{"id":433,"date":"2007-02-19T09:51:27","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T08:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=433"},"modified":"2007-02-19T09:51:27","modified_gmt":"2007-02-19T08:51:27","slug":"tax-cut-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"Tax Cut Reality Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the real question, has any party in Irish history ever delivered real tax cuts after they have been elected? <\/p>\n<p>While I voted in the last local elections in Cork a few years, my poor election memory has raised the the yellow card with regards to political promises. They never seem to happen. <\/p>\n<p>So with that in mind, can you really believe any politician, or any party when they propose a tax cut? <\/p>\n<p>Could it really only be an attempt to buy votes?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll cash in that reality check!<\/p>\n<p>NO, I don&#8217;t believe them. <\/p>\n<p>and <\/p>\n<p>YES, this is just idol political jockeying.<\/p>\n<p>I guess we will just have to tighten our belts again. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the real question, has any party in Irish history ever delivered real tax cuts after they have been elected? While I voted in the last local elections in Cork a few years, my poor election memory has raised<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=433\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tax Cut Reality Check<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,4,27,13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-history","category-honesty","category-ireland","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}