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national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday January 25, 2017 - 21:44 by Laurence Cox
A working paper on the water charges movement now available online for comment and discussion. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday May 09, 2016 - 13:22 by Paddy Hackett
All taxation is bourgeois! ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday March 04, 2016 - 13:37 by Paddy Hackett
Total abolition of water charges... ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday February 17, 2016 - 23:17 by right2water
We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.’ An affirmation that should, by now, be familiar to most of us. ... read full story / add a comment
international / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday November 24, 2014 - 22:31 by john throne
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Tens and tens of thousands of Irish workers and youth have taken to the streets and confronted the government and the state. What is the nature of this movement and what is its potential? Should it just be seen as a movement to bring down this government and replace it with another government. Or should it be seen as having the potential to bring down the system and replace it with another system. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday November 18, 2014 - 14:23 by somethinghastobedone
SERIOUS BREACH - LEINSTER HOUSE WASTING TAX PAYERS MONIES - LET THEM PAY THE WATER CHARGE ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday November 17, 2014 - 11:37 by anon
8 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2014 - 23:12)  4 images  1 video file
It is clear that the governments is seeking to split the anti-water charges campaign by modifying the water charges and publicly attacking any violence surrounding the protests. ... read full story / add a comment
international / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday November 07, 2014 - 16:54 by john throne
2 comments (last - monday november 10, 2014 - 10:01)
Workers move en masse against the water charges. Their leaders can no longer hold them back. The left no longer have an excuse not to themselves be able to build a mass force. The left sectarianism, ultra leftism and opportunism of these groups has to be confronted. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday October 31, 2014 - 20:10 by Paddy Hackett
1 comment (last - friday october 31, 2014 - 21:17)
The anti-water charges campaign is a populist campaign driven by the opportunist politics of the Socialist Party, the Socialist Workers Party and other organisations including the UNITE trade union. The Socialist Party and the Socialist Workers Party merely view the campaign as a means to enhance their popularity within the working class while opportunistically impeding the development of communist consciousness among the working class. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday October 14, 2014 - 11:40 by Paddy Hackett
8 comments (last - wednesday october 15, 2014 - 23:58)
Single issue demands such as the movement against water rates hold back the class struggle by suggesting that capitalism can continue in the absence of these charges or taxes. This is because such demands are not embedded in a programme of an interlinked series of demands that challenges the capitalist system. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday October 08, 2014 - 14:30 by Luke Eastwood
3 comments (last - monday october 13, 2014 - 22:14) 1 image
The Irish government is charging for public water as part of its TISA signup. This is just the start, we will all pay for all water if they have their way, even if we don't get any services from Irish Water. The eventual plan will be to privatize all resources so that absolutely nothing will be free in this country. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday June 04, 2014 - 15:18 by Luke Eastwood
3 comments (last - friday november 07, 2014 - 11:12)
Water is becoming a corporate resource - the sell off of Irish Water is almost certain
Call me a cynic, but I am absolutely convinced that the current Irish government has created Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) with the sole purpose of selling Ireland’s water rights to the private sector within the next decade.
Already Uisce Éireann has wasted over €80 million euro in consultancy fees paid to the private sector and it will continue to use private sector contractors to carry out its work, at as yet unknown cost. It is only the fact that it would be political suicide for the government right now that prevents a share issue in the near future. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday September 24, 2012 - 23:48 by T
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In an interview today on DriveTime on Radio 1 today (~6:30pm), author of "Boom Bust: House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010", Fred Harrison was discussing Site Value Tax which is a different form of Property Tax. He was actually speaking later at 7:30 pm in Trinity at a talk: "A FAIR PROPERTY TAX ? – A PUBLIC DEBATE" organised by the 'Smart Taxes Network'. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday April 01, 2012 - 15:54 by Off the Cuff
6 comments (last - tuesday april 10, 2012 - 16:07)
The tax protests back in the 70s and 80s proved futile when it came to ordinary working people being heard by their government. In reality the only thing that really happened on those occasions was that working people lost a day's pay. Mass demonstration in Ireland achieves nothing. It is seen as a way for working people and the unemployed to let off a bit of steam so that everything can move along as it was. The trade union movement has not seen or has deliberately avoided other forms of demonstration beyond mass demonstration. The time for change has come, mass demonstration is no longer a proven method of having the will of the people upheld by their political representatives. ts time for change. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday March 29, 2012 - 00:06 by jim travers
1 comment (last - thursday march 29, 2012 - 10:13)
What sort of a nation of people do we have when nearly 500,000 householders decide to pay a charge that is directly aimed at the most vulnerable and stressed incomes in our society. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday March 24, 2012 - 22:19 by Off the cuff
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With less than a week to go before more than one million people will be hauled into court for breaking the law the Household Charge protest hs taken one more step closer to success. The only people who believe this tax is justifable are the same people who can well afford to pay this tax. While this government squeezes more and more out of the people politicians like Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore give themselves pay rises to compensate them for losses they incured through their so-called ''we are all in this together' cry of unity. Should one million people refuse to pay the cahrge before the deadline of the 31st Match, then this must be seen a s a sign of no confidence in this government and Irish politicians in general. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday February 09, 2012 - 18:18 by Glen Clifford
This post is a quick response to an SWP internal members bulletin, which was presumably leaked by one of their members - available to read here: http://tomasoflatharta.com/2012/02/09/kubla-heard-from-...else/. It gives an insight to the real views of the SWP on a number of issues including the ULA and the CAHWT. I want to take up some of their points relating to the Household tax campaign, which I object to and to offer what I think is the real situation with the campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday December 20, 2011 - 19:08 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
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The response to the legislation on household tax has been very encouraging. A poll taken on Sunday by Newstalk after the launch of the campaign opposing the tax, showed over 70% indicated opposition and a determination not to pay. This is a great start to what will be one of the dominant campaigns in 2012. There will be a consistent and vicious propaganda campaign by the establishment which has already begun. There will be intimidation and pressure on people who can face massive fines if they refuse to register for this charge before the end of March. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday December 15, 2011 - 10:09 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
6 comments (last - sunday december 25, 2011 - 23:42)
I fully support Independent TD Thomas Pringle's call on people to support a campaign not to pay this hideous Household Charge (Poll Tax!!!). Mr Pringle says he will not register for the tax, nor will he pay it. Well done Thomas Pringle :-) At last we have we have some principled TDs in An Dáil Éireann who are prepared to suffer personally for their beliefs they know are in Our Country's And People's best interests. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday September 29, 2006 - 13:34 by John McDermott
3 comments (last - saturday september 30, 2006 - 20:43) 2 images
The coalition is divided. ... read full story / add a comment |
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