"Voodoo Economics"

Minority Leader Ashworth Jack

Divisive and racially coated were the words used to describe the 4.3 billion budget presentation for fiscal 2013 by Minority Leader Ashworth Jack. With no holding back on words, he lambasted the Tobago House of Assembly for their failed policies, which have affected the lives of Tobagonians. Accusing the administration of what he described as "Voodoo Economics".  He stated that the administration was concocting figures, data, and statements, out of dark corners and secret compartments.  Further, he criticize the efforts by the cassava initiative which stated that 11 acres were under cassava cultivation.  Contending that agriculture have been stifled, and that Tobago survives and depends on the importation of food coming from Trinidad. He further  accused the current administration of not having a development vision, calling on the Secretary of Finance to tell the Tobago populace and the rest of the world what is their Development Vision that has informed their budgets over the past 12 years. It is therefore not surprising he has defined the proposals of the budget as "Old talk, and no action". Promising that his TOP administration would change the fortunes of the island. 

Written by O.J.Noel

o6 July 2012

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