Don C. Brunell: Ireland: Cleaner, Greener and More Prosperous

This St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) the Irish have a lot to celebrate. Ireland is cleaner, greener and more prosperous.

Ireland is an island nation roughly one-third the size of Washington with 4.7 million people. It is no longer the agrarian country which its patron saint converted to Christianity in the early Fifth Century. Today’s Ireland attracts tourists, high tech companies and manufacturers from around the world.

One of the keys to its economic growth is its low corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent which is nine points lower than the new U.S. level enacted by Congress late last year.

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