Thursday, May 31, 2012
THE budget for salaries in the Cabinet Office has jumped by more than $400,000, The Tribune understands.
After staying at around $1,700,000 for the past several years, the line item for permanent salaries in the PLP's new budget is $2,168,944, according to inside sources.
It is unclear if this increase denotes a rise in the number of employees, or if it impacts the salary of Cabinet Ministers.
Comments
Lockhart says...
If The Tribune would read the communication on the Govt Website, you will find that some jobs were created along with the Ministries that was created as well. There is no way the Tribune should be stating it is unclear when obviously you did no research.
Posted 31 May 2012, 1:19 p.m. Suggest removal
Arob says...
In his presentation "the 2012-2013 budget in the first meeting of the House of Assembly since the opening of Parliament last week, Mr Christie said the former government's financial and economic policies have left the government in a "dire" fiscal position with the deficit and debt levels much worse than anticipated". Celeste Nixon, Tribune.
I understand 'dire' to mean 'terrible consequence'. Therefore if the fiscal position has terrible consequences, why compound the problem with additional borrowing and an expanded payroll? Why create jobs when the public service is over staffed? Why so many cabinet ministers when the country is "in a "dire" fiscal position with the deficit and debt levels much worse than anticipated."?
Leadership requires decision-making. In this case, the leader must prioritize. Telling the public that all 100 items are important and that you cannot or will not determine which are most important does not extricate Mr. Christie from the responsibility of fiscally sound decisions. This matter is not about PLP this about what is best for The Bahamas.
Posted 1 June 2012, 6:39 p.m. Suggest removal
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