You can see why the PLP plans for a newspaper are on the shelf for now. They just cannot resist the urge to spin. Partisanship blinds them to any analysis. The latest trumpet is that:
Bermuda College economist and occasional PLP critic Craig Simmons lavished praise on the PLP’s budget. Simmons says that Cox delivered her “best Budget to date.”
Yes, he did say that phrase. But let’s be fair. He also said that the Minister’s prediction of a 1.5 percent decline in GDP was low – and that the drop would more likely be 10 percent. He also pointed out a number of missed opportunities to help low income Bermudians as well as local businesses. He also said be prepared for future tax increases to pay for this.
I suppose that the PLP is hoping to throw so much chaff in the air that anyone who questions the budget can be isolated as negative or a paid-up member of the Combined Opposition.
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