Business Post's View
Voters want to see USC axed, and big spending in budget
Despite budget watchdog warning against departmental overruns, latest Red C poll shows electorate is keen for state to loosen purse strings
The government has defended its decision to breach its own spending target of 5 per cent in the forthcoming budget in the face of repeated and increasingly strident criticism from its own watchdog.
It will be a prudent budget, Michael McGrath, the Minister for Finance, has said, but it will also seek to respond to existing pressures.
As Daniel Murray reports in the Business Post today, there is something of a three-card trick going on ...
