Household charge rebellion clouds Irish outlook

failure by most homeowners to pay for this weekend will mark the first act of collective defiance against austerity

Even the giant elf in a heavy padded coat and a head of green wool detachable bottle near a landmark Dublin seemed to enjoy the sun. When he removed his head there was not one sign of sweat on his face. He seemed very happy to take a break and let his teammate pass the hat around the nodes collection of tourists who use their iPhone and mobile phones to take a snapshot beside the statue of Molly Malone across the road from the walls Trinity College.

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When he put the head of the new red beard, the elf asked if unseasonably warm weather made his costume uncomfortable. True to the omerta leprechaun, he gave a nonverbal response. A nod to indicate he was stifling, and a hand, presumably to show that he was happy to see the crowd in the sun

With consumer crowds inside and outside the shops of Grafton Street and outside of your thirsty drinkers in bars in the side streets all the way up Green St. Stephen, you could be forgiven for wondering, at least temporarily: the recession, the recession

The government faces a trial this week over 100 ? the tax burden of households that each flat owner has to pay for the weekend. Failure to pay may result in fines, but only 30% have done so far. The government fears that failure to raise revenues needed to pay for the services of local government (the Republic abolished the UK style of costs in 1977) which send a signal of damage that the Irish will not pay their way.

The burden of households could be the biggest mistake of the first year of the Fine Gael-Labour coalition, and has been compared (with more than a touch of exaggeration) to tax Margaret Thatcher's poll. There will be no repeat of the riots of the poll tax in Dublin, but if less than half the population is recorded at the end of the week will mark the first act of collective rebellion against the austerity program which is designed to reduce the national debt and restore international confidence in the economy.

Fine Gael and Labour are beginning to realize they have a fight on their hands while facing charges that are more interested in punishing the bankers and speculators whose greed mortgageholders swept the property market . On Monday, Fine Gael Minister of State for Finance, Brian Hayes, said that if the government did not get the tax proceeds of the house, would find the money elsewhere, perhaps by increasing income tax.

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"To pretend that there is a painless solution to this is totally crazy," said Hayes. "If you do not want to see jobs lost because of a tax system that taxes the crap out of people to work, then the only way to solve our problem is to find new sources of taxes. "He said the state still need to borrow ? 10000000000 this year to pay for jobs and public services .

opposition parties, particularly Sinn Fein and the Alliance of the United Left, are capitalizing on the opposition to the charge, although the two blocks have different approaches. Sinn Fein TD, which are the principle owners refused to pay the 100 ? taxes, but the game did not come to call the public to pay or not, because he said he would not be able to pay all fines the world and legal fees. The ULA, composed of the Socialist Party and the People Before annotations in earnings, urged all taxpayers to withhold payment before the deadline for the weekend.

The controversy could be a threat not only to the administration of Enda Kenny, but for the EU as a whole. If the problem is not resolved at the time of going to Ireland to the polls to ratify the pact of the EU fiscal year, voters might be tempted to use the referendum to protest against the tax. In his anger over a domestic issue, voters were able to launch the reform process of the EU into chaos.

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