Sir, – My colleague Senator Michael McDowell asks us to ponder whether PUP payments may be linked to a "reduced incentive for economic participation" (Opinion, October 27th).
As leader of the Progressive Democrats he famously championed tax reductions for business, cuts to capital gains taxes and a “substantial” middle-class tax cut.
It’s a strange logic that determines that the rich require more money to incentivise economic participation whilst the poor apparently require less.
– Yours, etc,
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SENATOR PAUL GAVAN,
Castleconnell,
Co Limerick.