What will we do now?

I AM a hard worker with a mortgage who has paid tax for the last 12 years with my husband, who has been working the last 15 years.

Brian Lenihan and the Government are not only taking hard-earned money off us, they are taking it from our two small children by getting rid of the early child supplement — something we rely on as much as our wages.

My PRSI is up e1,210, my income levy is up e550 and child benefit is down e990 — that’s a loss of e2,750 a year for a married couple with two children. That’s money we spend on food, clothes, childcare and healthcare — what will we do now?