Taoiseach Micheál Martin says that, despite the windfall that the State would have received from taxes on fuel amid global energy price hikes, the measures Government is taking are not “cost-neutral” to the exchequer.
They, not the retailers, plan to increase the carbon tax further.
High prices are a choice.
We cannot sustain both a functioning welfare system and open borders.
Or “five demands” voters can get behind.
‘Astonishing’ €183 million increase
Just get it done.
How much of our money is being spent every day to cook food that is thrown out?
The Government’s cut.
And if we are, we’re not freeloading any more than anyone else is.
Ireland is no exception when it comes to dodgy public sector accounting.
They shouldn’t call it the “universal social charge”. They should call it the middle class punishment tax.