What specific tax breaks are you referring to? How do tax breaks pay their fair share of tax?The many tax breaks kindly provided by McCreevy and Cowan pay nothing near their fair share of tax at present, and yet you propose another break?
Nothing made up there. The words are part of the communist manifesto. That is fact. As for their meaning, perhaps you would care to enlighten us as to the meaning of the words?Try understanding the words rather than digging up irrelevant historical context or making up extreme hypothetical cases, and you might just find some enlightenment.
I didn't suggest the state drill for oil anywhere in my post.Are you suggesting the Irish government should start drilling for oil? Maybe we should aside a certain percentage of our GDP to play the Euromillions lottery as well?
Tax breaks are income foregone to the state. Some will argue that the economic activity would not have happened without the tax break. However, it is very, very hard to see any justification for the state subsidies given to the property industry, the horse-racing industry and the private medical industry for a start - these are all big enough to stand on their own feet.What specific tax breaks are you referring to? How do tax breaks pay their fair share of tax?
Purple's 'drug addict' scenario was indeed 'made up' and was indeed an extreme example. The meaning of the words is self-explanatory. Just read them.Nothing made up there. The words are part of the communist manifesto. That is fact. As for their meaning, perhaps you would care to enlighten us as to the meaning of the words?
I simply suggested that we should look at a system where once an individual has paid a certain amount of tax they stop paying. Get down off the socialist moral high-ground.Yet again, you are failing to produce any substantiation for your proposal for a non-proportional tax. There is no evidence that HNW donate a high percentage of their salary. Indeed, the figures released by Revenue in the last 12 months showed that (iirc) the average percentage of tax paid by those with income over €1million was in the region of 11%. The many tax breaks kindly provided by McCreevy and Cowan pay nothing near their fair share of tax at present, and yet you propose another break? Give us a break, will ya?
The words you quoted are from the communist manifesto.The point is that when you start seeing reds under the bed in every theory, you've somewhat lost the plot. Try understanding the words rather than digging up irrelevant historical context or making up extreme hypothetical cases, and you might just find some enlightenment.
History shows us what happens when well meaning but extremist, dangerous and stupid policies are followed.
I wonder what historians will be saying in a hundred years about the domination of neo liberalist ideology at the beginning of this century.
You may have to have some handle on the issue of neo liberalism to understand the implication of my questionWho knows ?
Neo-Liberalism has had 8 years as the dominant political ideology in the USA but it was never all encompassing or anywhere near as extreme as Communism or fascism. It was never dominant in Europe or anywhere else in the world so I don't see how it can be described as the dominant ideology in a global context and certainly not in an Irish context.I wonder what historians will be saying in a hundred years about the domination of neo liberalist ideology at the beginning of this century.
That's a rather condescending answer.You may have to have some handle on the issue of neo liberalism to understand the implication of my question
I agree, lets get back on topic or kill it.What has any of this to do with the topic being discussed: Plans to help the Economy - posters suggestions.
Time to shut this thread imho
Neo-Liberalism has had 8 years as the dominant political ideology in the USA but it was never all encompassing or anywhere near as extreme as Communism or fascism. It was never dominant in Europe or anywhere else in the world so I don't see how it can be described as the dominant ideology in a global context and certainly not in an Irish context.
What has any of this to do with the topic being discussed: Plans to help the Economy - posters suggestions.
Time to shut this thread imho
A plan to help the economy? Question very carefully the dominance of this model and its implication for the health and education of our children.
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