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Re: Irish bintifada

Oct 16, 2003, 07:46

This issue of double taxation is wrong. Just like we don't pay for water in Ireland, we've never paid for waste collection.

Of course, it's been paid for through income tax, but it's never been one of the services that income tax has paid for, if you see what I mean. Basically the service has been free (ha ha) - a technical legal shitty note I know.

Actually my tax did drop last year, but that drop certainly wouldn't have affected the lower income bracket.

Irish Tax is high. The first 28K (euro) is at 20% (or 21% - can't remember) and the rest is at 42%. And we have no National Health system here - surely that's a bigger gripe than a fucking bin tax!

I wasn't necessarily using the EU law issue as an excuse, but more of a reason.

I just believe that people need a poke in the eye to get them to start to recycle more. People really took to the carrier bag tax here and it's had a small, but significant knock on effect. I see lots of 'unlikely' folk recycling these days.

I think, but I'm not sure, that you can get tax relief on bin charges.

Source for glass recycling plant closing please. Hadn't heard of that one.

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Irish bintifada – necropolist, Oct 14, 2003, 12:18


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