We have power to stop new tax

FROM January the Fine Gael/Labour coalition will attempt to impose a new household tax on us and will begin installing water meters in homes across the state.

Rural households will face an additional septic tank tax.

While the government has said the household tax will initially start at €100 annually, it has agreed with the IMF/EU that from 2014, households will be charged for the use of water. This then is just the beginning of what will amount to a full scale property tax on the family home. According to John Fitzgerald of the Economic & Social Research Institute (the government’s semi-official economic think tank), the new taxes should be as high as €1,300 per annum on the average household.