When unfairness hurts more -
Referring to the tax exemptions for top-line vehicles recently purchased by ministers Terrence Deyalsingh and Stuart Young, the Guardian wrote last week: “Two government ministers are coming under fire for their purchases of luxury vehicles as citizens continue to reel from the impact of extended lockdowns.”
And people reacted, complaining of unfairness and feelings of relative deprivation.
An Express Facebook poll revealed that 90 per cent said ministers should not get such tax exemptions.” They don’t deserve it, it was claimed.
AG Faris Al-Rawi’s announcement of million-dollar payments to certain lawyers also raised feelings of relative deprivation not only across the country but more precisely within the legal profession itself.