(10 quotes found)
“A future Labour government would destroy the tax of corruption, in all its levels,”
Joseph Muscat
“A Labour government would also bring about a generational change in tax collection, shifting taxation from income to environmental issues. In this way, people who were enterprising and were successful because of their hard work would not end up being penalised by paying more tax.”
“It was not credible to introduce a tax on cement as a means to protect the environment. This was only a revenue raising measure which home-buyers would suffer. The pollution pays principle was something laudable, but taxes in this sense should only replace other taxes, and not be used to raise revenue.”
“Air quality should be top of the agenda. This was a problem which was affecting all of the country and needed urgent attention. However, the black dust problem was a certificate of government incompetence.”
“Government is taxing the country dry”
“I had been given advice not to mention corruption, however corruption is a tax that is paid by you. In a time of austerity, there is a new realisation that economically, we should not continue paying for corruption”
“When they hear the following words: BWSC, the PN get very cross and very angry!”
“If the Government is not afraid of anything, then it should renew all ID Cards immediately rather than extending them each year”
“Why should there be any difficulty for the media to film the BWSC hearing in the Public Accounts Committee?”
“Crruption was a tax on everyone and that the Delimara contract would have an impact not only on taxpayers’ money but also on their health.”
