I'll not all you a liar for a penny. When you actualy drill down into it - the budget was horrendous. All it really promised was more spending and more tax from the wealthy to buy drinks for the party. NOTHING (in terms of a plan) about job creation, the long-promised "encouragement" for SME's etc. . Just some garbage about how "we all" have to contribute to the "dream" in order to achieve growth - and then the usual singling out of private and corporate responsibility. For a moment there I thought he was going to propose full income tax (including benefits) for ministers and parliamentarians (LoL.) Now THAT would be "ALL" of us contributing. He promised a R150B hole in the budget. (139/149/159 it kept changing - he couldn't keep it straight. Not very impressive! Probably because these figures are largely a fabrication anyway.) I love it when they talk about 1,3...% growth. They can't even balance the budget - but they can calculate that complicated figure to the nth decimal place. As long as it isn't negative! .00001% growth for the ratings agencies. Please!
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