July 15, 2010

Dear Sir,

Finance Minister Paula Cox said in Parliament on July 9, 2010 the following: "I would like to unequivocally state that the current Government is capable of running the financial affairs of this Country and continues to exhibit good stewardship of the public purse and has done so since coming into office."

I almost fell off my chair when I heard this, as Government's own Auditor states otherwise in reports released by the Public Accounts Committee.

We have an out-of control Government budget, Government staff has doubled, enormous deficits, colossal debt, churlish behaviour from major politicians, and an economy teetering on the razor's edge. We have discovered that those "freebies" weren't "free" after all. It's time to pay the piper people ... I have only one question for you. What's in your wallet?

CLINTON J.A. PAYNTER

St. George's