Opinion Polls Thread

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[QUOTE=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 1039446, member: 2272”]If global then people will just move tax residence. You get a brain drain. Happened in Sweden too. Destroys entrepreneurship. Much lower self employment rates in countries with wealth tax.

Anyway my point wasn’t about merits or otherwise of wealth tax but the likely result of SF coming to power is people with money being nervous and taking steps to protect that at least for a period until it becomes clear if SF intend on going down the Hugo Chavez road.[/QUOTE]
Sweden had a wealth tax for over 70 years and only recently got rid of it. They were very strong economically for most of that time. It’s a bit simplistic to judge it unsuccessful.

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[QUOTE=“TreatyStones, post: 1039155, member: 1786”]The indo have two opinion pieces this morning trying to big up Martin. Comparing him to Jack Lynch :smiley:

Also praising how he had “quietened sinn fein” this week[/QUOTE]

You Irish, you good at software - ya?

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ah… yes that’s what he thinks… you dumb, gulliable cunt

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Sindo in a couple of years: ‘Sinn Fein perform their biggest bank robbery since Northern Bank’

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But sure by @The Ulterior Motive’s logic Sinn Fein will have shut down the Sindo

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No. Nationalised it.

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of course , its obvious what will happen if / when they do get into power, itll be the worst thing that will happen for them really for they will be totally exposed and theyll end up like the Greens, itll set them back 40 years
I would think they are capable of anything, anyone pulling in >70k a year would be fucked , taxes on a second property would be massive, they’d drive corporate tax thru the roof and YES i believe that they are capable of doing anything with the banking system, the "tax the rich"malarkey wil be taken to extreme levels to satisfy the baying mob

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If they kneecapped Sean dunne they’d get my vote in perpetuity.

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Fuck the Queen & The UDA

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In fairness we don’t know that. A left wing party has never gotten into government with reasonable platform in free state so I suspect at worst they’d be little more society driven and less beholden to big business.

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Vindication for the indo as sf slip 4 points - tomorrow’s front page one predicts

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Down down down
And the flames went higher

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Other polls out tomorrow have SF up. All 3 have them about 22 or so with FG at 21, FF a bit further back and LAB in free fall.

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Independents at 30% plus - you’d expect that to fall as election approaches.

ff/sf most likely government

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New poll tomorrow:
FG 25 (-5)
LAB 7
FF 23
SF 21
OTH 24

It’s a Sindo produced poll so contains, this gem of a line:
“Sinn Fein is also unchanged at 21pc suggesting the party’s rise in the poll during the child sex abuse scandals has stagnated.”

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Who forms the next Government with those percentages?

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You’d have to factor in a jump in FG support after a giveaway budget. Loads of good news on the way no doubt…

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Have you a favoured partnership, Ambrose? I wouldn’t be in favour of rocking the boat too much tbh.

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I’ll be honest, never voted for FG in my life, but I’d have them back in as a majority party in the next election. They’re the best of a bad lot and Irish water aside, haven’t done anything majorly wrong. SF have been shown up for the Spoofers they are in the last few weeks. Party politics has it’s disadvantages, but a haype of independents would be a disaster in government.