USC was meant to be "temporary" myth

It is repeated daily ad nauseam that the USC was meant to be temporary, this isn't true. A 1% income levy introduced in October 2008s budget was meant to be temporary alright but this was before the **** really hit the fan and everybody accepted that the tax base should be widened. There was already a tax called the "health levy" on incomes over about 400€ per week long before 2008, the USC was a merger of the income levy and the health levy and it was always meant to be permanent along with a property tax and water charges as part of widening the tax base in budget 2011.