Suggestions to improve things for people

I BEGIN this by just feeling so sorry and bemused at our government at this time, austerity crippling people in their day-to-day lives, it’s almost like watching an animal suffering being ever so slowly put out of its pain before dying.

These are some suggestions I would make to improve things for people. If there has to be a property tax it should be €100 for every €100,000 your property is worth.

With debt relief on mortgages it should be calculated that one month’s mortgage repayment should be free for existing mortgages for the rest of their terms.

Car tax is unfair — a new car’s tax for a year is relatively cheap but for older cars it is far more expensive, and it is because people can’t afford newer cars that they are being punished.

Anything that puts extra money in people’s pockets will help our economy to grow, not taking more off them.

Jack O’Sullivan

Dingle

Co Kerry