De bamboozling bonus

Dec 12, 2023 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News

Kaieteur News – De government is so generous. It is unbelievable. Dem bamboozle de public servants with a dazzling $25,000 bonus announcement that sent ripples of joy through the bureaucratic corridors, only to be swiftly followed by a 6.5% salary increase.

De government, in its infinite wisdom, gifted our public servants with a modest 6.5% salary bump. Bravo! However, before the ink could dry on the congratulatory memos, the reality check arrived. After de taxman takes his share (and we know he takes a sizable chunk), that 6.5% suddenly transforms into a meager 4.5%.

It is a case of where de government gives with one hand and takes back with de odder. De workers should demand de increase be tax free. After all dem getting it at de end of the year, a year in which they have to struggle to balance their personal budgets against the onslaught of de cost of living. And de soldiers, firemen, police and prison workers getting a one -month tax free. Wah happen to public servants? Goat bite dem?

Meanwhile, a lone voice in the wilderness claims that inflation for the year is a paltry 3.8%. Applause for that brave soul who must be moonlighting as a stand-up comedian. In the bustling markets, however, where the real economic theatrics unfold, prices are skyrocketing, led by Mr. Pumpkin.

Yet, de Inflation Denier, insists that 3.8% is the magic number. Perhaps he’s been living in a parallel universe. The rest of us, are afraid to look at de price tags on de items on de supermarket shelves. And so, in the fastest-growing economy in the world – a title we proudly bear – public servants find themselves holding, yet again, the wrong end of the stick.

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