The majority of voters in The Tribune online poll want the government to delay the implementation of VAT.
In a landslide result, 92% wanted the legislation to be delayed.
VAT has been fiercely debated recently, with the business community voicing concerns about it's implementation and Prime Minister Perry Christie challenging the private sector to present a viable alternative.
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Reader poll
In the ongoing benefits row between BEC Chairman Leslie Miller and the corporation's unions, who do YOU think is right?
- BEC Chairman Leslie Miller is right
- The BEC unions are right
326 total votes.
Comments
John 10 years, 5 months ago
IT IS A POLL LIKE THIS that got the government into problems with the gambling/web shop issue. While it is good to listen to the people and to hear what they are saying, the government must make its decision to do or to not do things based on practicability and necessity and not public opinion. IF you run to the window and shout, "My people, do you think this is a good time to tax you?", of course the response you get back will amount to "HELL NO!" But if you inform the people that government needs more money to carry out the peoples business, then the response may be more favorable. Any government that has to ask permission to govern should not be a government.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
SeaStar 10 years, 5 months ago
"If, then, taxation is compulsory, and is therefore indistinguishable from theft, it follows that the State, which subsists on taxation, is a vast criminal organization far more formidable and successful than any "private" Mafia in history." Murray Rothbard
John 10 years, 5 months ago
***Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'Rourke
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