It is indeed and it's getting worse.one of the big problems in current day society is a lack of personal responsibility
Is it not true ? that the very very wealthy , have skewed the other end of the system to make them untouchable .
It seems we have a cohort of (entitlers) at the top end that are screwing us .
Internationally the super rich, i.e. multi-billionaires, skew things in their favour but not here in Ireland.Purple , Kinda disagreeing with some of your comment.
Is it not true ? that the very very wealthy , have skewed the other end of the system to make them untouchable .
It seems we have a cohort of (entitlers) at the top end that are screwing us .
It seems we have a cohort of (entitlers) at the other end that are screwing us.
It seems Mr Average who worked hard to provide for himself gets screwed from both ends.
Both cohorts can,t see their responsibilities .
It is now well established that we have some of the highest legal fees in the world
It's true that high earners in Ireland pay a disproportionate share of direct taxes, yes.
But this is linked to their disproportionate share of the income.
T Mc Gibney.
Is the Irish system {sharply progressive} ? I thought the big yowl was that because the base is too narrow only PAYE people get really hit.
I wasn,t saying that {the rich} are screwing us ,but it seems too big a % of the (elite) get inordinate breaks, and maybe as per Protocol earn too much !
Or could it be that the argument should be total taxes paid not just income tax.
(I am NOT an expert atall just observing)
The top 1% of all income tax cases in Ireland earn 9.1% of income and pay 30.4% of the taxation
The top 5% pay almost 55% of all taxation from 22.7% of the income
The obsession with property development in this country - and related tax breaks, subsidies, and other crazy stuff - is "unhealthy" to say the least.Was there not inordinate tax breaks on various {development} type things over the years ? Benefitted, I presume the (elite).
The infamous tax amnesty benefitted the (elite)
Low rate tax payer couldn,t get full breaks on pension funding .Directors could do (funnies).
The elite (which I am not sure who that group is in your opinion) tends to have and pay for private medical insurance. Without it, the HSE would be in even bigger trouble.Medical facilities , is it not true that even the elite are subsidised?
Maybe reduce spending instead?If Vat reduces , problem is what taxes replace it?
but there seems to be a cohort of professions/people who visually appear to be doing better than their efforts justify.
I sense that Mr Average is being screwed , this may well be lazy reading by me or lazy reporting of statistics by media.
T Mc Gibney.
Is the Irish system {sharply progressive} ? I thought the big yowl was that because the base is too narrow only PAYE people get really hit.
I wasn,t saying that {the rich} are screwing us ,but it seems too big a % of the (elite) get inordinate breaks, and maybe as per Protocol earn too much !
Or could it be that the argument should be total taxes paid not just income tax.
(I am NOT an expert atall just observing)
T Mc Gibney,
Not trolling ,
Just can,t see overall tax system as progressive ?
The Tax amnesty was one helluva tax break! I know a long-long -long time ago and I know a few loopholes have been plugged recently.
It seems the TAX the RICH camp reckon the RICH are creaming it .
It seems the NO PAY TAX DOWNTRODDEN workers are paying nought.
Is there any unbiased info that has been honestly collated.
Bit like the UK Brexit debate , each camp trumpets the argument that suits them .
(again I am just commenting)
Read the report supplied with the earlier post Gerry! Generally you have come across as being a fair arbiter of what is right and wrong but on this occasion I do feel that you are generalizing on an issue without listening to any of the counter arguments made.Is there any unbiased info that has been honestly collated.
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