My dad is an innocent man.!

national | crime and justice | opinion/analysis Sunday June 12, 2005 01:36 by John McDermott - Removefiannafail Spain

He never did nothing wrong..

It,s all in the name of the game.!

What is Sean selling now,himself-or his Da.!

C.J.Haughey, the former dictator of the republic of Ireland was mentioned by two of his offspring, Sean and Eimer,in a recent R.T.E. television documentary, which featured the world,s most misunderstood politicians.
Mobuto Sese, president of the Congo and Daniel Arap Moi his Kenyan equivalent were reputed to have remained in power by buying support from a wealthy elite and exploiting ethnic divisions among the common people.
President Marcos and his wife Imelda were also mentioned in the report.
Imelda came from a poor background it seems and never wore shoes as a child.Hence she accumulated 100,000 pairs when she married Marcos who was in the habit of buying real estate/ skyscrapers in New York to escape from the dread of returning to the hovel in which he was reared in Manila city.
C.J Haughey was surrounded by corrupt politicians and rather than plummet to the dismal level of those whose votes he had secured to achieve high office,he decided that an honorable compromise was to levy a "tax" on the wealthy businessmen whose retail empires were based in offshore Islands,and who contributed little or nothing to the irish economy except the dismally low wages that their shop girls were known to earn... or the pittance that hoteliers such as P.V. Doyle paid their chambermaids -all of whom duly paid their taxes "at source".
A wonderful source of revenue it was, called "Paye as you earn".and pay they did-through the nose.!,but it never seemed to be enough to keep the economy shipshape.
Naturally Charles squirreled away his cash "donations" in the self same distant Isles where his courtiers and admirers also banked.
This greatly assisted him to life the lifestyle that a man of his talents merited, breeding racehorses,Parisian Haut Couture, etc etc.while waiting for his property investments to be re-zoned... in the fullness of time.
" He did nothing wrong" ,according to his loving daughter Eimer,and his "following in your footsteps" son, Sean.!
Wondering if he could do anything else to help( himself ) and the poor,come re-election time he felt that it would be a great easement on the rich landowners and big country house gentry if the despised rates were abolished .Realizing that even the poor hated this big annual bill, he knew he was on to a winner. He threw in the abolition of car tax for good measure and guess what.' He was carried on the shoulders of the milling throng back into Leinster House to continue the good work.
Father Christmas.C.J.H. Father of the new nation.Nobody need pay...for anything...for now.
(His little apprentice Bertie is about to give a repeat performance,now that that old spoilsport McCreevy lingers in the distant badlands of Brussels,out of sight out of mind,out of harm,s way.
Bertie,s repeat performance is boosted by a booming economy.Charley never had it as good as Bertie.Still there are a few big nursing home bills to pay...never mind-that can wait until after the big re- election.!
Neither Charlie nor his apprentice Bertie could never be compared with Daniel Arap Moi...Mobutu Sese..and certainly not President Marcos. Charlie did not even steal from the rich..their contributions were the gracious acknowledgement of a loyal fellowship of like minded souls busy about their task of accumulating that which the world prizes above honour, honesty ,integrity,and justice.
Charlie was truly a man of the world,and what blame is there in that.?? Besides, 90% of the irish electorate never heard of those guys anyway.!