Taking more money out of the economy to pay for overgrown local government, central government, civil and health services is not the way to help Ireland's economy recover.
This is particularly so at a time when even those businesses which are still afloat are finding it impossible to get finance from those whose rash actions caused the current crisis.
This lack of liquidity in lending is caused by the banks and this has been shown to be the case over the past year in independent reviews.
Preventing access to loan facilities by those for whom we have mortgaged our children's futures is a national disgrace.
Stealth water charges. for example, are likely to most affect poorer, larger families who wash and cook for their children far more than sinkies or dinkies [still on six figure incomes.
Peter paying Paul paying Mary is what is required to get the economy moving again - the whole point of an economy is that people pay for goods and services - and keep doing so - not hoard their money.
Closing tax-exile escape hatches world wide is required, not least to reassert the moral authority under which all democratically elected governments must operate their tax regimes.
Strategic investments in infrastructure is a justifiable long term investment and is precisely what it required to help our ailing economy along in the short to medium term, not more taxes on a shrinking population of those eligible to be taxed.
Taxing the economy to death won't solve this crisis.
Cutting huge numbers of jobs won't solve this crisis.
Productivity and value in jobs, innovation in business and liquidity in lending is what's required.
If the Banks won't provide the necessary capital perhaps there is someone on this forum who understands what's required and will step up and fill the breach.
Please could each responder - in addition to commenting on the strategy - add one new non-tax increasing, pro-investment, pro-active suggestion to this thread.
FWIW
ONQ.
This is particularly so at a time when even those businesses which are still afloat are finding it impossible to get finance from those whose rash actions caused the current crisis.
This lack of liquidity in lending is caused by the banks and this has been shown to be the case over the past year in independent reviews.
Preventing access to loan facilities by those for whom we have mortgaged our children's futures is a national disgrace.
Stealth water charges. for example, are likely to most affect poorer, larger families who wash and cook for their children far more than sinkies or dinkies [still on six figure incomes.
Peter paying Paul paying Mary is what is required to get the economy moving again - the whole point of an economy is that people pay for goods and services - and keep doing so - not hoard their money.
Closing tax-exile escape hatches world wide is required, not least to reassert the moral authority under which all democratically elected governments must operate their tax regimes.
Strategic investments in infrastructure is a justifiable long term investment and is precisely what it required to help our ailing economy along in the short to medium term, not more taxes on a shrinking population of those eligible to be taxed.
Taxing the economy to death won't solve this crisis.
Cutting huge numbers of jobs won't solve this crisis.
Productivity and value in jobs, innovation in business and liquidity in lending is what's required.
If the Banks won't provide the necessary capital perhaps there is someone on this forum who understands what's required and will step up and fill the breach.
Please could each responder - in addition to commenting on the strategy - add one new non-tax increasing, pro-investment, pro-active suggestion to this thread.
FWIW
ONQ.