Why I object to the property tax

Dear editor, I am an 82-year-old pensioner living in a three-room bungalow since I got married 60-odd years ago. Prior to that I lived in a small, thatched house, which had been in our family for generations. In 1950 I dug, with a pick and shovel, the foundations for the house in which myself and my wife now live. I made the cement blocks for the house, paid a tradesman to erect it and had it paid for in three or four years. At no stage did I get a grant or a loan except a small grant of fifty pounds for insulation. Over the years I spent a lot of money dry-lining and upgrading - including boring a well etcetera - and thank God I am reasonably comfortable and hopefully it will last out our days. For 25 years I had a contract for hauling milk, which was reasonablly well paid, whilst paying my taxes - some years that amounted to six thousand pounds. When I was laid off I got no redundancy because I was self-employed. The reason I am writing this letter is to ask the powers that be why I have to pay the government €100 per year when it didn't cost the tax-payer or government one cent? I pay all my other household bills - ESB, phone, car insurance etc willingly because they provide me with a service but this little house is my own, paid for by my wife and myself and we owe no thanks to anyone. I'll sleep soundly tonight knowing that the government won't be that stupid to put us in jail as we intend to be around for quite some time yet and it would cost them a fortune to keep us behind bars! Now, come and get us! Name and address with editor Do you object? post your comments...