‘No more tax rises… until States gets its own house in order’
Monday 17th May 2010, 2:30PM BST.
TREASURY minister Charles Parkinson has dramatically increased the stakes over the States spending crisis.
He said islanders should not be asked to pay any more taxes until government could demonstrate that its own affairs were in order.
‘We cannot possibly come to the public and ask for any more tax until we can prove we are doing the services the islanders need as effectively as possible,’ he said.
‘There’s some way to go on that yet,’ he said.
Deputy Parkinson (pictured) also said the buck for overspends stopped with ministers and their boards.
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This all sounded so very good and made me have to read through it again and again, but how many other statements like this have been issued that never actually make any difference at all?
Regarding the comment ‘We cannot possibly come to the public and ask for any more tax until we can prove we are doing the services the islanders need as effectively as possible,
well, what can I say? They don’t normally ask
the public, it is just taken anyway.
I think this is just another big joke!
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Yippee, no more tax rises for decades to come!!
Does anyone actually believe that?
Given our States past record I certainly don’t.
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Well said,Mr Parkinson,but how are you going to make it happen? I’m sure that most of the island population is behind you,if that’s any help but I doubt it !
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