A country fit for wankers
The government has published its Finance Bill today, which will give effect to many of the measures announced in last December’s budget. Of course many of the cuts in welfare payments, which cause real hardship for people, came into effect last month with what could only be called indecent haste.
The finance bill sets out a nice, softly-softly approach to the wealthy who must never feel threatened in the enjoyment of their loot, no matter how illegally it may have been acquired
This is but one more part of the present government’s efforts to turn Ireland into a land fit for bankers, stock brokers and property developers to live in.
Smaller fry pay taxes, both direct and indirect. Often the amount is cripplingly high. However the members of the groups I mentioned in the previous paragraph are able to pay bribes – always more welcome to politicians and bureaucrats.
