tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9256104.post-68205863235050763412008-06-27T23:02:00.001+01:002008-06-27T23:03:38.391+01:00i just looked at this month's payslip today...<br /><br />this month, income tax + social insurance = is about 30% of my wage...<br /><br />so that means i get 70% of what my company pays me...<br /><br />then pretty much everything i buy in ireland has 21% VAT on it...<br /><br />that means at the end i have about 0.7*(1-0.21) = 55%<br /><br />so 45% of my worktime is spent working to pay for lazy civil servants, and other assorted bumbs.<br /><br />crumbs...johnorfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523641844919145486noreply@blogger.com