Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

The Minister should increase it further instead of hitting people at the bottom. We would not have these anomalies then. However, the Government has resolutely refused to impose higher taxes on those who can afford them. If people at the bottom are hit, it will create more poverty and cost society more. It will not just cost the Labour Party many seats at the next election or cause people anger and anguish.

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