Budget fails to deliver for the poor, says APNU’s Sharma

Jaipaul Sharma

The government’s proposed budget has nothing for the poor, according to APNU MP Jaipaul Sharma, who says the benefits forecast from some of the announced measures are illusionary.

“While there are a few goodies such as the reduction in the personal income tax rates, increase in pension for senior citizens, increase in the tax free threshold for property tax, introduction of mortgage interest relief and old age pension and electricity assistance programme, there are all illusions