Pretty Pickings for the Poor
The draft 2003 State Budget (RAPBN 2003) is chock-full of tantalizing wage increases and scintillating subsidies. The only problem now is how to meet the tax revenue targets.
August 20, 2002
CIVIL servants, pensioners, army personnel, police personnel and even farmers have begun to feel extraordinarily happy over the past few weeks. Teachers allowances will go up 50 percent, while civil servants, army personnel, police personnel and pensioners will get a rise of 10 percent. Various allowances for both police and army personnel will also rise. Farmers spent a very happy independence day, blessed by the fact that fertilizer subsidies a
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