VIP Gov't working to do more with less $$ - Hon Rymer
Hon Rymer was making reference to the $414,008,611.00 National 2020 Budget compared to a higher $427.657.383 budget passed in April of 2019.
"We must note that the budget is much less than the budget we had to massage earlier this year so that in itself shows that we are paying attention and we are working to do more with less," Hon Rymer told legislators at the House of Assembly (HoA) on December 13, 2019.
Review salary grades - Hon Rymer
Raising concerns about the Budget, Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser's RA (R3) contention at the same Second Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly was that as budget estimates continue to increase, services delivered by the budget seem to be on the decline.
"What bothers me more than anything else about this Budget, Mr Speaker... is not the size really... but it's the fact that services have dwindled since the days of a $119M budget when I came into office," Hon Fraser told the HoA in referring to current services as inferior.
Hon Rymer; however, agreed with statements made by Hon Fraser, that the Government should work on ways to reduce the recurrent costs of the Territory.
"My suggestion to this increasing recurrent [expenditure] would be, for us to do as a government a salary review, so that we can address some of the issues pertaining to the recurrent expenditure," he said, noting that the budget can be a budget of the people with regards to people reaping the benefits.
High praises for Premier Fahie & Team
"I must acknowledge and give kudos to my Premier [Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1)] and his team, for bringing this budget so timely to this Honourable House... in our first budget it was noted that the goal [and] intent is to have a budget passed before the end of this year, everybody laughed and giggled at this stage because it's not the norm to have a budget passed in the same year."
Hon Rymer further said, "I give commendations to my Premier for his diligence and his persistence, and his team must be acknowledged [at the] Ministry of Finance for the hard work that they have put in for making this budget come to fruition," he said.
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you get RICH after you leave Politics IE.... book deals and speeches/lectures.
As for expensive SUVs its not the VIP fault the Governors wants an 80 G Lexus
The Need to be Frugal, Thrifty, Vigilant with Government's resources: Financial Services was thought to be to-good-to-be-true; yet here we are estimating $30-millions reduction for 2020. We exist on 60 acres of land prone to earthquakes/Hurricanes. We don't print our own currency. The moneys we attract is highly competed for by others and will get stronger as world Inflation/Recessions loom. America's National Debt is at an all time high at $23-Trillion, Germany $3-Trillion, China's ambition and capacity to become a Super Power, Russia, Iran, China, Turkey and several other countries cooperating to break away from the US dollar as world currency. Again, Vigilance is de Operative word. Growing up, the Boys Brigade motto was: "Be Prepared"