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Should the burning of Turf be made illegal now in Ireland these days?

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  • #242
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Its Only Ray Parlour wrote: »
    Over 30% of Ireland's population live in rural areas. Only animal farmers must live in rural areas. the rest of them live in rural area because they're too cheap to build in an urban area or they just don't like urban areas, then they come onto broadband forum and complain about slow broadband.

    Copper telephone lines can only provide decent broadband if they are less than 4km long and fibre broadband would cost a fortune to rollout and definitely would need to be subsidized (surprisingly, the government actually have plans to do it) by the urban customers an tax-payers.

    Furthermore, the urban tax-payer already subsidizes the rural tax-payer, so rural Ireland is just a burden on the rest of us.

    In Belgium, only 3% of the population live in rural areas. If they can live in urban areas, then so can we.

    I never complain about living rurally but we pay the same taxes and do not have water or sewage supplied, no public lighting, no parks, no libraries, can't use our free travel, roads are dire, no easy access to hospitals, etc
    I accept all that, as the life here is superb but don't assert that urban tax payers subsidise rural dwellers.

    Oh, and what about this turf thing??????


  • #243
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Braelynn Scruffy Somewhat wrote: »
    we pay the same taxes.

    I promise you, you're property tax is less than mine and 20% of mine will be spent in counties outside Dublin.
    Braelynn Scruffy Somewhat wrote: »
    and do not have water or sewage supplied, no public lighting, no parks, no libraries, can't use our free travel, roads are dire, no easy access to hospitals, etc.

    You choose where you live. You can't buy or build away from hospitals and libraries and then moan about it, why mention all these amenities that you choose not to avail of if you don't mind?
    Braelynn Scruffy Somewhat wrote: »
    I accept all that, as the life here is superb but don't assert that urban tax payers subsidise rural dwellers.

    They do. All over the world. Ireland is no different.

    €31.8 Billion in tax nationally

    €16.8 Billion in tax from Dublin


  • #244
    Its Only Ray Parlour
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭Its Only Ray Parlour


    Braelynn Scruffy Somewhat wrote: »
    I never complain about living rurally but we pay the same taxes and do not have water or sewage supplied, no public lighting, no parks, no libraries, can't use our free travel, roads are dire, no easy access to hospitals, etc

    You pay the same taxes, but do you pay the same amount in taxes?
    I accept all that, as the life here is superb but don't assert that urban tax payers subsidise rural dwellers.

    Why not? It's a fact: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/urban-taxpayers-subsidising-rural-homeowners-could-cause-property-tax-backlash-262606.html


  • #245
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    I promise you, you're property tax is less than mine and 20% of mine will be spent in counties outside Dublin.



    You choose where you live. You can't buy or build away from hospitals and libraries and then moan about it, why mention all these amenities that you choose not to avail of if you don't mind?



    They do. All over the world. Ireland is no different.

    €31.8 Billion in tax nationally

    €16.8 Billion in tax from Dublin
    Because of my occupation my taxes are Dublin. But look, you're right my 52% tax doesn't cover all I get from the state.


  • #246
    twin_beacon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭twin_beacon


    Its Only Ray Parlour wrote: »
    You pay the same taxes, but do you pay the same amount in taxes?
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    Thats a good question, and there is no real answer as its going to be on a person to person basis. some people in the country will pay more, and vice versa.

    anyway, what does that have to do with turf! we're on a tangent!


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  • #247
    joe912
    Closed Accounts Posts: 267 ✭✭joe912


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    I promise you, you're property tax is less than mine and 20% of mine will be spent in counties outside Dublin.

    BECAUSE HIS PROPERTY IS WORTH LESS.20% TAX IN THE COUNTIES WHERE YOUR WATER COMES FROM, WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM, WHERE YOUR WASTE GOES.

    You choose where you live. You can't buy or build away from hospitals and libraries and then moan about it, why mention all these amenities that you choose not to avail of if you don't mind?

    YOU CANT LIVE IN DUBLIN, GIVE OUT THAT EVERYBODY DOESNT AND EXPECT TO PAY LESS FOR PROPERTY WHERE THE DEMAND IS HIGHEST

    They do. All over the world. Ireland is no different.

    €31.8 Billion in tax nationally

    €16.8 Billion in tax from Dublin

    DOES THIS INCLUDE VAT ON FUEL, MOTORTAX THE TAX ON SERVICES YOU PAY FOR IN THE COUNTRY THAT ARE FREE IN DUBLIN.


  • #248
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    joe912 wrote: »
    DOES THIS INCLUDE VAT ON FUEL, MOTORTAX THE TAX ON SERVICES YOU PAY FOR IN THE COUNTRY THAT ARE FREE IN DUBLIN.

    I pay VAT on fuel, I also pay motortax. I'm not sure what services you are on about that are free in Dublin that you have to pay for.


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