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# idle-speculation - Sunday 7 October, 2012

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Here’s how much money the government would raise if income tax went up

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Fine Gael and Labour have repeatedly said that income tax won’t be increased in the Budget – but they’ve still crunched the numbers on just how much it could raise.

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