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Once upon a time there were three little pigs that left home to seek their fortunes. Before they left, their mother told them “Whatever you do, do it the best that you can, because that’s the way to get along in this world.”

The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest & warmest. The second little pig built his house out of sticks. This was stronger than a straw house. The third little pig built his house out of bricks.

Then one night the big bad greedy wolf, who loved to eat fat little piggy’s, came along and saw the first little pig in his house of straw. He said “Let me in, Let me in, little pig or I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!”

Ok, the rest is storybook history, known to all.

Recently a real live greedy little wolf, named Phil Hogan announced that he was going to blow our houses down. Well not blow down exactly, it was worse than that, he intends to place a tax on our buildings, and charge a tax on a basic human God given right, namely our water supply, which he and others before him have continuously poisoned for years.

This little Fine Gael Wolf, on being refused by the ‘great unwashed,’ has begun imitating Fianna Fail tones reminiscent of the late Charley Haughey:-

• If we do not pay he will access our bank accounts and remove €100 plus interest.
• He will force employers to deduct it from our wages, pensions and Social Welfare payments. (Would this breach the Croke Park agreement?)
• His latest Nazi bullyboy tactic; he has instructed Councils to send out teams of officials to knock on doors to threaten and intimidate us. (Obviously German IMF officials, over coffee, told him their version of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, carried out by SA storm troopers and civilians.) By next weekend do not be surprised if offenders, who fail to comply with his demands, are instructed to wear house shaped badges, sewn unto their outer garments; The Red house shape for non compliant politicians, liberals, communists, trade unionists,  social democrats, socialists, Freemasons, and anarchists. The Green house shape for non compliant professional criminals. Blue for emigrants. Pink for sexual offenders, homosexual men, zoophiles and paedophiles. Purple for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Black for the work shy, the members of the travelling community, the mentally ill, prostitutes, lesbians, drug dealers, beggars and alcoholics. Yes Nazi Germany & Phil would sort out this country, given half a chance.

When his storm troopers come calling soon, how are you going to defend your actions? My advice is reply using the words, of Minister Phil Hogan himself, when he was asked in 2009 to take a 10% pay cut on his estimated €200,000 salary & expences. Quote: “My personal circumstances don’t allow that at the moment.” Of course if you can’t remember these words, quote the words of the three little pigs, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”

Irish Simplified Tax Return For 2012

One of our more regular discerning daily readers, sent me a short poem today, which I now share with you.
I regret I do not know the author’s name, so I can’t give due credit, but thank you.

The Politicians National Anthem

Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table at which he’s fed.
Tax his work, Tax his pay, (he works for peanuts anyway!)
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat.

Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his car, Tax his gas, then find other ways to tax his ass.
Tax all he has, and let him know, that you won’t be done till he has no dough.

If he screams and hollers, then tax him more, Tax him till he’s good and sore.
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in which he’s laid.
When he’s gone, do not relax, it’s time to apply Inheritance Tax.

Airline Luggage Tax, Airline Fuel Tax, Airport Maintenance Tax, Building Permit Tax, Parking Tax, Cigarette Tax, Chewing Gum Tax, Dog Tax, Television Tax, Electrical Goods Disposal Tax,  Corporation Tax, Goods and Services Tax , Death Tax, Driving Permit Tax, Environmental Tax, Excise Tax, Income Tax, Fishing Tax, Gun Tax, Food Tax, Car Test Tax (NCT), Petrol Tax,  Health Tax, Inheritance Tax, Interest Tax, Heating oil Tax, Lighting Tax, Liquor Tax, Luxury Tax, Marriage License Tax, Medical Care Tax, Mortgage Tax, Pension Tax, Property Tax, Poverty Tax, Prescription Drug Tax, Real Estate Tax, Car Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax, Retail Sales Tax, Service Charge Tax, School Tax, Telephone Tax, Vehicle Sales Tax, Water Tax, Workers Compensation Tax, Carbon Tax, Universal Social Tax, Household Tax and finally VAT which is “Tax on Tax.”

Very few of these taxes existed 100 years ago. We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle class society, a huge manufacturing base, jobs and mothers stayed home to raise a family of which everyone was proud.

So what in the Hell happened? Could it have been caused by overpaid, lying, parasitic politicians, wasting our hard earned money?

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