It is one thing to be Green. It is quite another to let vegetables do the thinking.

Regards...jmcc

The idea in principle is a good one and is a fairly easy way to collect a considerable amount of money without inflicting too much pain.

Any new tax is going to have its problems, but we need to start thinking fast.

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Umm...... you think our govt should enter the forgery business??

I didn't know the WP still had members.....

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"The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That's how I see football, that's how I see life" - Bill Shankley

It is as stupid as the move by Telecom Eireann and their TD pals to try to kill the internet in Ireland by stopping unmetered local area calls. This had the effect of nearly killing the uptake of the internet and stifling its development in Ireland for years. This was back in the early days of the internet before it became fashionable for the cargo-cult "technology" journalists in the Irish media to write about such things. Only those of us who were really there saw the devastation.

Yeah. The local elections are coming up and the politicans are getting nervous. If the Green Party wants to tax talk then they will be sauteed.

Regards...jmcc

I can't believe so many people think this is a good idea. This is exactly the sort of erratic, unpredictable government behaviour that scares companies off from investing in a country. Texts this week but who knows what's next to be grabbed, Hugo Chavez style. It could be the product that my company sells so I will set up business somewhere else.
There seems to be a perception that it's victimless. Thousands of people work for Vodafone, O2 etc in this country. This will cause some of them to lose their jobs when revenue declines.

Presumably I can buy a Pay as you go phone in the north and text away tax freee to my hearts content when this comes in.

That's the problem that keeps the Green Party from becoming a mainstream political party - more flakes than Cadburys.

Regards...jmcc