Budget 2013 was like de “morning after” you do foolishness, but yuh did enjoying de percolating.
Matters came to a exciting climax but now yuh wake up and say: “oh loss, we like we pregnant!”. She puking, you calling de doctor and wunnah running to get de morning after pill! You know what wrong, you cause it in de first place, pelt precautions to de wind and now de doc and pharmacist explaining what got to be done in order to correct what yuh do. Enter de morning after pill!
And one of de many pills I gine have to swallow is a new tax pun gross earnings, up to 2.5 per cent, whichin I am told is a temporary tax fuh 19 months! Well, I still waiting fuh de temporary increase in VAT from 15 to 17.5 per cent to come off. Dat was supposed to be for a fixed period too, but I still waiting. I suspect Jesus gine come a second time before dat come off.?Sorry, Chris, yuh gine got to win back muh confidence before I gine believe wha’ I hearing!
I see nuff state corporations getting cuts in Government subsidies, including Transport Board losing $15m but I didn’t hear CBC mention. At least, wid Transport, we know dem does get poor people to work every day, what CBC does do? I suppose dese cuts don’t mean dat staff gine get send home, right?
Plenty spin, but as Charles Tibbits, a tax expert say, wunnah still got things from 2008 dat aint get implement, so I don’t get too excited when I hear ‘bout dis plan and dat plan, I really interested in action but you and I know yuh got to soften the impact, beat a man wid a blunt piece of wood but wrap it up in a towel to soften the impact and reduce de swelling!
How is dis different from a devaluation? If I got less to spend and Government got more of my money, how is dat better or different from devaluation? And don’t let we forget dat all de allowances and perks get tek away couple years ago!
But yuh coulda do some things dat would raise money and not hurt we.
Examples: what about parking meters in Bridgetown? We been hearing ‘bout dat fuh years. Not a meter in sight.?Towing cars dat park illegally. Charge $250 to get dem back. Introduce personalized licence plates like de United States and Britain. Duh got men wid big egos dat would pay big bucks to have dem! Invest in some speeding cameras, let de police look fuh real criminals. Don’t tie up de courts wid traffic cases, use de ticket system and only go to court if yuh want to challenge!
Next thing, I want some of de gurus to explain how borrowing US$200m going to improve my foreign reserves. In my backward way of thinking, I should, if I want money, go out and earn dat money, work hard, save and hopefully find a safe place fuh it to earn interest, not CLICO clearly! But in Government, yuh borrow $200m, a fiscal policy-based loan from de InterAmerican Development Bank and bingo, de problem solve.
Next time I broke, I gine in to dat nice lady at Scotiabank Warrens and see if she foolish enough to lend me $100 000 so I can proclaim to de world dat I got plenty savings!
I, Market Vendor, gone fuh now. You have a blessed and a wonderful day, yuh hear?
