Comments on: Noticeably absent from the budget speech: job-creation measures

By: ciccio

ciccio — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:48 +0000

In reply to Josette.

We know who’s paying for the billboards – the government, using tax money.

What we don’t know is who is getting paid for them.

By: Josette

Josette — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:59:31 +0000

Who is paying for those billboards – the government or PL?

[Daphne – The public purse. They are government billboards not party billboards.]

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:56:43 +0000

In reply to budgie. Go on, publish your figures.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:47:46 +0000

But who wants those? Manna is manna, and this government is kneading the dough like no other. From now on the cornfields will self reap, the flour will be delivered by email and the world will look as rosy as it never had.

By: budgie

budgie — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:00:28 +0000

Does the 170 million euros in increased taxation include the 32% to 29% reduction in income tax? My calculations are at odds with the 400 euros per capita which he is talking about.

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:04:31 +0000

This year’s budget was supposed to be a ‘surprise’ but instead we had a white papers budget.

My real surprise was when driving back home from work I started seeing billboards, with the theme being of course the budget ‘sorprisa’.

These things are only done in communist countries.

By: canon

canon — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:12:35 +0000

Il-Ministru Scicluna irrid iffotti bil-figuri.

By: etil

etil — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:39:15 +0000

Mintoff once said that he is capable of getting money but not capable of creating employment. Only difference is that Emperor Joey will never admit this.

By: MM

MM — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:13:12 +0000

Nahseb is-sur Minstru tal-finanzi ahjar qabad €500 mill-budget u jmur jiehu kors kif jaqra bil-Malti. Tal-misthija!

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:59:11 +0000

Simon Busuttil captured the essence in a nutshell.