Reacting to Wednesday's Budget Speech, the IFP's spokesperson on finance, Dr Mario GR Oriani-Ambrosini MP, had the following to say: There is national consensus on the country's priorities and we welcome that this year's budget spends more money in achieving them. In this sense it is an improvement on last year's. However, the budget does not break away from a fiscal paradigm which cannot work in the long run. South Africa is a welfare state which dreams of becoming a developmental state. … [Read more...] about Budget Speech: Beautifully Put But Just More of the Same

