Latest burden is a step too far

The intense campaign of veiled threats, bullying and the instilling of terror and fear in people, which has been the hallmark of this Government’s two years in office, reached a new level in the past week.

We saw their enforcers, Phil Hogan, Michael Noonan and the Revenue Commissioners come out on the issue of the collection of the cruel and unjust family home tax, and the cold and harsh approach they are prepared to adopt in order to chase people down to collect it.

They have admitted that they will be so insensitive that they will even be sending letters to the dead. What next when the dead will not even escape? This is not what people expected when they elected this Government. They promised a new approach, transparency and change. It is obvious the change they meant is what people will have left in their pockets if they are lucky enough after this Government is finished taking what they want.