Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The SNP is fighting tooth and nail like us against London to stop the Tory cuts within society. That does not mean that there does not need to be public services provision. The tax-to-GDP ratio in this State is far lower than the average in Europe. With regard to taxation, we have a bit to go before we can say that we are taxing people too much. The Netherlands has one of the highest marginal rates of taxation in the EU and one of the highest levels of foreign direct investment. As such, it is nonsense to say that personal taxation is a tax on jobs. It is not. We are clearly saying that if one believes personal taxation is a tax on jobs and that jobs are good, the logic is to go down the Renua road and gut taxation further.

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