Friday, Jan 27th 2012
Consider this…
Fine Gael said last night it would back the Government’s four year economic strategy to reduce the deficit, but insisted it favoured cutting spending rather than raising taxes.
The party’s communications spokesman Leo Varadkar told the Dublin Economics Workshop in Kenmare last night that his party is committed to reducing Ireland’s deficit to 3 per [...]
It’s a godsend for the wealthy, a real haven.”
In March 1988 Ray McSharry reintroduced section twenty-three tax relief on rental properties. It was listed under section twenty-seven of the Finance Act but retained its name from 1981, when it was first introduced as a stimulus for investment in construction.
The Irish Times reported that the government’s [...]
This article, by Paule Masson of L’Humanite was published in that paper on the 16th of October. The following translation by Isabelle Metral was published on the 17th in the English language edition of L’Humanite. It’s published here with the permission of the editor of humaniteinenglish.com, Hervé Fuyet.
Far from being on the ebb, social anger [...]
Socialist Economic Bulletin: Military spending protected in Tory cuts
Michael Burke takes a very interesting and timely look at the UK governments ‘review’ of its defence spending.
The UK ‘defence’ budget is officially said to be £37bn, but this is an underestimate as it excludes many other outlays, including military research, increased health and other spending on [...]
Are Irish Taxpayers About To Bail Out Goldman? Is Peter Sutherland Stealing From His Own People To Give To The Vampire Squid?
Zero Hedge follows Guido Fawkes revelation of the list of Anglo Irish bondholders with a questions about how much the reluctance to negotiate with senior Anglo bondholders in order to reduce the liabilities accruing [...]
This is a translation of the article by Francisco Herreros originally published in Red Diario Digital in Chile. The translation, by Roberto Navarrete for alborada.net was published on the 27th of August. We’re republishing it here with Roberto’s permission.
Through sheer good luck, the tough character of the trapped miners, and the [...]
D-squared | If I were economic advisor to the Shadow Chancellor …
Daniel Davis gives some Keynesian advise to ex-postman and now Shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson. Does Eamonn Gilmore think he's too popular to need to heed it as well?
"Unlike the rather sickening lectures Margaret Thatcher used to give about housewives and their clever domestic [...]
TASC launched its proposals for Budget 2011 today. The document, called ‘Investing in Recovery, Jobs, Equality’, outlines a strategy designed to reduce the deficit while creating the conditions for sustainable growth and job creation. The full document is available here, and the Executive Summary is available here.
TASC’s has four key interlinked proposals
Create an Economic [...]
The results of the Venezuelan parliamentary elections have been met with almost unanimous negative responses in the Western press. Typical of the headlines was one in the Irish Times on the 28th of September: “Opposition gains loosen Chavez’s grip on power“. While this is technically correct it’s far from the full picture. As the last [...]
Demonstration Outside the Israeli Embassy (opposite Jury’s Hotel, Pembroke Rd) at 11AM this Thursday morning
We have all been reading about the slew of trials taking place in France directed against pro-Palestinian activists who advocate BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).
Tomorrow, Thursday 14th October, such a trial is taking place against Alima Boumediene-Thiery, [...]
