Battle lines drawn as Household Charge payment deadline looms

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Battle lines drawn as Household Charge payment deadline looms

March 9th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

TDs and campaigners set for fight to win Galway public’s hearts and minds on issue

By Kernan Andrews
Galway Advertiser
March 08, 2012

The deadline for the controversial €100 Household Charge falls on March 31, but it is understood that only 6,000 homes of more than 90,380 in County Galway have registered for the charge – a rate of 6.5 per cent with only three weeks left until the payment deadline.

The above figures come from the No Household Tax campaign as the stage is set for a major battle between the Government and the no campaign to either register and pay, or refuse to comply with the tax.

It is widely believed that as the deadline draws nearer there will be a rise in the number of compliances, but differing views exist as to how many will actually pay the charge.

“There will be a spike coming towards the end of March in the numbers of people who will pay,” says Conor Burke of No Household Tax, “but we are confident there will still be 80 to 85 per cent of households, nationally and in Galway, who will not have registered.”

Build Mass Non-Registration by St. Patrick’s Day

The household tax is extremely unpopular. In the face of this unpopularity, the government is trying to threaten us with fines and sanctions to make us pay up. But if we all stand together these threats can be defeated.

According to the legislation, nobody has to register until the end of March. The government wants 1.8 million households to register and pay this tax by then. But imagine the situation if hundreds of thousands or even a million plus households do not register. We will then be in a really strong position. Government threats would be unworkable as it would take it decades to drag everyone into the courts.

Our campaign against registration is growing daily. Join us. If you and your friends join the campaign to boycott registration we can establish mass nonregistration up and down the country and create a force that will successfully defy government threats and sanctions.

Because of the threats some people may be considering registering despite not wanting to. But our advice is – don’t do it yet. You will see by St Patrick’s Day (two weeks before the registration deadline) that we have enough non-payers to defeat the government and to stop them from robbing you and your household.