Mottley: Nothing but rhetoric

Government has been accused of engaging in rhetoric when it tells people that it is embarking on policy initiatives to improve the economy.
Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley made this charge in the House of Assembly yesterday as she replied to the 2013 Budget delivered on Tuesday by Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler.
Mottley referred to a Democratic Labour Party promise of a “talk tax” on mobile phones and a tax on lottery winnings previously mooted by Government with the latter now reintroduced.
“When people hear these measures – if you have served time in Government, you would believe that it is Government by pronouncement, that is the problem with this Government.
“They believe that they pronounce and it happens out of mid-air when . . . pronouncement is simply the first step to making something happen.
“That is why this Government has initiatives which are taking three or four years to get to Parliament and, in some instances, initiatives that cannot be executed.” (JS)