Northern Representation in the Dail

There is that old saying I like. No Tax without representation. But despite the normal interpretation there is another way you can read it. No representation without tax. Basically why should people have a say in how we run our country if they don’t have any input to it or dependence on it. Now I am not like Wulbeorn (where have you gone) and calling for welfare recepiants to lose the vote. What I am talking about is Northern Representation in the Dail.

Why should people who do not contribute to this society have a say in this society. Now before any one goes on about how decisions in Ireland affect people in the South and therefore they should have a say in what we do. I could also point out that what we in Ireland do effects a great many countries should all these other countries have a say in how we are ruled? Do you not think that Ireland taking a large share of American direct investment due to our corporation tax policy effects other countries? Do you not think France would love to change our tax back to their ridiculously high level.

The reason that Sinn Fein wants Northern Representation in the Dail is two reasons. One there basically republican view. The other is that they know that they are not going tobe the forse they are in North in the South. So what better way to push their neo-Marxist philosophy then to increase their vote by using their power in the North (which I wager is not due to most Northern Nationalist being far-left) to increase their influence in the South.