Yes, it would be a national rate. I don't accept that asking people with high value property to pay a proportionate tax on the value of that property is equivalent to screwing the areas of the c… (View Post)

I would replace council tax with a proportionate property tax at the same time - this would ensure that about three-quarters of people saw reductions in their annual property tax. (View Post)

The combination of passages like that, with the passage about using American cities as a training ground, and the reality of the military assault on an apartment building in Chicago over the weekend … (View Post)

Ireland Presidential Election Jim Gavin (Fianna Fail) has withdrawn from the race, leaving Heather Humphreys (Fine Gael) and Catherine Connolly (Independent Left) as the only two candidates. Latest p… (View Post)

As another poster pointed out yesterday, Britain has seen a large reduction in terrorist violence following the Good Friday Agreement. I wouldn't expect there to be zero Islamic terrorism after … (View Post)