireland's entitlement culture (98)

I work in the Capitalist private sector not the Communist public sector, my opinions on the state of the public sector are unprintable and can be discussed on another thread, I have nearly as low an opinion on the public sector as I do of the bankers who have destroyed this country.

To encourage more single parents to go out and work, the government should have reformed the welfare state during the celtic tiger but in their foolish wisdom decided to turn Ireland into a nanny state for which people are less likely to take up low paid or medium paid jobs when the economy has recovered.

By the way I went out with a woman who's a singler parent, my Auntie lived in England, her marriage broke up and she was left to rear 2 kids (7 and 10) but she went out and worked full time with no family support. I'm not anti single parents at all, I've no problem dating single parents as long as they have ambitions to better themselves instead of been permanentky reliant on the state.

ok... why 5?

Arent you a right hero, it would be more in the rest of your and the other gombeens interests to be worrying about the bankers salaries, NAMA bailing out the rich, politicains and their junkets etc, you can be bloody sure there'l be no bankers cold or hungry this winter in their houses or be on trollies in the hallways of our pathetic hospitals run by our pathetic health system, tax the nuts off the rich and better the country i say, to be taking money or people who need is its a disgrace and completly illogical, and certainly no incentive.

Id advise you to read a few books for yourself.

I'm well able to defend myself, you talk about house prices, substantial house price increases are dtermined by people's willingness to pay over the odds for a house and lets be honest here Irish people tolerate been ripped off, basic prudence should even have applied during the celtic tiger when going for a mortgage ie a minimum 10% deposit, maximum 25 year mortgage, and a couple should only have taken out a mortgage at most 5 times their salaries. But been Irish, people decided to get ripped off.

I don't have kids, I believe in the notion that if couples can't afford to have kids they should wait until the time that they can afford to have kids, thats common sense in my opinion.

Most people on welfare who have lost their jobs in the last couple of years are very intelligent, I wouldn't disagree with you and would rather be working, if the government had keep welfare increases in line with inflation then the basic rate would be about €130-€140 per week, also if the government had stuck to prudence regarding welfare increases then the cost of rent allowances wouldn't have gone through the roof as landlord would have had to reduce their rents.

Senior citizens have it very cushy compared to OAP's in Britain or other western European countries, there hardly going to be destroyed if the OAP was cut to €190 per week.

Finally, you mention single parents who can't work, what about my Auntie with 2 kids in England who had no family support, also my ex girlfriend with 2 young kids they both worked or currently work full time.

Encouraging Single parents to go out to work is admirable. By having more single parents in work will not create more jobs for others. It will shift the welfare cheque to the unemployed and inflate the unemployment figures even higher than they are now... false economy

Then cut wages throughout the economy, more jobs will be created if companies are able to cut wages, the minimum wage should be cut to €6.50 per hour, it would mean that more young people will be able to get work experience, whats wrong with encouraging single parents to go out and work?

Ahhhh... now we have the real gripe... you're well off and begrudge the less well off their few bob from the state.

Good luck to you.