A man you’ve most likely never heard of who speaks the truth
I believe taxes – of all kinds – should be kept as low as possible and that the pressure to get them down should be relentless… Taxes on income are taxes on effort, work and entrepreneurship. Taxes on capital are taxes on investment and risk taking. But it is effort, work, entrepreneurship, investment and risk taking that we need to continue to grow our economic base.
Charlie McCreevy – Irish-born European Commissioner for the Internal Market. Recently named Person of the Year by the Globalisation Institute.
And as Mr. Marks reminds us in the Samizdata comments section, the Irish have the lowest taxes in the EU.
Hmmm… Are Ireland’s laws about firearms as nuts as England’s? I hear they need engineers…
The economy known as the Celtic tiger?
Perhaps the Irish will save Europe for the second time in 2000 years.