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DA blames ‘bloated public service’ for tax increases
The EFF welcomes increases in social welfare grants in the 2017-18 budget but says it contains no ‘radical economic transformation’
A bloated public service and failed strategy to grow the economy are to blame for South Africans now facing increases in tax, said the DA finance spokesperson David Maynier. This was why Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s 2017 budget included a raft of tax increases that would hit rich and poor, he said. There were alternatives to tax increases, including boosting economic growth‚ selling assets‚ cutting spending and eliminating waste. "What we should be doing is cutting spending rather than raising taxes‚ including cutting spending on‚ for example‚ the R14.3bn that will be wasted on bloated executives and legislatures in SA." Maynier said the party proposed implementing a comprehensive spending review that would require the National Treasury‚ working together with national departments‚ provinces‚ municipalities and state-owned entities‚ to review the composition of spending‚ the efficiency of spending and future spending priorities‚ with a view to reprioritising expenditure between ...
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