Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

-----we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks." He went on to say:

My friends and I have been coddled long enough by billionaire-friendly Congress. It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.

When will the Taoiseach get serious about requiring not sacrifice, in view of the massive wealth they have, but a lot more from these wealthiest sections of our society which have been untouched by this crisis and whose system has caused it in the racketeering and profiteering that went on? Why will the Government not bring in an emergency levy that would bring in billions which would alleviate the suffering-----

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