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		<title>A case for increased social expenditure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Ó Giobúin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Termed by media outlets as the closest thing to a ‘give away budget’ since the Celtic Tiger heyday, Budget 2015 was intended to ease the fiscal pain placed on Irish society during years of Austerity. Yet, while fiscal relief is indeed to be welcomed, this author feels that the latest budget was a missed opportunity to readdress the issue of economic inequality which continues to be an issue in Irish society. Rather than bringing economic prosperity to all parts of society, the Celtic Tiger succeeded in inflating the incomes of those at the top of the economic pyramid to a far greater extent than the rest of Irish society. The recent budget is a missed opportunity, placing emphasis on the necessity for tax reductions for those on top incomes as opposed to increasing public expenditure on public services which could help assuage the social costs of economic inequality. Of course, economic inequalities can be argued as also providing social benefits, such as the motivational ‘pull’ factor to climb up the social hierarchy ladder. Indeed, a certain amount of inequality has been argued as a ‘necessity’ for the efficient functionality of the complex labour divisions of modern societies. Yet, the benefits [&#8230;]]]></description>
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