Sir, – The Government stimulus package of grants, tax cuts and guaranteed loans to revive the economy represents a weak response, a squandering of the available €7.4 billion and a waste of opportunity which will result in a low multiplier return to the national economy and have little effect in healing an unjust and unequal society. (“Grants, tax cuts and loan guarantees announced in a bid to revive economy”, News, July 24th).
The measures proposed can be likened to a farmer sowing all his crop seed in the four furthest corners of his field and expecting a harvest from the […]
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