To get the real story, read between the lines

AS is usual with spin doctors, one must examine what is not said, as opposed to what is said, to fully inform oneself of the point that is being made.

So when Fergus Finlay (Irish Examiner, September 14) accuses the Government of being “opportunistic” in rebalancing tax bands and tax-free allowances, remember that it has successfully ridden out the storms of the worldwide stock market collapse of 2000 and the two catastrophic events of 2001 - foot-and-mouth and 9/11 - which caused worldwide stagnation until the beginning of this year.

Not only has the Government ridden out those debilitating events but they also succumbed to the near-bankrupting benchmarking process cobbled together by the trades union cohort associated with Mr Finlay and his party.