Dear Mr McCreevy, use the Budget to tax people’s bad behaviour

DEAR Minister McCreevy, This is a pre-Budget submission.

You're knee-deep in them. You may not want another, because pre-budget submissions are mostly about vested interests and charities getting stuff off their chests.

Because media print the key points of each, bodies like IBEC and CORI can send out press cuttings to prove to their members how hard they're working on their behalf. Each is looking for money or looking to prevent someone else getting money.