Taxes for the Sheep; Pepper Spray for the Police

[Yammitor]

Why not cut the size of the government back to 1990 levels and forget all these new taxes  :!:

Can't get any worse? Water, house, carbon taxes on way
By Michael Lavery
Monday July 27 2009
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/cant-get-any-worse-water--house-carbon-taxes-on-way-1842562.html

Hard-pressed homeowners are facing three new taxes, including a property charge of up to €1,000 a year on the family home.
Families struggling to cope with reduced incomes and a deepening recession are now to be hit with a new carbon levy, property tax and water charges.
The report of the Commission on Taxation, due to be completed on Wednesday, will be delivered within weeks.
It will include proposals for the new taxes, which are likely to be staggered, in recognition of the pressure on household finances.
A carbon tax is a key recommendation and will apply to all fossil fuels, including petrol, diesel and home heating oil and gas -- not forgetting the humble peat briquette.
Already postponed twice, the carbon tax is a bottom line demand of the Greens in government and Budget 2010 is likely to see it introduced for all fuel consumers.
It will be followed by the new property tax in Budget 2011, likely to range from €600 to €1,000 a year for most of the country's 1.4m homes, with taxpayers liable to pay on every home they own according to value.
The total amount of revenue to be raised from property tax is described as being comparatively modest, at less than €1bn a year.

Mistakes

The Commission is said to be keen to avoid the mistakes made with the short-lived residential property tax of the 1990s, based on the owner's assessment of "the best price which the property would have been expected to obtain if sold on the open market".
It is likely to recommend basing tax rates on different bands, between €250,000 and €500,000, for example, or €500,000 and €750,000.
Although house prices are currently in flux, it is hoped prices will stabilise and householders would nominate the band to which their home belonged.
With local authority debt now spiralling beyond €5bn, it is intended that within "about five years", funds raised from property tax would in large part be allocated to the local authorities.
The introduction of water charges is also on the way, whether by flat fee or by a system of metering, though this will take some years to implement.
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- Michael Lavery

Irish Garda are getting prepared for the police state and expected this time sheeple stampedes as opposed to the last 120,000 sheeple parade which passed through Dublin and demanded more debt. What will they demand if they ever manage to summon the courage for a stampede, more free stuff no doubt.   :roll:  :roll:

Gardai to use pepper spray after attack rise
Monday July 27 2009
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/gardai-to--use-pepper-spray-after-attack-rise-1842556.html

Gardai are to be armed with pepper spray over the coming weeks.
The Department of Justice said the non-lethal weapon is to be rolled-out on a phased basis.
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced last October that gardai would be able to carry the spray to help restrain violent suspects after a surge in attacks on officers.
A spokesman for the Department said: "The spray will begin to be carried by gardai in public over the coming weeks and months."
Gardai have developed rules for its use, including notifying the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission. The Department said officers have also examined the health implications of using the spray, which causes irritation to the eyes.
Head of the Garda Inspectorate Kathleen O'Toole had recommended the move in the wake of the Barr tribunal report, which investigated the fatal shooting of John Carthy following a siege in Abbeylara, Co Longford, in 2000.