Comment on Samoa Observer editorial -How much debt is too much

Good explanation, Mr Hunter.
It helps me to see the real problem; that the real revenue figure after subtracting all the spending has not been revealed.
Why should this figure be kept away from the voters?
Isn't being transparent part of the public-government democratic deal?
How can the public (voters) help their government to work out what's best if the figures are not known?
I agree with you that it is ok to have debts as long as it means Samoa can retain a sustainable domestic life, basic needs met in a well conserved natural environment that will be hard to find in the world in the next fifty years.
Voters ought to elect leaders who will introduce into the system a Freedom of Information legislation that will facilitate the true sharing of vital information with the people.
Ia manuia Samoa.

Male fa'aaloalo lava.

Meripa Weir
(21-06-2010 02:16)