Household charge will not help to create a better society

I remember at the time the household charge was announced some people were calling on the Government to increase income tax.

This was rejected, even for those on salaries of over €100,000 a year. The excuse from the Government was that raising income tax was a “tax on work”.

What a pathetic excuse. The reality was — and still is — that the Government doesn’t want to make people on high salaries pay a higher, that is to say, a fair amount of tax.