Now here is a story that you would only hope to dream about in Guyana. Former US Senator, Tom Daschale, the man nominated by newly sworn in president Barack Obama to be his Health Secretary (our version of the Ministry of Health) has withdrawn his nomination because of previous tax issues. Now isn’t that admirable?
I dare anyone to tell me where in Guyana something like this would happen. Nowhere in Guyana would this happen, everyone wants to reach the top and honesty and nobility is lost along the way. Practically, everyone cheats on their taxes, in one way or another. I cannot even begin to think that a person vying for a post of authority and responsibility in Guyana would let the fact that they haven’t paid adequate taxes get in their way.
For all that we rant and rave against America (a lot of it justified), and though their democracy is not always perfect, there still is a whole lot that can be learnt from them.
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