Budget was missed opportunity for fairness

Posted on December 10, 2009

Budget 2010 was an opportunity for the Government to make amends and start to rebuild a fairer and more sustainable economy. Too many tax breaks for the wealthy and developers and too little regulation of the financial speculators were root causes of our country’s economic collapse.  There was a need for a fair budget with the central focus not just on cuts and pleasing international markets, but rather on  job creation and the achievement of income equality.  Instead the Government chose to introduce a budget that has divided Irish people. The Government budget has unfairly targeted some groups in our society including those on social welfare, families with children and public servants. Meanwhile many of the wealthiest in our society have managed to come out of this budget virtually unscathed.

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