Could all commentators calling for reductions in social welfare payments and / or pay-cuts for the working poor lead the way by voluntarily reducing their salary to about €200 per week and not touch savings for a year. Now who is first?
Could all commentators suggesting that the public finances can be put in order without any reductions in social welfare payments or pay-cuts for the working poor lead the way by donating year 7% of their salary to a public servant impacted by the pension levy. Now who is first?
Note: "Working poor" is hereby defined as anyone who earns less than any arbitrary threshold between €100k and €25k.
Interesting idea - and one that ties in with a new year's resolution of a lot of my peer group: Live off an amount equal to the dole payment, as much as possible, and see where your lifestyle is breaking that budget.
Can I prod this line of thought a little more, though. If the cost of living collapsed 50% (this is as you can see a hypothetical exercise), would the contributors/readers on this site leave welfare payments at their current levels?
Or if I put that another way, what is the deflation threshold beyond which you would cut welfare payments, given the current state of public finances?
Could all commentators suggesting that the public finances can be put in order without any reductions in social welfare payments or pay-cuts for the working poor lead the way by donating year 7% of their salary to a public servant impacted by the pension levy. Now who is first?
ReplyDeleteNote: "Working poor" is hereby defined as anyone who earns less than any arbitrary threshold between €100k and €25k.
Interesting idea - and one that ties in with a new year's resolution of a lot of my peer group: Live off an amount equal to the dole payment, as much as possible, and see where your lifestyle is breaking that budget.
ReplyDeleteCan I prod this line of thought a little more, though. If the cost of living collapsed 50% (this is as you can see a hypothetical exercise), would the contributors/readers on this site leave welfare payments at their current levels?
Or if I put that another way, what is the deflation threshold beyond which you would cut welfare payments, given the current state of public finances?