tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post9184317431432968359..comments2023-10-26T12:19:08.652+01:00Comments on Cllr Joe Ryan's Blog: Lenihan looks after the little peopleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13337418092426100439noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464668402831298194.post-21819474330513127552008-10-14T20:54:00.000+01:002008-10-14T20:54:00.000+01:00Good grief. My wallet would go to A&E to get t...Good grief. My wallet would go to A&E to get treatment for the mugging it just took, but I can't afford the increased charges.<BR/><BR/>A few things hit my household directly... the 1% levy, the change in the med1 rates (a big impact for us for a variety of reasons), the changes to mortgage interest relief etc. Broadening tax bands cushions things a little, but not much.<BR/><BR/>I'm pissed off at the bike tax credit. I'm a poster-boy for eco-friendly long haul commuting and only this summer spent nearly a grand on a foldable mountain bike that I could ride on our (crap) road from castlebridge to wexford to take the train and then cycle from Pearse to up near Heuston station. If this relief is backdated to the summer then I'm OK with it as I can claim back the 1k+ I've spent on kit. Otherwise I'm peeved.<BR/><BR/>What annoys me most is that there is nothing in the budget to encourage development of indigenous sme businesses or to actually tackle overstaffing in the public sector or address gross inefficiencies in government departments and wasteful spend on government projects (for example the web-based system that they brought in in the land registry/register of deeds is a bad joke).<BR/><BR/>As ever, the private sector paye 30-something is punched in the fiscal kidneys until they pass blood while those who were 'inside the tent' so to speak benefit.<BR/><BR/>grrrh... when i've calmed down and have looked over more of the details i'll write a post o' me own over on obriend.infoUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02677491817680123620noreply@blogger.com