The $12.5 Billion Mirage and the 6.9 Billion Cloak: The High Cost of Budgetary Fudging

Dear Editor, The recent “adjustments” to the 2026 National Budget suggest that our fiscal planners have traded their calculators for magic wands. We are being presented with a series of numbers that do not merely stretch the truth—they snap it entirely. The following points expose a coordinated effort to reconcile political promises with a demographic […] The post The $12.5 Billion Mirage and the 6.9 Billion Cloak: The High Cost of Budgetary Fudging appeared first on Kaieteur News.


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