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Jump To Comment: 1 2The government has admitted that the property tax will not go to the upkeep of roads and lights for the council workers etc..
Noonan had admitted all this was a ploy to get us paying the property tax.
And didnt enda kenny himself lie and say pre election it was and i quoite ''It is morally wrong,unfair and unjust to tax a persons home''..
They will say anything as long as they get into power,they are corrpupted liars and obfusticators of the truth.
Politics seems to attract (for the most part) a certain type of personality,one who is obsessed with power ,and hearing his/her own voice over and over again..
We have had enough of this already,it really is time for irish people to get up off their asses and protest,i dont know why we got the reputation of the ''fighting irish'',i really dont.
50 Million was spend on water consultants alone..This is where your water money is going on rich fat cat consultants that only come out for one days work to survey..
This isnt the first time we have wasted public money on ill fated schemes,remember the bertie bowl,the electronic voting system or the underground dart?