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

I am for wealth taxes and I keep asking for some wealth taxes. The reply is that it is too difficult to organise. It is no problem to harass people on social welfare and brutal austerity measures can be imposed on working people and the poor. They are harassed by letters which warn their bank accounts will be inspected and asking questions as to who lives in the house. These are invasive means testing procedures imposed on people on social welfare-----

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