Mr Dampha, I entirely agree with your justified outrage with this numerical potpourri replete with misplaced priorities, bogus figures and projections and outright lies that Famara Jatta is masquerading as a budget document. This government is presiding on an unmitigating disaster with a foundering economy characterized by shriveling tax receipts, huge and increasingly unmanageable deficits and a near comatose private sector. Gambians sadly are being lead into the abyss. They increasingly must endure incalculable hardship for the near term because the government of Yahya Jammeh will never be able get a handle on the basic issues trapping them in grinding poverty. The current leadership has neither the temprement nor the ability to move the nation to the direction it ought to be on. This whole exercise is a charade . Karamba <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>