Public Outcry
Ever since it was discovered that the new administration had increased the salaries of its ministers and parliamentarians, there has been a public outcry and groundswell of criticism for taking the action. Several contrasting perspectives have been expressed about the move. Some persons seem to believe that the administration was insensitive since it appeared to have offered the public servants increases that did not match those it gave itself. Some support the increase in the salaries, but felt that the timing was bad. Still 
others felt that the administration appeared to be in a rush to feather its own nest while leaving the rest of the public service behind. Further still, others wondered what the real issue was because there appeared to be rational reasons for increasing the salaries of the Ministers the way in which it was done. This article seeks to examine the financial impact of the salary increase from a different perspective in an effort to understand the anger that has consumed so many that supported the coalition’s campaign to electoral victory.
Aggregate increase
Lacking in skills of psychoanalysis, this effort will not seek to interpret the mind set of fuming and vexatious Guyanese. Instead, an effort will be made here to present the economic impact of the decision. To start, it would be useful to understand what the aggregate increase of the salaries for the