Originally Posted by
Dub Lad
I shall not be paying on a couple, well a few reasons;
1) I cringe when I hear ministers talk about "breaking the law and being tax compliant". It feels like a threat.
2) Phil Hogan is the most in-personable man, he comes across as smug, arrogant and a bully.
3) Confused as to how I am breaking the law by not paying by the deadline yet there's a late payment option? How can I unbreak the law?
4) 10e fine/penatly will come into play in Sept why not just see how it pans out?
5) And it's the big one Phil calls it a tax because he says the majority of people want to be tax compliant right? Well therefore I want information on what they have planned for this tax? How it'll work? Like I'm going to be fudged if it's based on the size of the house, the site value? And then I won't pay it and like before, I will be dragged through the courts, I will have the county sheriff breaking into my home to seize my stuff, I have been through so much shit that at this stage I really couldn't give a bollax.
I know it's hard to stomach the shite & not so veiled threats from the politicians but that's not a reason not to pay.
I think most people aren't not paying because of principal, they are just on the fence being opportunistic. I have yet to meet an Irish person who willingly pays taxes when they just may get away with it !
I won't pay because it's a very inequitable charge. I'll be fucked if I am going to pay the same as some fatcat living in Killiney, Dalkey, Foxrock etc ! We are told that it's a logistical nightmare to means test it, as with means testing child allowance. We are in the worst situation ever economically & these fuckwit, unimaginative politicians keep going for the low hanging fruit.
We have 4 million people, there are countries with vast multiples who manage to have equitable property taxes. Why are we so useless at this sort of thing ?
Also, anyone who bought a house in the last decade & paid ridiculous stamp duty should be exempt.
I hear that there is some lively activity at the anti household demo in Dublin today. 4 thousand & more there. At last !
"I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there."
Oscar Wilde