Time for a zero refugee policy? - *Read OP for mod warnings - updated 11/5/24*

Great! So you advocate that asylum seeker communities, Ukraine communities, etc, receive absolutely nothing in the form of state paid housing, food, medical as they are not contributing to the coffers?

WOW! Just wow.

You're doubling down on it!

Yes and there should be signs on entering these villages declaring "Non Compliant.. Special Tax Status" and the villagers should be made wear special coloured caps even when travelling outside their area, Rte could run a public information campaign to educate the citizens on the new rules, the public would fall in line instantly.... for the common good

Solved! Case is Over!

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But isn't that the point of calling people "far right" or "racist" to end rational debate. It's like during covid that some folks wanted to round of those who weren't vaccinated and send them off to some camp in the middle of nowhere. We need to really grow up in this country and recognise not everyone will toe the government/party line, there are quite a few who have questions and would like those questioned answered before making up their minds and there is nothing wrong with that, this is what Leaders do, they bring people with them and we don't have that.

Towns and villages need subsidies to some extent to survive.

The tax system was not set up as a bribe/blackmail machine and I have never heard of tax allocations being used as some kind of collective punishment - this would be a strange new foray into legalised corruption imo (if it even is legal).

Btw this would indirectly vindicate the kind of people who vote for the Healy-Raes and Lowry - they distrust the Government "up in Dublin" and vote for a local anti-government figure to grab tax money in a desperate scramble

Now you want to explicitly weaponise the tax system to force obedience for unpopular policies on people. That way lies madness.

A follow-on to my previous reply to Augme.

Yes I will be more careful next time, thanks

And should a local council made up only of local people get to decide where this tax money is spent? Should this local council also facilitate the collection of tax? Will this local council get to say who can buy a house there? Will they get to approve/deny planning?

I’m not sure what correlation you are trying to draw between my comment and how the people of Germany felt about Hitler during that time.

I used Hitler to illustrate how scapegoating and having a boogyman figure was leveraged to control and get through policies that maybe otherwise would not have been brought through/actioned as easily. It’s a common historical example that most people would be familiar with.