Are You going to pay the Water Charge?

Hans Moleman wrote: MayoMark wrote: People in rural Ireland have been paying for water for years.  The issue is that EVERYBODY has been paying for water in some shape or form. It didn't just magically appear in my house for the past 20 years - general taxes paid for it. This is just another form of double taxation. Only in Ireland would the 'sheeple' accept this nonsense.

Hans Moleman wrote: MayoMark wrote: People in rural Ireland have been paying for water for years.  The issue is that EVERYBODY has been paying for water in some shape or form. It didn't just magically appear in my house for the past 20 years - general taxes paid for it. This is just another form of double taxation. Only in Ireland would the 'sheeple' accept this nonsense.

Madferret wrote: MayoMark wrote: People in rural Ireland have been paying for water for years.  EVERY citizen that buys as much as a lollipop throughout the ENTIRE country have been paying for water for years thru both indirect and direct taxation which after being collected by central govt (Revenue.ie) thereafter is re-distributed to local authorities. So we have ALWAYS paid for water, EVERYONE. You are either a govt stooge or easily fooled. I'm not against direct payment for water btw and water conservation is essential for the Planet, not just Ireland. But this process has been hamfisted and badly thought out with no need for additional Quangos. Plus they need to fix the abysmal under-invested leaking infrastructure first before having the cheek to ask citizens to pay even more for the stuff.

Tell me, where will they get the money to pay for these infrastructural repairs?

Edited by Ireland4ever - 02 Oct 2014 at 12:44am

If we don't pay wont we get cut off? No choice really but to pay.
There was uproar over the household charges and now nobody seems to be bothered about the water charges,am i missing something? I haven't seen many complaints about it. People mustn't be as broke as they are making out to be. If they bring in any new charges i dont know how people are going to survive.

Hans Moleman wrote: Madferret wrote: MayoMark wrote: People in rural Ireland have been paying for water for years.  EVERY citizen that buys as much as a lollipop throughout the ENTIRE country have been paying for water for years thru both indirect and direct taxation which after being collected by central govt (Revenue.ie) thereafter is re-distributed to local authorities. So we have ALWAYS paid for water, EVERYONE. You are either a govt stooge or easily fooled. I'm not against direct payment for water btw and water conservation is essential for the Planet, not just Ireland. But this process has been hamfisted and badly thought out with no need for additional Quangos. Plus they need to fix the abysmal under-invested leaking infrastructure first before having the cheek to ask citizens to pay even more for the stuff.  This  @Muff - You may think I sound like this, that or the other. It doesn't bother me tbh. To pick up one little indirect point I made, instead of actually giving an opinion on whether you think the current water situation is fair smacks of someone just looking for a silly argument. In saying all that Muff, I stand over that highlighted part - if the government tomorrow brought in a new tax on taking a dump, some people would kick up for a day or two, then the rest of the sheeple in the majority would say 'ah that's grand, that dump tax is only a few euros a year' and the issue would blow over. This is Ireland.

Edited by irishmufc - 02 Oct 2014 at 1:04am

MayoMark wrote: Madferret wrote: MayoMark wrote: People in rural Ireland have been paying for water for years.  EVERY citizen that buys as much as a lollipop throughout the ENTIRE country have been paying for water for years thru both indirect and direct taxation which after being collected by central govt (Revenue.ie) thereafter is re-distributed to local authorities. So we have ALWAYS paid for water, EVERYONE. Yes, and people in rural Ireland have been paying more. Because they pay the exact same taxes as everybody else ON TOP of their water rates.

Madferret has replaced Sid Waddell as my forum crush.

I have no contract with Irish Water. If say O2 send me bill when I haven't signed a contract, it would go in the bin. If I was feeling particularly good humored on the day this bill was received, I may ring them to inform them of their error. I'm more than happy with my existing water supplier thank you very much (bar the addition of Fluoride) and have no intention of changing. As a taxpayer, I have always paid my water bill. Should Irish Water offer a better deal at some stage, I may consider changing to them.