Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups
1:30 pm
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
The witnesses are the good guys and they are pointing in the right direction in terms of what we need to do. They are right in asking do we want to have an American-style tax structure or a European-style structure and the services that go with it. It seems we want Berlin services with Boston taxes but I do not believe that works. The witnesses are right in what they said and the points about debt sustainability and the need for investment are critical.
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