David Higgins

I’m middle class, I know it. Even before the crisis I was aware of the privileges that people in Knocklyon had over the likes of Tallaght or Finglas. Then the recession hit and I saw it as a positive thing for the middle class, a chance to get our heads out of the sky. To stop buying big cars and investment properties. To stop living beyond our means!

For the most part this has happened. Consumer spending is down and the housing market is gone, however there’s one thing that hasn’t left us, Holidays!

Everyday this week as I’ve checked my Bebo or Facebook pages, I’m met with virtually the same thing, uploads of holiday photos. Snaps from France, Spain, Turkey,  America, even Croatia (wherever that is)?

It’s clear then that the middle class of Ireland is still the upper class that it once was. I still see middle aged men wearing shirts driving Range Rovers with a smirk on their faces. There’s nothing to smirk about when you’re damaging the environment!!!

It’s clear then that more taxes must be imposed on our middle-upper class. Nothing too harsh to discourage productivity but I’d say you could squeeze a billion or so with a 3rd band of tax.