I've often thought about this. What did the government do with the funds they received back? I would have expected to see the national debt being reduced...You can call it what you like but the €62.8 billion was borrowed from future tax payers ..... It is worth noting that we've got most of that money back.
Threw it into the bottomless pit that is current expenditure.I've often thought about this. What did the government do with the funds they received back? I would have expected to see the national debt being reduced...
I am enthused about their promise to restore the tax credit for Trade Union membership subscriptions- not so much for the relatively small benefit but as an indication that we could at last see a party in power who would actively support pro Union recognition legislation.
That would surely mask the level of current expenditure too..Threw it into the bottomless pit that is current expenditure.
Well it does mask the level of real borrowing.That would surely mask the level of current expenditure too..
We are an outlier in Europe when it comes to mandatory Trade Union recognition by employers and such recognition hasn't had a delitoriorious effect on those countries.Yep, supporting the Unions is likely to be a key part of SF's anti-business, anti-FDI agenda! Happily they'll be creating tens of thousands of jobs in the social housing construction sector, so losing all of those well-paid private sector jobs won't really matter.
We are an outlier in Europe when it comes to mandatory Trade Union recognition by employers and such recognition hasn't had a delitoriorious effect on those countries.
C'mon the biggest single attraction for FDI's in Ireland was the attractive corporation tax rate which is now a thing of the past .Yes it has. That's partly why we do so well with FDI. But SF's attitude is: who needs FDI just as long as the beards are happy!
Amusingly, in an interview in today's Examiner, Mary-Lou states that: "Tackling the "constipated" public and civil service will be one of the biggest challenges for Sinn Féin in government" - which is presumably intended to convince us that she's willing to take on the public service unions! I'm not holding my breath!
If SF comes to power one good and two bad outcomes are possible:My guess is SF will move to the centre once in power, after all MaryLou is private educated south sides, 5 bed house, big pension middle class, designer clothes, ex FF and is every bit as posh as posh Leo.
If you don't mind, I think I'm going to rob some of your post here for when SF knock at my door. I've no time at all for them and it galls me to think of them in charge of ministries such as Justice, Education and Foreign Affairs.I don’t have the energy to reply to this nonsense.
Supporting the Shinners so that they compel employers to engage with Unions even when the majority of employees don’t want them. I suppose the Shinners have a long history of forcing people to do things so why not.
This thread was about SF taxation policy. I took it off topic by pointing out the hypocrisy of a Party claiming to be socialist rejecting real wealth taxes. They say they will redress the balance in society by taxing high earners, earners who still can’t afford a 4 bed semi in most parts of our cities. Populist nonsense, unjust, unfair and unsustainable.
They are charlatans run by murderers and the people who vote for them are idiots or morally bankrupt or both. I’d rather see Paul Murphy running the country. At least he hasn’t killed anyone or covered up child rape or carried the coffins of child killers. At least he’s not pretending to be something he’s not.
Careful now! While he may not have killed anybody he subscribes to an extreme left ideology that, whenever and wherever implemented, has resulted in murderous oppression and tyranny. (Death toll at about 100 million and counting.)..... I’d rather see Paul Murphy running the country. At least he hasn’t killed anyone or covered up child rape or carried the coffins of child killers. At least he’s not pretending to be something he’s not.
Oh they'd be a disaster but, unlike the Shinners, they haven't actually killed anyone (yet) and if anyone things that the people who actually run the Shinners are parliamentarian I've a bridge to sell them.Careful now! While he may not have killed anybody he subscribes to an extreme left ideology that, whenever and wherever implemented, has resulted in murderous oppression and tyranny. (Death toll at about 100 million and counting.)
PBP and their fellow travellers are NOT democrats and see the parliamentary process as merely a stepping stone to a new socialist socioeconomic and political system. In fact, they engage in endless internal debate about the dangers (for their movement) of parliamentarianism. As distinct from other forms of "struggle."
I'm no Shinner, but I'd take them ahead of PBP any day.
I’d rather see Paul Murphy running the country. At least he hasn’t killed anyone or covered up child rape or carried the coffins of child killers. At least he’s not pretending to be something he’s not.
Yep, that's the one. He's nearly as well to do as Clare Daily and Mary Lou.Hang on now, this is the Paul Murphy, the son of a leading business exec from Goatstown, who was sent to posh fee paying schools, including a Leaving Cert grind factory and is now on his 3rd (at least) political party/group?
Equally I will never vote for Sinn Fein as I’m aware of the vile background from whence they sprung .Hang on now, this is the Paul Murphy, the son of a leading business exec from Goatstown, who was sent to posh fee paying schools, including a Leaving Cert grind factory and is now on his 3rd (at least) political party/group?
Regardless of these tax position, I'll vote for Sinn Fein the day they apologise for rattling my windows when Canary wharf went off, and blowing my desk up when Bishopsgate went off or detonating a litter bin bomb 2 streets over from me one night down the west end when I was going to see a play. In addition, I'll consider voting for them when they have united policy positions north and south. But I can't see any of that happening soon.
No comfort there. Pol Pot was the son of a wealthy Cambodian family who was privately educated in the best French speaking schools and went to university in Paris. Look how he turned out - death toll approximately 2 million, about 25% of the population.Hang on now, this is the Paul Murphy, the son of a leading business exec from Goatstown, who was sent to posh fee paying schools, including a Leaving Cert grind factory and is now on his 3rd (at least) political party/group?
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