{"id":679,"date":"2018-12-06T10:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T10:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/leo-varadkar-channelling-his-inner-bertie-ahern-with-tax-cut-promises-writes-roisin-shortall-td\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:23:06","slug":"leo-varadkar-channelling-his-inner-bertie-ahern-with-tax-cut-promises-writes-roisin-shortall-td","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/leo-varadkar-channelling-his-inner-bertie-ahern-with-tax-cut-promises-writes-roisin-shortall-td\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Varadkar channelling his inner Bertie Ahern with tax cut promises"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the “most read” articles on The Irish Times<\/em> website last week ran under the headline: \u201cNo way in hell would I move back to Ireland: Emigrant builders have their say.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTaoiseach wants to use your money in a cynical attempt to buy votes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the “most read” articles on The Irish Times<\/em> website at the start of this week ran under the headline: \u201cNo way in hell would I move back to Ireland: Emigrant builders have their say.\u201d<\/p>\n

An excellent piece of reporting by Ciara Kenny, the article talked to sixteen expatriates working in construction in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the UK and Switzerland.<\/p>\n

These skilled professionals are exactly the clear-eyed and highly mobile demographic whom the Economic and Social Research Institute says we need to lure home if we are to meet current house building targets and sustain present levels of growth.<\/p>\n

The interviewees were asked if they would consider bringing their much-needed skills back to Ireland, and if not, why not.<\/p>\n

Pretty much all of them said they have thought about coming home, while four were actively preparing to do so. Most, however, said that despite missing home they have no wish to come back here, \u201cbooming\u201d or not. And almost all of them expressed grave reservations about the serious economic and social obstacles that would await them if they did come home.<\/p>\n

Nine complained of housing shortages, high rents, difficulty obtaining mortgages. Five mentioned the high cost of living and its corollary, low pay. Four were worried about the sustainability of the present boom and insecure employment conditions they would find here.<\/p>\n

Two complained of the high cost of childcare. Two were concerned about the lack of job opportunities outside Dublin. Two pointed to the prohibitive cost of car insurance for returning drivers. Two cited the dysfunctional health system.<\/p>\n

Out of the sixteen, only one, Mark Mitchell, a civil engineer working in Toronto, mentioned high taxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cLow pay, high taxes, lack of affordable housing are the main factors preventing me from coming home,\u201d he said. \u201cAlso, lack of opportunities outside of Dublin is an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was not a survey of uninformed strangers. They may live abroad, but most of these people are as Irish as any of us, in touch with the old country, with a fine appreciation of the cost-benefit analysis of living at home or abroad. They have skills which at present are highly desired.<\/p>\n

Just as much as the multinational corporations that our government lionises, these workers are a market for which Ireland must compete. Their concerns are, in practice, no different from those of us still living in Ireland.<\/p>\n

So, when Leo Varadkar set out his stall for Ireland\u2019s future at the recent Fine Gael Ard Fheis, what was his big idea?<\/p>\n

Intervene decisively in the rigged and dysfunctional housing market, our gravest national emergency?<\/p>\n

Pay living wages, tackle price fixing, improve employment conditions for insecure wage-earners?<\/p>\n

Ease the pressure on families by ensuring decent parental leave and affordable childcare costs?<\/p>\n

Fix our expensive, broken, two tier health system, so that people no longer live in fear for themselves and their loved ones?<\/p>\n

End the scandal of child poverty? Make national broadband a government priority?<\/p>\n

Square up to the serious challenges that climate change poses to our public finances?<\/p>\n

No, ahead of all of these, incredibly, the Taoiseach prioritised tax cuts.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear there\u2019s a serious disconnect between the daily difficulties the Taoiseach\u2019s \u2018hard working people\u2019 face and his expensive tax promises, which come straight from Fianna F\u00e1il\u2019s discredited playbook.<\/p>\n

While Mr Varadkar dressed up his promises as being about \u201can Ireland where no one feels left out,\u201d the reality is that they are yet another “the-more-you-earn-the-more-you-gain” proposal from a political leader who is clearly channeling his inner Bertie Ahern.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s look at what the Taoiseach\u2019s tax cutting proposals would do.\u00a0 Firstly, they would give no benefit at all to 79 per cent of the population.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, 79 per cent. This is the number of people who do not pay the top rate of tax.<\/p>\n

Secondly, for all people, whether on high or low pay, the big complaint is about how people have to fork out for so many essential services. \u00a0If we\u2019re serious about tackling the high cost of living for everyone, then the most sustainable and fairest way of doing that is to invest in high quality public services which are accessible to everyone.\u00a0 Spending billions on tax cuts leaves precious little for improving our public services.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, the Taoiseach\u2019s proposal would undoubtedly widen the gap between rich and poor.
\nOur society is already divided and all the weaker because so many of our fellow citizens struggle to survive.\u00a0 We should learn from those societies and economies which have been the most equal and therefore the most successful.\u00a0 In the Nordic countries in particular, a clear social contract exists where people pay fair taxes according to their ability and in return, are assured of access to really good quality public services.<\/p>\n

Fourthly, a proposal to erode our tax base, given the uncertainty which we face due to Brexit, as well as the serious structural problems in our economy, displays a level of economic irresponsibility not seen since the hey-days of Fianna F\u00e1il.<\/p>\n

The kind of individualism which the Taoiseach espouses is classic neo-liberalism and was rejected by the public as auction politics in the last election. Now, yet again, he is underestimating the intelligence of the electorate.<\/p>\n

In this world view, any social investment that benefits everyone is clearly not as appealing \u2013 or as electorally tantalizing \u2013 as an individualised measure that marginally benefits one fifth of the population at the expense of the many.<\/p>\n

The Fine Gael government wants to use your money in a cynical attempt to buy votes, instead of spending it where it would do most good.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n

This opinion piece was published in The Irish Times<\/a> on 5th December 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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