Anti Property Tax campaign suggestions

[NoPropertyTax]

I'm just sending this out in the hope of reaching any other people who are opposed to the threatened property tax.

I think the first part of any campaign should be for us as individuals to contact by e-mail or post our local TD's in our own constituencys, as well as Brian Cowen and Michael Martin (I just suggest him because I think he is most likely to be the next FF leader).

Addresses and e-mails of all TD's are in the State Services directory of the phone book. You can also send e-mails to Fianna Fail TD's via their website.

I think the key points we could make in our letters / e-mails are :

1. Property tax will be very unfair to anyone on low wages or incomes because it is not linked to peoples income or ability to pay. It will also particularily hurt 2 groups - the newly unemployed and the elderly - who are likely to be very vocal in their opposition.

2. It will have a very bad effect on wage inflation as low paid workers will try to pass any sudden new tax onto their employers. This will make Ireland less competitive.

3. A property tax will prove a dis-incentive for people to move from social welfare into low wage jobs. For them it may be better to stay on SW if it includes exemptions from prop tax.

4. A refusal to pay campaign, will diminish the ammount that any prop tax will bring in. So instead of bringing in say 4 billion, a major refusal to pay campaign could reduce this to 2 billion, and make it not worth the political problems it will bring for Fianna Fail.

5. Remind the TD's that a property tax will target a demographic group (homeowners) who are most likely to actually vote at the next elections.

6. Suggest alternatives - local income tax for example that will be easier to introduce and which will be linked to income and therefore fairer.

7. We need to persuade Fianna Fail that being "the party that introduces a property tax" will be electoral suicide not just at the next election, but will prevent them re-gaining power for 2 or 3 terms.

The second phase of an anti-property tax campaign could be trying to get letters published in local newspapers, posting on social websites. Then move on to putting up posters in local shop windows, apartment blocks, etc to alert people to the effects of a prop tax.

[tompatrick]

I'm just sending this out in the hope of reaching any other people who are opposed to the threatened property tax.

I think the first part of any campaign should be for us as individuals to contact by e-mail or post our local TD's in our own constituencys, as well as Brian Cowen and Michael Martin (I just suggest him because I think he is most likely to be the next FF leader).

Addresses and e-mails of all TD's are in the State Services directory of the phone book. You can also send e-mails to Fianna Fail TD's via their website.

I think the key points we could make in our letters / e-mails are :

1. Property tax will be very unfair to anyone on low wages or incomes because it is not linked to peoples income or ability to pay. It will also particularily hurt 2 groups - the newly unemployed and the elderly - who are likely to be very vocal in their opposition.

2. It will have a very bad effect on wage inflation as low paid workers will try to pass any sudden new tax onto their employers. This will make Ireland less competitive.

3. A property tax will prove a dis-incentive for people to move from social welfare into low wage jobs. For them it may be better to stay on SW if it includes exemptions from prop tax.

4. A refusal to pay campaign, will diminish the ammount that any prop tax will bring in. So instead of bringing in say 4 billion, a major refusal to pay campaign could reduce this to 2 billion, and make it not worth the political problems it will bring for Fianna Fail.

5. Remind the TD's that a property tax will target a demographic group (homeowners) who are most likely to actually vote at the next elections.

6. Suggest alternatives - local income tax for example that will be easier to introduce and which will be linked to income and therefore fairer.

7. We need to persuade Fianna Fail that being "the party that introduces a property tax" will be electoral suicide not just at the next election, but will prevent them re-gaining power for 2 or 3 terms.

The second phase of an anti-property tax campaign could be trying to get letters published in local newspapers, posting on social websites. Then move on to putting up posters in local shop windows, apartment blocks, etc to alert people to the effects of a prop tax.

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[Question R24U]

Call it 'nama-ground rent' every time it is referred to. Who remembers the Community Charge?

[bactrian]

4. A refusal to pay campaign, will diminish the ammount that any prop tax will bring in. So instead of bringing in say 4 billion, a major refusal to pay campaign could reduce this to 2 billion, and make it not worth the political problems it will bring for Fianna Fail.

It seems to me that 2 billion you do collect trumps 4 billion you don't.

Anyway allowing for unemployed and very low wages ,why! should n't there be a property tax on home occupiers

[robert151410]

I presume you will also be protesting in favour of further reduced social welfare, education, health and childrens allowance benefits.

Because the money has to come from somewhere. It no longer grows on trees or houses.

[Wakeupcall]

Property tax on 2nd homes and above would be OK.

Property tax on your only home is evil and who supports it deserves to have huge massive pineapples shoved up their anus every day for the rest of their lives, or until they realise that pineapples being shoved up their anus is not fun AND most importantly realise that property tax is a terrible idea.