Our Hero Bharat sums it up:

“If you are a lower income and 80 percent of the things I consume are zero rated,” Jagdeo explained, “now I have to pay on all those items 14% plus the electricity and the water, how does it help me? It affects poor people disproportionately.”

The AFC/PNC consists of a bunch of Ko Ko Beah Crab dawgs.

VAT on drinking water? Well, Berbician Dr Ramayya can show people how to drink pee. Seriously, 14 percent tax on water and light bills will squeeze the poor and middle classes.

In the old days I use to hear the phrase, smarter the government, wiser the population. I consider it a survival tool for the population to survive under different circumstances. Why people cannot improvised on water consumption and solar energy? Eco-toilet is cheap and convenient, and can save a regular family 90 gallons of water per week. The waste matter turns into manure and the urine converted into water for the plants. 

The toilet it totally odorless.

Conserve rain water and think solar and alternative energy. People can win the government if they wanted to. 

Gilbakka posted:

VAT on drinking water? Well, Berbician Dr Ramayya can show people how to drink pee. Seriously, 14 percent tax on water and light bills will squeeze the poor and middle classes.

Lick your wounds Gil, this is the government that you supported and financially too. Ask them back for your hard earned donations.

asj posted:

Updated: Environmental tax reintroduced; VAT to be paid on water, electricity; Old Age Pension increaesed

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Business, News, Politics November 28, 2016 0 Comments

 

by Derwayne Wills 

Minister Patterson does not see this as an added financial burden for citizens since “VAT is being lowered to 14%. It is coming off of everything else. Alcohol beverages, food, and every other thing it is. The only thing it would be added to is electricity and water…”

 

Finance Minister Winston Jordan did propose “to expand the list of exempt items and eliminate all zero-rated items, with the exception of those pertaining to exports and manufacturing inputs.” .

What does he mean?  What is it coming off of and what remains?  What is exempted and what is zero-rated?

Environmental taxes etc were discussed at the recent meeting on climate change in Morocco. People who have electricity consumption above a certain amount should pay more, or cut down. We do not have infinite resources.

This would be a perfect law for the East Indian people of Guyana not to pay. Anti-koolie taxation without representation will never hold my people in invisible racist shakles.

Mr.T posted:

Environmental taxes etc were discussed at the recent meeting on climate change in Morocco. People who have electricity consumption above a certain amount should pay more, or cut down. We do not have infinite resources.

It is effectively an increase in electricity and water rates above a certain level of consumption!

Prashad posted:

This would be a perfect law for the East Indian people of Guyana not to pay. Anti-koolie taxation without representation will never hold my people in invisible racist shakles.

How would they not pay?  It will be part of the bill I assume.  Don't pay and lose the service!  I can see the case for solar panels on many people's rooves!

Mr.T posted:

 People who have electricity consumption above a certain amount should pay more, or cut down. We do not have infinite resources.

Listen joker, Guyanese, even at high levels, do not consume electricity like we do in the developed world.  So, I don't think the Morocco accord intended to target small 3rd world nations and their citizens!

Someone using a meger 175 kWh a month will have a bill of G$10,000.

But the ministers, president and past presidents don't pay these bills.  Talk about the nincompoops talking care of themselves while the people have to suffer!

Mr.T posted:

Environmental taxes etc were discussed at the recent meeting on climate change in Morocco. People who have electricity consumption above a certain amount should pay more, or cut down. We do not have infinite resources.

The taxes on electricity could have been avoided if Linden pays for their electricity. They use the most electricity in Guyana and they pay the least. The government cannot do anything or else they set fire to everything.

Mr.T posted:

Environmental taxes etc were discussed at the recent meeting on climate change in Morocco. People who have electricity consumption above a certain amount should pay more, or cut down. We do not have infinite resources.

Dummy, this is not targeted at "people" using electricity but rather businesses. These batty wipes in power are giving with one hand with the reduction in VAT and squeezing the business community to make up the deficit. 

Gilbakka posted:

VAT on drinking water? Well, Berbician Dr Ramayya can show people how to drink pee. Seriously, 14 percent tax on water and light bills will squeeze the poor and middle classes.

It refers to VAT on bills above a certain level.

What folks should do is to furnish to the goodly Minister of Finance the light and water bills paid by teachers, who are scarcely on overpaid bunch.

If their bills will become taxable then this should be said, as he is implying that its only the oligarchs who will be impacted.

The PPP, the party of the oligarchs, has no credibility on this issue.

skeldon_man posted:

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The taxes on electricity could have been avoided if Linden pays for their electricity. They use the most electricity in Guyana and they pay the least. The government cannot do anything or else they set fire to everything.

Taxes can be avoided when GuySICKO hands back the US$600 million that it has received in bail outs.

Prashad posted:

. Anti-koolie taxation without representation will never hold my people in invisible racist shakles.

Ok your wife just reduced you to being a hen pecked man, who is petrified of her. I can tell when this happens as you begin to post stupidness.

Are you claiming that only Indians consume water and electricity?  In fact consumption of such is usually higher in urban areas.

caribny posted:

skeldon_man posted:

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The taxes on electricity could have been avoided if Linden pays for their electricity. They use the most electricity in Guyana and they pay the least. The government cannot do anything or else they set fire to everything.

Taxes can be avoided when GuySICKO hands back the US$600 million that it has received in bail outs.

PNC supporters and your brothers also benefit from Guysuco. It's called trickle down. Go to Skeldon and see how many blacks work in the sugar industry. Go to Corriverton Market and see how many black folks peddle their stuff there.

Slaves MUST make excuses for their Masters. It is all slaves know.