John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

The Minister also stated:

This lesson should be learned by those who mistakenly call for us to increase our tax burden towards the levels of some other states in Europe. Such calls are misplaced and those who make them fail to see that job creation is the appropriate goal if we are to achieve real social inclusion. High direct tax rates destroy jobs sooner or later. This Government has no intention of going down that route now or in the future.

I wholeheartedly agree with him in that regard.