Pay taxes before buying lottery tickets
Created: Oct 06, 2026 07:56 AM (Updated: Oct 06, 2026 08:20 AM)
The Transport Control Department (File photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Dear Sir,
The Auditor-General reports the Government is owed nearly $500 million in taxes. Your correspondent in the same issue is suggesting a national lottery. If folks are not paying their bills, how can they afford to buy lottery tickets?
With the current computer age, the right hand should know what the left hand is doing. When a person or company owes the Government and goes to relicense a vehicle, this will not happen until such outstanding debts are paid. It is time for the Government to pass this legislation.
ANTONY SIESE
Paget
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Published October 06, 2026 at 7:56 am (Updated October 06, 2026 at 8:20 am)
Pay taxes before buying lottery tickets
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