Dear Editor,
It is both hypocritical and insulting to the collective intelligence of the people of this nation that the very APNU/AFC that imposed some of the most draconian tax increases, which brought untold suffering on ordinary Guyanese, would now have the gall to be demanding a whole host of impractical measures which they claim would bring relief to this category of persons.
The same APNU/AFC which removed billions of dollars in water subsidies for our pensioners are now telling Guyanese that the proposed increase in old-age pension is insufficient.
The same APNU/AFC which stopped the Because We Care cash grant for school children, taking away billions of dollars in support for 5 years, are now saying that the proposed $30,000 is insufficient.
This same APNU+AFC imposed VAT on water and electricity consumption; cell phone data and other services; medical services and, at one point, education. As if that weren’t enough, they increased land rental fees for our farmers by 400%, Amerindian farmers moving their small produce had to pay $45,000 for a licence to do so; even the hucksters and donkey cart owners weren’t spared, as they were made to fork out an additional $9,500 to pay for licences which had previously cost less than $1000.
How much more hypocritical, deceitful, and insulting can it get?
Yours truly,
Alvin Hamilton
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