Instead of stimulating economic activity Minister Lenihan used his latest budget to extort more money from the ordinary worker according to Fine Gael’s Cllr. Richard Daly.
“This budget was heralded as the delivery of a plan for economic recovery but instead Minister Lenihan looked around for any opportunity to increase tax, reduce welfare and destroy the quality of life of the middle income earner.
Once more the Kildare taxpayer is paying for the mistakes of government. The banks bailed out the builders. The government bailed out the banks and now the taxpayer is left to bail out the government.
The Minister claimed that this budget would above all else be fair. It is not fair that the same people are once more the main target of this budget with the majority of the money being again extorted from the PAYE sector with the average family paying in excess of €2,500 extra in taxes.
There is no incentive for the worker and no confidence restored in our ability to weather this storm. Kildare taxpayers are instead left angry at the repeated assault on the same group of people.
So many of our retailers looked to this budget as an opportunity to correct the VAT imbalance which sent our shoppers flocking over the border for reduced prices. This redress was not made.
To prevent dissention among the ranks Taoiseach Cowan called for Junior Minister resignations before the Budget announcement. This meant that all who wished to be considered for reappointment would have to express their support for this attack on the worker.”
“Minister Lenihan even stooped so low as to remove the social welfare Chrismas bonus making sure that the most vulnerable in our society are treated with the same contempt as the rest of society.” Concluded Cllr Daly
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