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Why are "opposition" parties silent on corporation tax increases, instead of cutting public services national |
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 Thursday November 27, 2008 11:06 by party animal
 its time for business to pay its share at last after their good times during the celtic tiger It was well known in political and media circles that drastic cuts in corporation would not be sustainable when the economy went into decline, however the 'spin' put out at the time was that these cuts in taxes paid by business would create greater profits and that this would mean almost full employment. Now that we know both the spin and the theory are nonsense what are the opposition parties saying? A few years ago the builders and bankers etc used their influence over Fianna Fail to secure generous and massive cuts in the corporation taxes that they paid. Thw media spun this out to convince people that it woul usher in a time of great wealth and prosperity. Now that these builders and bankers have destroyed the economy the media is spinning the 'solution' of cuts in the public sector and services. So what is the opposition putting forward as their solution? The Silence from the "opposition" parties is deafening on the issue of increasing corporation taxes which means that they will ultimately have to accept cuts in services instead of making business pay its rightful share. It is not just FG who will not even discuss this issue but what are Sinn Fein saying or the Labour Party? We have a right to know this if they expect us to vote for them. |
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