Alright folks, let me hit you with a question that’s been bugging me for the past two and a half years: how have the economic initiatives by the New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) helped the average working man? Spoiler alert: it’s not looking good.

Now, they thought it was a brilliant move to reduce Value-Added Tax (VAT) across the board. Sounds good, right? Until they sneakily added VAT to items that were once untouchable—like breadbasket items and medication. Yep, they’re taxing your bread and your meds, folks. Real progressive.

For two and a half years, I’ve been trying to get an answer. Nothing. Radio silence. But then, this past Thursday, we got a gem of a headline: ‘PM: We had little success on inflation.’ You don’t say.

In this article, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis admitted that the government’s policies since 2021 have had ‘little success’ in driving down the high cost of living. But hey, they’re still ‘attacking’ the problem from several angles. It’s like watching someone try to fix a leaky boat with a roll of duct tape and a prayer.

Davis said, and I quote, ‘Since our first budget in 2021, we have introduced a number of measures designed to reduce the cost of living, but they have had little success in producing reductions in prices to the consumer.’ Gee, thanks for the update, Captain Obvious.

He also added, ‘It is clear that something more structural is at play.’ Translation: ‘We’re out of ideas and we’re just hoping something sticks.’

Look, I’m no economist, but even I knew these initiatives weren’t going to bring down the cost of living during high inflation. You need real measures to offset rising costs. Any economist with a pulse could’ve told you that. Now, we’re right where everyone predicted: nowhere good. And the most vulnerable among us? They’ve been catching hell learning this unnecessary lesson from the New Day government.

But wait, there’s more! This is the same Minister of Finance who then tried to criticize the leader of the opposition, the Hon. Michael Pintard, for ‘errors in analyzing his new budget.’ You just can’t make this stuff up.

The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) fails for one reason: it’s in their nature.”