Jamaica Gleaner Commentary published: Wednesday | April 20, 2005
Upside-down budgeting
NOT FOR the first time, Finance Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, the Finance Minister, has followed his predecessors in office by using a myopic approach to fashioning and presenting the budget.
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