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Fri 12 Dec 2009Tax increases are the last resort of weak government
ANALYSIS:Union claims about a pot of untaxed money just don’t wash . . . that said, tax hikes cannot be ruled out next week, writes PAT McARDLE
BRIAN LENIHAN has ruled out new taxes in the budget, apart from a carbon tax, which is in the Renewed Programme for Government. At the same time, the Greens, whose idea this is, have suggested higher carbon taxes be offset by reductions elsewhere. On the face of it, therefore, there should be little enough on the tax front on Wednesday.
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