Bruton feared wealth tax backlash by farmers
Future Taoiseach John Bruton told Liam Cosgrave in a letter in May 1974 a delegation from the Irish Farmers Association had approached him to let him know the new tax was "totally unacceptable to them".
"You know I have strong family associations with the IFA and its individual members played no small part in my election to the Dáil in the last two general elections. I therefore take this organisation very seriously," Bruton wrote.
