Dealing with shite
We have a budget later today. We also have an election coming up in the next few months. Put the two together and we know straight off that it's going to be a "giveaway" budget. There will presumably be all … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Budget
Tending the Golden Goose
So the Irish Anti-Smoker Industry has its collective snout back in the trough again? It wants a levy placed on the tobacco companies profits and an extra 50 cent tax on cigarettes? Dick Puddlecote has already demolished the logic of … Continue reading →
Here comes an election
We had a Spring Statement yesterday. You might well ask what a Spring Statement is? Its real name is a "We in gubmint have been screwing you within an inch of your lives, but we've just realised there is an … Continue reading →
Sleight of hand
Today is Budget Day. For a while now we have been hearing all about how this is to be an âend of austerityâ budget. There are all sorts of promises that the tax burden will be eased and how they … Continue reading →
