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MP Sarah Wescot-Williams tears into the 2022 budget and government’s refusal to eliminate the 12.5% cut in benefits from (semi) public entities.

November 17, 2022

MP Sarah Wescot-Williams tears into the 2022 budget and government’s refusal to eliminate the 12.5% cut in benefits from (semi) public entities.
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“Can’t believe I actually heard the minister being applauded.”

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Finance and his coalition members in parliament must have breathed a sigh of relief, when the gavel was brought down on the amended budget 2022 late Tuesday evening, in the opinion of MP Wescot.
“Luckily for the coalition, they were able to muster at the eleventh hour, the minimum of members required to pass the budget law. Luckily, because by the following day, at least 2 coalition members were slated to travel for parliament’s account.”
And to prove her point that the government ministers have ...

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