Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

You'd rather a retired billionaire in a multi-million euro mansion pay nothing and a bunch of 20 year olds scraping together rent in a houseshare pay for his local services instead?

No of course not, that's just daft.

While I know some people put forth the definition, I reject it. A wealth tax can not be regressive by a sane reading of what it means - a wealth tax does not cause a higher burden on those with less wealth.

It's an exact definition, you can't reject it or not believe in it like it's a religion. Feel free to argue that it's a "good tax" and by all means support the tax and the parties that introduced it but don't be trying to convince people that a millionaire living in a house beside a retired old lady on the state pension paying the same bill amounts to a progressive tax

Even google disagrees. If you google the first 5 definitions of regressive tax

A regressive tax is a type of tax that is assessed regardless of income, in which low- and high-income earners pay the same dollar amount. A regressive tax is one that is applied uniformly regardless of income, as opposed to a progressive tax, which is based on income [investopedia]

A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases [wikipedia]

A regressive tax is one where the average tax burden decreases with income. Low-income taxpayers pay a disproportionate share of the tax burden [taxfoundation.org]

tax that imposes a smaller burden (relative to resources) on those who are wealthier. [britanica]

A regressive tax may seem to be an equitable form of taxation because everyone, regardless of income level, pays the same fixed amount [IRS]

I think you missed the point above. We aren't talking about wealth taxes, we are talking about LPT and Water charges

It is the definition of progressive taxation that you are putting forth.

So a progressive way of taxing that millionaire and those lads in their 20s would be to tax their income, at a %, ie the one who earns more, pays more.

Should somebody earning €1m living in a mansion worth €3bn by the beach pay more tax than somebody earning the same money in a terraced house in a small town? To me, the answer is no!

If you're going to make that argument, is there any regressive taxes in Ireland by your definition?

More nonsense. A tax on an asset is not a tax on income.

I despair at the lack of basic economic knowledge in public debate.

The LPT is a progressive tax on wealth. End of.

No, it isn't the same figure, because the amount changes depending on how valuable your house is.

A rich man with a huge mansion in south Dublin pays an awful lot more than a poorer man with a small apartment in a rural town.

Their income doesn't drop to zero if they lose their job.

In fact, with the new social welfare system, for the first six months, they get a decent income.

Margin for error blanch, you know that thing you mention when FG are down in the polls.

You can claim they have dipped below but you'd be guessing.

VAT is regressive because the zero rate applies regardless of whether you earn big or earn small. Yes, I know what you're saying that most of the things the less-well-off buy like bread and milk are zero rated but the well off eat bread and drink milk as well and therefore avail of the zero rate.

On this issue the facts are against you big time RS. Time to give over. Commonsense and logic says you're wrong.

FIrst it was 0, now its 200, that's a 200% jump in one post

It isn't, because a 200% jump on 0 would still be 0. Seems you like making up maths rules now as well as taxation definitions

The LPT is excellent, it has provided huge facilities in local communities which people of all backgrounds can avail of. People will get rid of it, everyone will suffer, the same people will then start complaining they have no facilities.

The fact that we had facilities for communities before we had LPT seems to be lost on you but ok

This is hilarious.
Every GE where the government gets changed is a 'revolt'.

This notion of it being a 'revolt' reveals that you think there is some sort of natural order in play.
People not voting for the siting government is normal democratic politics in action Clo-clo.

Stop belittling the electorate.