Politicians’ statements need to be fact-checked
Created: Sep 05, 2024 07:58 AM
Land tax statement: Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier (File photograph)
Dear Sir,
Your “Opinion” writer in the September 3 edition of The Royal Gazette should go back a little further in time.
The biggest problem Bermuda has, is the national debt, which increases each year. I would remind your correspondent, in 1998 there was a surplus of $1.2 million and now there is a deficit of $3.5 billion plus. Does this show fiscal responsibility?
Unfortunately, politicians make statements which are not fact-checked. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, was quoted in your paper as saying our seniors do not have to pay land tax on their primary residence. I wonder why, this past week, I received a tax demand!
Some of us have memories that are in excess of a day or two.
Yours sincerely,
ANTONY SIESE
Paget
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Published September 05, 2024 at 7:58 am (Updated September 04, 2024 at 9:15 am)
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