Let’s hope we have some candidates at the next general election who will speak up for the private investor
I can recall most of the star performers of the past 40 years that have held seats in Dáil Eireann. But very few of them have stood out as strong supporters of rewarding enterprise, reducing taxes, supporting private investors, and explaining to the
The late John Kelly
and Maurice Dockrell were two from Fine Gael; there were the three PD leaders; there was
Charlie McCreevy; and, to an extent, John McGuinness from Fianna Fáil. And that was it.
Any voice raised in the current environment in support of encouraging investment
through capital tax-friendly policies gets drowned out. Instead, our largely
left-leaning media – especially our state broadcasting service – give
prominence and disproportionate air time to ...