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Open letter to Finance Minister Hon. Nazim Burke


September 16th, 2008
Hon. Nazim Burke
Minister of Finance
Financial Complex
St George’s

Dear Mr. Burke

With reference to the announcement on free barrel, I really wish your administration will reconsider this.  It caught my attention when it was said that over two million dollars may be lost in revenue from this programme. 

I am therefore forced to ask you the following questions:

1 Did the NDC not try to give the impression during the campaign that this free barrel was something that was going to be ongoing and not for three months as you announced?
2 Did the NDC announce this in their campaign knowing the level of some persons in our society who may think that NDC will be giving them a free barrel?
3 How many vulnerable people in Grenada have someone overseas that can send them a barrel?
4 Do you know the cost of food items in America has gone up and many person are saying sending a barrel with food items don’t make sense?
5 Are you aware that many small business men will be negatively affected and part time workers will loose an opportunity?
6 Do you know that the revenue lost from this promise could have been used to provide support for the vulnerable or to repair schools?
7 Are you implementing this just to score political points?
8 Do you know that even the person who does not import a barrel will pay in some way for the revenue lost
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Will you please ask for help as it appears that you desperately need it?  We need good fiscal management

   
Sincerely,
C. Williams
 
 

Note: The views expressed above are those of the writer and not necessarily those of the New National Party

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