Dear Sir,

Tonight David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, was lauding the fact that the Government had a surplus due to good fiscal control.

Now I am not an accountant and do not profess to be knowledgeable of high finance. However, I do not understand how the minister can state there is a surplus when the Government’s debt is about $3.5 billion, which costs the ordinary Joe (the taxpayers) nearly $130 million per annum in interest.

Where is the money tree growing which allows the Government to distribute money like candy? Can anyone give me a logical answer?

I am very concerned for my children and grandchildren, who will be taxed to pay for the national debt. We have developed into a Third World country.

ANTONY SIESE

Paget