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VERNE BURNETT Thursday, September 14 2017
MINISTER of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis yesterday gave a dire warning to the nation of potentially more socio-economic pressure to come, saying the impending National Budget will impact on the quality of life of all citizens. She admitted the Budget will be a challenging one as citizens will be asked to begin making a contribution to dealing with the sharp decline in government income because of the fall in oil prices.
“We are in perilous times but I know that we are a resilient people.
I have complete faith in the people of Trinidad and Tobago, every single citizen, that we will not just rise to this occasion, but we will successfully surmount the challenges currently before us,” Robinson-Regis said at a Pre-Budget public forum on “gender sensitive budgeting”, held by the St Augustine unit of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies...
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:how would you all feel if the following actually takes place..
rise in water and electricity rates (according to the regulatory board)
vat may go back to 15% (says a UWI lecturer)
personal tax may go to 30%( highly possible with Colm)
The boiling frog is a parable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
A172 wrote:once usd rate aint raise too much everything else could
rspann wrote:A172 wrote:once usd rate aint raise too much everything else could
You have cushion to soften the blow, but poor people can't take much more.
timelapse wrote:It is stupid to raise taxes in a recession,just plain stupid.And even more stupid to be still supporting PNM and their stupidity.What they should be doing is encouraging local production and exports.That is a way out of recession.But they want the economy to crash.People will migrate , land will sell cheap.They will buy..some of us not that stupid
88sins wrote:shake d livin wake d dead wrote:people who can afford expensive vehicles usually don't borrow
daz what you feel. I know some ppl that pulling down upwards of 70K/month, that still borrow to buy their vehicle
1st rule of getting & staying rich, never spend your own money.
cryotec wrote:i hope kfc dont go up again or i go starve
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:what's the highest price super could go to? I don't mind WASA and the standard rates, implementing the meter system on the other hand is ballz....TTEC gonna have a time with new rates
vaiostation wrote:Well, if they remove the fuel subsidie this year, then hopefully next year they can begin to remove the subsidie on cooking gas...
That's when the real fun begins!!!
see a man living in the states using solar and all he sheit on 24/7. best thing is how the utility company owing him money88sins wrote:now would be a good time to go solar & get off d ppl grid
88sins wrote:now would be a good time to go solar & get off d ppl grid
RedVEVO wrote:^^^
It is not PNM ..
It is Rowley ..
The dumbest .. ever !
When is it going to stop ?
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