Leo Varadkar Blasted over 'We're the Ones Paying the Bills' Farmer Comments
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Leo Varadkar blasted over 'we're the ones paying the bills' farmer comments
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has come under fire from Ireland Independent candidate Noel Thomas after claiming urban Ireland pays the bills while rural areas receive subsidies and tax benefits
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar blasted over "shameful" farmer subsidies comments
The Fine Gael leader said recently: "People in rural Ireland are very quick to tell people in urban Ireland that ‘we are the real workers, we’re the ones paying the bills, we’re the ones feeding the country.’"
‘We pay all the bills, you get the subsidies,’ says Leo Varadkar in ‘shameful’ dig at rural Ireland
Galway West by-election candidate Noel Thomas has criticised “shameful” comments by former taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who said farmers are costing the country through “a lot of subsidies and a lot of tax benefits that other people don’t get”.
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