Fine Gael- Party of High Taxation and Increased Emigration- O'Brien

Fine Gael - Party of High Taxation and Increased Emigration



Fine Gael’s manifesto launch today shows that despite all the spin they are a party of high taxation and increased emigration. They will add to the burden on families caused by the universal social charge and other stealth taxes slavishly following Fianna Fail’s bank bailout strategy. Their commitment to cut savagely over the next three years will stifle any potential growth in the economy and increase the rate of emigration.



Jonathan O Brien said: “This election is about choices. Sinn Féin believes that people should not have to suffer due to the reckless behaviour of the banks and their political allies in government. The universal social charge is wrong. The cuts in health and education are wrong. The people who can least afford are being asked to carry the consequences of other’s financial gambling.”



“Fine Gael is slipping in to the space left behind by a disintegrating Fianna Fail. They are proposing to throw billions of Irish people’s money into failed banks. To pay for it they will continue to impose the social charge. They are proposing to increase VAT to make everything more expensive. Their dependence on unrealistic growth figures implies even more levies.”



“This amount of taxation prevents people from spending. The economy is stifled. There is no growth in jobs and more become dependent on social welfare. On top of this they are proposing savage cuts in public expenditure, in services such as education and health and social welfare. These cuts will stunt the economy even more. The inevitable result is still greater emigration.”



“There is another way. Instead of putting the national finances into bank bailouts, put it into creating jobs and building the infrastructure to build jobs and services. It may not be easy but we can grow our way out of this.ENDS