New taxes will increase crime

Dear Editor,

As an aura of success floods the thoughts of Jamaicans, we may become blind to the uncertainty which still pervades due to the upsurge in criminality.

We all must bask in the hooray of the new staff-level agreement with the IMF, but should not be oblivious of the raft of issues that compose the reality of my fellow countrymen.

Merriment over the IMF deal seems to enhance our lopsided view of critical national issues such as crime. Without a shadow of doubt, the new $16-billion tax package will increase unemployment, thus making criminality the only rational option for some people.

I believe that there was little planning for these new taxes due to the unconstitutionality of some and the Nicodemus nature via which they were introduced.

This Administration has deceived the working class of this country and has the audacity to tag themselves as the 'Poor People's Party'.

I offer my utter disdain and repugnance for these new taxes and hope our leaders will start thinking before they act.

Gavin Dixon

gvndxn92@gmail.com

New taxes will increase crime

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