LMAO.Absolutely. But who's to say that that's what he meant. Are you Fergus Finlay?
Well, it was pretty obvious to anyone else I know who read the article that that is what he meant. Obviously, you'd rather believe he's making stuff up.
All you gotta do is point me at a link. I'm not so biased in my opinions that I can't admit I'm wrong. Where has this been stated? Is it a widely held view?
It is Fergus Finlay who said he's seen/heard these figures quoted. You seem to be accusing him of lying on the basis that you have not heard any misrepresentation yourself. That is the point I am making.
You may know what Fergus meant but the article isn't aimed at you. It's an opinion piece, by definition the aim is to form opinion. Fergus makes an unsubstantiated point that people are misrepresnting PS wages as a percentage of overall numbers and then 1 line later makes, what I can only assume, to be a glaring mistake in his own figures. (A 3 Euro saving is a 3 Euro saving no matter what way you look at it (before tax).)When they’re talking about public spending, commentators seem to use whatever figure comes into their heads. I’ve heard it solemnly reported on the radio that public service pay accounts for proportions of spending ranging from 50% to 75%. There’s a mantra about it — "it’s simply impossible to cut public spending (and thereby save the economy is the inference) without cutting pay because pay simply accounts for too much".
The actual figure is about one-third. Public service pay is about one-third of public spending. So every €3 you take off a public servant should give you about €1 in public spending cuts.
It's an opinion piece, by definition the aim is to form opinion. Fergus makes an unsubstantiated point that people are misrepresnting PS wages as a percentage of overall numbers and then 1 line later makes, what I can only assume, to be a glaring mistake in his own figures. (A 3 Euro saving is a 3 Euro saving no matter what way you look at it (before tax).)
When you're in the business of opinion forming you gotta be able to back up what you say.
I would disagree. Whilst opinions based on a set of figures can be infinite the figures themselves should be cast iron.Technically opinion pieces and editorials are to present an opinion or view point rather than to assist someone in the development of an opinion. By their nature they are biased and most will present figures or lack of however they want. We've had the same circular discussion with opinion pieces that criticise the PS/CS.
Frontline. Tuesday, 24th November 2009. 19.30 mins in.
http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1060912
Teacher with a salary of 49.5K states he receives a take home salary of 950 a forthnight. 49.5/52 = 950. He should have stated he receives a before tax salary of 950 a WEEK.
RTE - get your facts right.
Why are we sitting around here talking about facts when feelings are what's important...
There are about 40,000 empty houses and apartments recently completed by builders, which remain unsold.
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Wrapped up in those properties is VAT of about €1.3 billion, which at current rates will trickle into the exchequer in the years ahead. If something positive is done to proactively sell a proportion of these properties, the tax received will be very significant.
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