Moreover, the budget perpetuates the idea that the private sector is THE engine of growth, if left unhindered by state regulations and controls. Is it not time for the government authorities and their economist advisors to ask why, after 20 years of creating an enabling environment for ‘investment’, the results are so dismal, even for local commercial enterprises, let alone the poor majority?
Pamoja na kupongeza kuondolewa kwa mamlaka ya waziri wa fedha kutoa misamaha ya kodi tuna mashaka na ongezeko kubwa la misamaha ya kodi kwa mapato yasiokuwa na mauzo ya hatifungani kutoka Benki ya Maendeleo ya Afrika (ADB) katika soko la mitaji ya Tanzania ambalo wakopaji wake ni wawekezaji wakubwa, huku wafanyabiashara wadogo wenye kipato kati ya milioni 4 hadi milioni 7 kwa mwaka wakiongezewa mzigo mkubwa wa ulipaji kodi.