Labour WILL NOT cut Child Benefit
Dear Labour TD,
In your pre-election manifesto, this is what you committed yourselves to. Now, commit yourselves to it.
Labour believes that our children should not be made to pay for the current economic crisis. LABOUR WILL NOT CUT CHILD BENEFIT, because we acknowledge that:
- Some extremely harsh budgets in recent years have meant that family
incomes have already taken a substantial hit.
- Despite our current economic problems, Ireland remains a very expensive
place to raise a child, and child benefit is the only recognition by the State of
this high cost.
- Cutting child benefit will create poverty traps, work disincentives, and will substantially increase the already high number of children in poverty.
Instead, Labour will ensure that we chart a way out of this recession that is equitable and that does not deprive struggling families of the means to weather this storm.
Yours,
Comments
solutions to crisis
Why is it that Fine Gael always attack children when they come up against a serious problem, is it because they are defenceless. Can they have forgotten the fiasco of trying to tax kiddies shoes are they incapable of learning from past mistakes or is it they have become as arrogant as their predecessors. Leave the kids out of this they cant be punished if they have done nothing wrong.
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