A MORONIC BUDGET

Those who still believe in Dr. Rowley and his Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, were in for a rude shock on Monday last when Mr. Imbert presented his rather moronic budget.  For example, Mr. Imbert and Dr. Rowley shut down in September, 2015 when they came to power an Aviation school that the previous UNC Government had established a few short moths earlier. Please forgive me that the impression that i have is that Mr. Imbert, desperate for ideas, has been reduced to thrashing around looking for something that he can boast about and all the while hoping that nobody will remember that he and his boss discarded this particular idea seven years ago! And yes, the Prime Minister has to take responsibility for his Finance Minister's actions. I mean, that's how the thing is supposed to work. How many other ideas have these two scuttled? And what has been the cost to productivity? Remember the laptops?

But what is becoming increasingly clear is that this economy is being run by morons and the fact is that an economy run by morons carries with it a price tag that is usually hidden under all the hoopla and political rhetoric. This latest budget falling from Mr. Imbert's pen is nothing short of stupid. It will leave everyone - except the very rich - scrambling to make ends meet. Living will become harder and more and more people will find it harder to feed themselves as prices on everything goes through the roof.

But it seems that Messrs. Rowley and Imbert aren't too worried as (to use Mr. Imbert's words) "they ain't riot yet"! Certainly nobody on the Government side seems either to understand or appreciate the very real hardships that the average person is facing. Can you imagine that the Prime Minister's solution to not spending money on  gas, to cut down the gas consumption, is to avoid going to work on time and to leave work early thus avoiding being in a traffic jam! If that isn't a moronic statement then what is?