How does Guyana’s new wealth benefit the average man?

Oct 31, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

I’m sure thousands of Guyanese are excited by the new profound promises of oil wealth and becoming the next Dubai. While this would not happen overnight, it is disappointing to see the Government has made no consideration to date for the average working Joe.
Yes, it did cash grants to some groups of persons, but how does this benefit the average cashier or salesgirl working for less than $100,000 monthly? If the Government is giving Exxon such a sweetheart deal on royalties and taxes why does it continue to relentlessly tax the average worker PAYE at such a ridiculous amount? Why hasn’t there been a proposal or even talks to allow transfer of wealth to the ordinary citizen via tax reduction?
Sure, companies will set up shore bases and large operations and make millions, which will be used to pay expats very attractive salaries, but what happens to the ordinary workers of Guyanese companies? Don’t we deserve a way to benefit as well? We are not asking for the government to hand deliver money to us, we are simply asking to keep a larger part of the money we are working very hard for, by the government lowering the amount of PAYE it is taking from us each month.
Let’s keep working very hard to build the next Dubai! Did I mention Dubai has 0 percent income tax rate according to https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/united-arab-emirates/individual/taxes-on-personal-income? How do we move our 28 percent to 0 percent dear craftsmen?

Worried Guyanese

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