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Labour’s tax party - economists
and financial experts have their say
By
Julian Manduca
The Labour Party’s proposed tax ‘party’ got off
to a shaky start with doubts being shed on the desirability of
the proposal all round.
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MLP’s income tax cuts fail
to impress constituted bodies
The constituted bodies were not awe struck by the Labour
Party’s proposal to offer a two month income tax holiday
to all and sundry and some even queried the lack of strategy behind
the initiative announced last Saturday.
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Deja vu for Sant’s income tax
proposals
The income tax proposal dished out by Labour leader
Alfred Sant on Saturday is not as original as it seems, with both
Dom Mintoff and George Borg Olivier having made similar proposals
in the 1971 and 1976 general elections.
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Alfred
Sant is looking at his polls and turning desperate – John
Dalli
"He is looking at his polls. He is desperately
throwing anything imaginable at the voters to try to lure them
to vote for him. We must remember that the last budget included
tax cuts that are more far reaching than those being proposed
by Alfred Sant.READ
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INTERVIEW
Tax holidays and achievable
targets
Ultimate gimmick or economic foresightedness? Labour
Finance spokesperson Leo Brincat justifies the party’s
latest pre-election novelty to MATTHEW VELLA |
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OPINION
On
the referendum and parastatal corporations
Economic Services Minister Josef Bonnici reflects
on the result of the recently held referendum and finds that
‘it takes some cheek’ for Opposition leader Alfred
Sant to instruct on democracy. He also outlines major developments
at some of the corporations under his remit including the
shipyards, Air Malta, Gozo Channel, utility rates at Enemalta
and at the Water Services Corporation |
NEWS
Record year for cruise
line business
Election Monitor
Dalli – Labour’s tax-break
is a gimmick
Iraq crisis rollercoasters
oil prices world-wide, but Malta keeps prices stable
AD takes Alfred Sant
to task
Labour shifts focus
to drugs
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