LETTER: ANC a family business that looks after itself
A near bankrupt state will not be able to fund a grand scheme such as NHI
21 August 2019 - 05:02
The ANC is run like a family business; as such, all decisions are made for their own benefit. The proposed national health insurance (NHI) scheme is one such grandiose project that will bleed an already strained fiscus and cause ruptures that will make past leaks seem like a passing shower.
The idea that a near bankrupt state can finance such a project by upping taxes and tariffs, and introducing new avenues of revenue in a country where a third of the workforce is sitting idle, is untenable. Every unemployed person impacts on state revenue by way of direct or indirect taxation...
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