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Wed 12 Dec 2006Opposition says Budget fails to tackle 'real issues'Opposition parties this evening claimed Minister Cowen's Budget had failed to tackle the "real issues facing Irish society" and that it showed the Government was now out of touch with the electorate.Fine Gael finance spokesman Richard Bruton said every single category of tax had increased as a proportion of family's income under this Government.