A chara, – In the case of many recent massive pay-offs and pensions, legal constraints have had to be taken into consideration.
I am a PAYE worker who took a stand on principle not to pay the household tax and lo and behold the Revenue took it out of my wages without even informing me. No legal constraints to take into consideration there. I assume it will be the same for the water tax.
There have also been cuts to social welfare, the introduction of universal social tax and too many other cuts and proxy taxes; but no legal constraints to take into consideration there either.
So I have come to the conclusion that the laws are for the guidance of the rich and the obedience of the poor and lower paid. There seem to be legal constraints to be taken into consideration when dealing with wealthy and well-connected people and none when dealing with poor or lower paid unconnected people. – Is mise,
BEN DUGGAN,
Brown Street,
Portlaw,
Co Waterford.