MP Lewis Calls for Tax Reductions Based on Gaston Browne’s Excessive Revenue Collection

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MP Lewis Calls for Tax Reductions Based on Gaston Browne’s Excessive Revenue Collection

I call on Prime Minister Gaston Browne to roll back the recent new taxes and tax increases, and instead rely on the three alternative revenue measures promised in the March 2023 Budget.

Gaston Browne promised in his election rallies and manifesto that there would be no increase in the ABST. When he made this promise, he did so undoubtedly having, as Finance Minister, all the facts and figures on the finances of the nation.

The public was also promised in the March 2023 budget that three things would be done to boost revenue, negating the need for to increase the ABST or introduce any new taxes:

  1. Improved collection of existing taxes
  2. Reduction of discretionary waivers
  3. Reduction of spending, cutting wasteful spending, as well as improvements in the efficiency of the Public Sector.

These alternatives have yielded enough new revenue to address salary increases and other fiscal needs, without increasing the tax-burden on citizens and residents. The government is therefore needlessly taxing citizens and residents to rake in extra revenue, that is well in excess of what the Prime Minister claimed was required.

MP Richard Lewis observes, “It is only ethical for any government to first improve the utilization of existing tax dollars, and reduce wasteful spending, rather than massively increasing the tax-burden as their first option. Instead of using a common sense approach, Gaston Browne has decided to use the people’s pockets as a bailout for his incompetent administration.”

“The people of this country are rightfully asking: why is Gaston Browne fighting to keep this massive tax-burden on their pockets, even after he has found more than enough new revenue from other measures?” Lewis added.

“This is a head-scratcher.”

“What is the government hiding from us? Why are they brutally attacking our pockets? The people demand an answer and demand it now!”, Lewis adamantly declares.

Lewis concludes, “It’s time for a tax reset. It’s time to ‘ease the squeeze’ that Gaston Browne has placed on suffering residents and small business owners.”

Richard S. Lewis MP

Contact:
Hon. Richard Lewis
721-9898

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7 COMMENTS

  1. Just hope u done get a heart attack when Pringle win . U are such A dunce paying j truth trough serpent.. Richard I am in control u can and will never win u start sounding desperate… This is not general election.. it’s a conversation.. .. the dunce serpent always use this .. when a snake is asleep cross it carefully… That’s Pringle.. u can’t beat Pringle.. and bro why u look so worn.. remember them Jamaican girls love energy men .. be careful of the goat mae Mae Mae …. U useful piece of shit.. hey krife emauel

    • @ Curious

      U SOUND ABSOLUTELY STUPID…….

      A ‘conversation’…….YOU MINIONS ARE SO DAM DUMB AND STUPID. ITS A CONVENTION. SOOOOOOOOO DAM DUMB AND BEGGING FOR YA SUPPA.

  2. Richard Lewis you cannot beat Pringle. You want to be relevant. You worn out. You will never win that seat again. You are a ONE TERM Politician. Prime Minister just laugh at you when you make these SILLY comments.

    Richard Lewis , D.GISEL Isaac were AGAINST the University coming to Antigua. Antiguans should never vote for these Guys again. They are against educating Antiguans

    Keep Richard Lewis and D.GISEL Isaac ( HOG WITH LIPSTCK) away from politics. They are HYPOCRITES.

    • @ FERN

      AGAIN, ANOTHER STUPID AND ILLITERATE ABLP UNEDUCATED SOUL.

      GO AND UPLIFT YOURSELF AND STOP SUCKING THE BLOOD OF ANTIGUANS LIKE ALL YOU ABLP SUPPORTERS DO. FOOL

  3. @ Curious and @ FERN showing Antiguans (and the world) that they are thicker than a bowl of FUNGEE 🥣

    HOW CAN YOU WISH A HEART ATTACK ON SOMEONE @ CURIOUS?

    NASTY!

    Surely, in debates there’s a line commentators mustn’t cross …

  4. RL has shown himself to be an absolute joke. Government costs have increased since covid eg Salaries and Wages for public servants, yet RL is limited only to the increase in revenue. Someone with his training would take the time to include the expenditure side where even before covid, government was running deficits that it had to finance via loans (debt). Fact is even before covid there were public discussions about increasing ABST to 17 percent. The reduction in gas prices, in the first term, provided them an opportunity to garner some revenue via the fuel tax. However that opportunity has long past since government, for years, has been subsidizing the cost, in an effort to try and curtail local fuel prices

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