Greens Support Bin Tax

national | bin tax / household tax / water tax | opinion/analysis

Tuesday September 23, 2003 18:43

by pat c

Sargeant Gives 2 Fingers to Anti Bin Tax Campaigners

The Greens: Waging Class War On Behalf Of The Rich.

The Green Party stated today that it does not support the position of the Socialist Party on refusing to pay service charges. However, Green Party Leader Trevor Sargent, TD stated, “We support financial incentives and the use of reasonable volume levies to encourage waste minimisation, re-use, recycling and composting for householders and the commercial sector alike.”

This gobbleiegook translates as Green Party support for a flat rate tax. It doesnt matter if you are a bin collecter or Sir Anthony O'Reilly, the Greens want you to pay the same rate of tax

Sargeant went on to say:
“The Green Party has successfully resisted flat charges, most notably in Fingal County Council which in the end agreed to a tag-a- bin system with a E1.50 charge per small bin in areas where no kerbside recycling was yet in place. We also oppose privatisation of the refuse collection system,” Deputy Sargent said.

Fingal campaigners will know all too well that the lies are flowing from Sargeants lips. The neck of him pretending that the Greens had opposed a flat rate bin tax!

Does he not understand that if a shop assistant and an accountant pay the same rate then that is a flat rate tax?

The reality is that a Flat Rate bin tax is only one of the local charges the Greens want to impose on the Working Class. They also have a Water Tax on their agenda. If the Greens get their way water will be metered, therefore rationing it for the less well off but the rich can afford use as much as they want.

Best of all is the Green Party Taxation policy - A Flat Rate of Income Tax! Michael O'Leary pays 15% and a factory worker pays 15%! What could be fairer than that?

Dont let them away with it, confront the Greens:

The Green Party 618 4088 srawson@oireachtas.ie
(Dail Press office)

Ciaran Cuffe 6773372 ccuffe@oireachtas.ie
Dan Boyle 6184227 dboyle@oireachtas.ie
Paul Gogarty 6183022 pgogarty@oireachtas.ie
Trevor Sargeant 6183465 trevor.sargeant@oireachtas.ie
Eamon Ryan 6183097 eamon.ryan@oireachtas.ie
John Gormley 6184247 johngormley@eircom.net