[P2P-F] Fw: Launch of the Smart Taxes Network book "The Fair Tax", and public debate on Site Value Tax

[robert searle]

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Subject: Launch of the Smart Taxes Network book "The Fair Tax", and public debate on Site Value Tax
  

 Launch of the Smart Taxes Network book "The Fair Tax", and public debate on Site Value Tax  
  
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Launch of the Smart Taxes Network book "The Fair Tax", and public debate on Site Value Tax  
Dear Feasta News subscriber, 
 The Smart Taxes Network's new book The Fair Tax; supported by history, agreed by economists, feared by the 1% will be launched in Buswells Hotel, at 6.00pm next Tuesday the 18th of September.  
Fr Sean Healy of Social Justice Ireland, a well known advocate for the vulnerable and marginalised, will describe why the information and arguments in The Fair Tax or a Site Value Tax over a conventional property tax are so vital for the people he defends. 
Some of the writers, Dr Constantin Gurdgiev, Judy Osborne and Emer Ó Siochrú, will also be there to discuss their contributions to the book. 
Wine and cheese will be served for early arrivals; tea and coffee for all comers. 
The Fair Tax can be bought on the day at a special discount of €12, or  €10 for Feasta members. It will be generally available in Irish and UK bookshops and from Smart Taxes for €14.95. 
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And another, related note for your diary: 
THE FAIR PROPERTY TAX ? 
A public debate to be held in Trinity College Dublin on Monday the 24th September, 7.30pm Synge Theatre, Nassau St entrance. 
To be chaired by John Bowman (RTE) 
The audience will be invited to question a panel of economists and financial experts who support the introduction of a Site Value Tax in Ireland. 
Constantin Gurdgiev, Ronan Lyons, Karl Deeter, with international speaker to be confirmed. 
The tax regime in Ireland has been very favourable to property owners, but especially to developers who, with their banks, took maximum advantage, says Colm McCarthy in the preface to The Fair Tax (see above). The system fuelled the disastrous development-site debts of a handful of testosterone-charged developers and led directly to the Irish state’s guarantee of the collapsing banks. 
The Irish government is belatedly introducing a property tax under pressure from the Troika rather than from a conviction of its merits. Instead of targeting irresponsible developers, speculators and banks, the government is planning to bail them out again by excluding their land hoards and undeveloped sites from the new property tax. Ordinary homeowners will pay at least 20% extra tax every year so that speculators can continue to pay nothing. Only a Site Value Tax can make them pay their fair share. 
Speakers in this pubic debate will explain how a second massive transfer of wealth from the 99% to the 1% can happen again due to the ignorance of politicians, the hubris of the Department of Finance, and the continuing backroom influence of the developers and bankers. They can explain the real advantages of a Site Value Tax over a conventional property tax and convincingly show how easy it is to assess and implement. 
Leaked reports suggest the government believes that the Irish public could not understand a Site Value Tax and so plan to impose a flawed property tax. Do the Irish people deserve this assessment of their intelligence by their leaders? Come along to the debate and make up your own mind. 
The debate is hosted by the Smart Taxes network and numerous reports commissioned by the organization can be seen on the website: http://smarttaxes.org/site-value-tax 
Registration not necessary. €5 on the door 
Further information Judy Osborne 086 36 99 575 
Press queries Rachel Henderson 086 843 8379 
  
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