Irish Citizens Will Support A Tax Increase To Improve Public Services
Over 40% of Irish citizens questioned in a recent survey admitted they would back
future tax increases if they resulted in improved public services, it was announced
on Wednesday.
The survey, which was conducted by a well-known Irish think tank, claimed that
the percentage of people willing to back a tax increase was the highest it had
been for over five years - and that the majority of those willing to pay extra
taxes in exchange for public sector improvements were the country's highest
earners. Earlier this year, a similar survey concluded that high-earning taxpayers would
also be willing to embrace tax increases to fund areas such as health and
education. It is also thought that this show of support for future tax increases is the
public's way of telling the government that they are fed up that public sector
services fail to match the standards available in other major EU countries. The news will come as a pleasant surprise for the country's government, who are
currently preparing their pre-budget announcements, and could well adjust their
plans in light of the survey's results. However, the survey also highlighted areas where the Irish public are not so
satisfied. According to one part of the survey, over 70% of Irish citizens are convinced
that wealth distribution within the country is very biased, with the gap
between the country's rich and the poor one of the highest known in any developed
country. Job security was also shown in a separate survey to be a major concern for
many of the Irish, with a large proportion worried about what kind of situation
they might find themselves in should redundancies start to hit the country. .
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