I have come to read and understand that the USA has an atavistic revulsion towards big government. Consequently, anything that comes with a greater role of the State and the government is attacked. Small wonder Obama is suffering the fallout, if you will, of focussing on bringing some sanity to health care reform in a manner that the EU would applaud.
Ghana and the US might be similar only in the sense that our elections are held the same year as the US, but I sincerely hope that Ghana will never go the way of sneezing at taxes and government. The what some might say "dramatic" increases in the road tolls on Ghana's major motorway--the Tema motorway--where the tolls have gone up more than 50% overnight has led to a situation where commuters have used the infamous Spintex road in the morning just to avoid paying the taxes.
Or so private radio station CITI97.3fm was averring yesterday morning in interviews. I seriously would not put it past my fellow denizens, though!
3 comments:
The toll increase was long overdue.
They better be used wisely.
I am sure there a few happy drivers on the less congested toll roads now.
They do it in Sydney when a new toll road is opened and people think the toll is excessive, I think it was the Cross City Tunnel that was practically empty while the surrounding side streets were choked.
50% toll increase EKB? I think you meant to say 1000% increase!! Poorly rolled out, way too dramatic and ironically, it has not meant less congested roads..so far. Hopefully the money will be used to maintain roads as promised.
Interesting parallels you make between US taxation and Ghana. Alas, the difference is that in the US the very rich are being taxed to support the poor while in Ghana there is equality in sufferance (does this word exist??!)!
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