If reports are true that Fine Gael Ministers are only prepared to allow for extra tax on higher earners if cuts are also applied to social welfare recipients, then this represents a new low in Irish politics. So much for fairness and social solidarity.  Either we are in an emergency situation or we are we are not. Approximately 100,000 people earn in excess of €100,000 (based on pq reply 6683/12). … Continue reading Higher Earners can’t be the new Untouchables