“The latest weapon to be used by the government to increase the tax burden by stealth is the increase of public monopoly tariffs following the removal of a government subsidy. This has been observed with tariff increases of electricity and water last October, the price hike of gas as of April 1 and the soon-to-be introduced drainage tariff.”
Prof. Edward Scicluna MEP
“The latest weapon to be used by the government to increase the tax burden by stealth is the increase of public monopoly tariffs following the removal of a government subsidy.”
“With regard to trade policy, the negotiation of EPAs with developing countries is crucial. In these negotiations, we must not pressure poor countries into opening up their markets to our companies, when they are unable to compete fairly on the global stage”
“What you see is not necessarily what you get!”
Anthony Mizzi
“A Labour government would be honest with the people. The people would accept sacrifices when the country’s real situation was explained to them rather than being told one thing before the election, and something different afterwards.”
Joseph Muscat
“There are two ways to raise government revenue: one is to milk the economy as much as possible; the other is to make the economy grow as much as possible. Today, the government is just flogging a horse that is increasingly tired. Its only idea is to increase old taxes, and invent new ones. Our idea is to collect more, not by increasing taxes, but by expanding the economy...””
“So, who needs pantomime for laughs when we have politics?”
Helena Dalli
