Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

I get you don't like being challenged.

Instead of trying to shut things down, why don't you engage in debate. What, looking at the only data we have (polls) makes you think the 'protest vote' (your words) has left SF?

It simply hasn't. They still have the % of the vote they got at the 2020 GE and more, in their worst poll and 5-6% points more in their best one.

Your thoughts Clo, were nonsense. You cannot back them up with anything other than your own bias and dislike.

Still haven't lost the percentage they had at the election.

A political party supported by 40 or so independents who all have the same single policy of reduction in immigration… Might be a bit simple to call them a single party government admittedly.

It's a tax on income based on the price of an asset. Unless you sell the asset you have to pay the tax with your income.

More personal attack posts

😂

It get funnier by the day, then you claim you want to "debate", hilarious

Maybe 40 was a bit extreme but if SF got 33 seats on 24.5%, and the indies are currently on 19%.

You might also be correct on your "revolt vote" theory. Thing is, a lot of the SF politicians topped the polls in 2020, if they loose a few votes they might slip to 2nd or 3rd but they'd still be sitting TDs. The upcoming elections will be interesting for sure

To respond to the claim of personal attack, saying the online supporters for Sinn Fein are incompetent is not a personal attack. You have claimed multiple times to not be part of it.

So unless you lied and now are confirming you are part of that organisation?

Anyway carry on with the 101 posts of nonsense and personal attacks. As I said it is hilarious to watch,

You are correct regardless of your income it's the same figure that you need to pay, also know as a regressive tax

But I am correct when I say you pay for the tax out of your income!

You'd rather a retired billionaire in a multi-million euro mansion pay nothing and a bunch of 20 year olds scraping together rent in a houseshare pay for his local services instead?

No of course not, that's just daft.

While I know some people put forth the definition, I reject it. A wealth tax can not be regressive by a sane reading of what it means - a wealth tax does not cause a higher burden on those with less wealth.

It's an exact definition, you can't reject it or not believe in it like it's a religion. Feel free to argue that it's a "good tax" and by all means support the tax and the parties that introduced it but don't be trying to convince people that a millionaire living in a house beside a retired old lady on the state pension paying the same bill amounts to a progressive tax

Even google disagrees. If you google the first 5 definitions of regressive tax

A regressive tax is a type of tax that is assessed regardless of income, in which low- and high-income earners pay the same dollar amount. A regressive tax is one that is applied uniformly regardless of income, as opposed to a progressive tax, which is based on income [investopedia]

A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases [wikipedia]

A regressive tax is one where the average tax burden decreases with income. Low-income taxpayers pay a disproportionate share of the tax burden [taxfoundation.org]

tax that imposes a smaller burden (relative to resources) on those who are wealthier. [britanica]

A regressive tax may seem to be an equitable form of taxation because everyone, regardless of income level, pays the same fixed amount [IRS]

I think you missed the point above. We aren't talking about wealth taxes, we are talking about LPT and Water charges

It is the definition of progressive taxation that you are putting forth.

So a progressive way of taxing that millionaire and those lads in their 20s would be to tax their income, at a %, ie the one who earns more, pays more.

Should somebody earning €1m living in a mansion worth €3bn by the beach pay more tax than somebody earning the same money in a terraced house in a small town? To me, the answer is no!

If you're going to make that argument, is there any regressive taxes in Ireland by your definition?

More nonsense. A tax on an asset is not a tax on income.

I despair at the lack of basic economic knowledge in public debate.

The LPT is a progressive tax on wealth. End of.