Dáil debates
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Finance Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages
I am aware of the argument put forward by many who are tax exiles. They say they love their country, which I do not disagree with, they contribute much to charity and they contribute to employment ventures and continue to give employment. Some ask me why we ask them to pay income tax and whether they are doing enough. From the point of a family of multimillionaires, this is understandable. It is like in Jane Austen's novel, where the rich brother who inherited was going to give something to the poorer siblings but every time it came to giving he just could not bring himself to do it. Tax exiles are a little like that.
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