Irish government slashes benefits and raises taxes: VAT 24%

Wednesday, November 24th 2010 - 20:03 UTC

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The Irish government has unveiled a range of tough austerity measures designed to help solve the country's debt crisis. Among the spending cuts and tax rises are a reduction in the minimum wage, a new property tax and thousands of public sector job cuts. Read full article

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Poor Irish people, we've been there too.

“Then, whenever we have that completed... the people can decide who they want to govern the country,” he said.” So easy!
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