In October 2015, Minister of Finance Michael Noonan announced the Irish government would implement a total of €750 million in tax cuts, with a similar increase in spending. That will leave the government with a budget deficit of 1.2% of gross domestic product, down from 2.1% in 2014 and a peak of 32.5% in 2010. The government expects the economy to grow by 6.2% this year, before slowing to 4.3% in 2016 and 3% thereafter.
34% Yes |
66% No |
29% Yes |
55% No |
4% Yes, but by drastically reducing the benefits and salaries of government officials |
3% No, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
1% Yes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
2% No, cuts to public spending will negatively affect the economy |
0% Yes, and increase taxes |
2% No, focus on ending tax evasion instead |
2% No, increase taxes on the wealthy instead |
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1% No, reduce military spending instead |
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1% No, reduce the number of government officials instead |
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@8R5LX4T3yrs3Y
No, tax the rich, big companies and reduce excessive spending on government officials and civil servants
@8QVQDR23yrs3Y
yes, and also focus on taxing the wealthy and ending tax evasion
@queerultraviolet3yrs3Y
What debt? In debt to who? Ourselves? The world? We invented currency, it's no longer serving us and we should find an alternative to money. It's made up, just print more.
@8J2LNT24yrs4Y
We need increase taxes on the wealthy but we need to have balanced budgets
@9B3MH8K1yr1Y
No, fund them by drastically reducing the benefits and salaries of government officials, focus on ending tax evasion and increase taxes on the wealthy instead
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@BagelsGenesis5mos5MO
Germany froze public spending for the rest of the year after a court declared the government’s spending plans unconstitutional, dealing a blow to Europe’s recovery and efforts to beef up its defenses and reduce carbon emissions.The court decision is likely to widen the economic speed gap between Europe, whose economy has stagnated for over a year, and the U.S., which grew at an annualized 5% in the three months through September, turbocharged by massive fiscal stimulus. Berlin’s decision to freeze all federal spending for the rest of the year came after the court defunded the government’s 60 billion euro—the equivalent of more than $65 billion—green-transition project. The court said Berlin couldn’t repurpose unspent credits originally earmarked to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic to fund environmental and energy projects. It said Berlin was bound by the country’s constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules that limit budget deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product in normal times.
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