Tag: expansion
Taxing what we cannot grow – why the SST expansion threatens...
This reliance is not just economic, it is a food security issue. When prices of imported food go up, the affordability and accessibility of basic nutrition for millions of households are compromised. And yet, instead of addressing this dependency, the government has chosen to impose a sales tax on many of these imported foods, not because they are luxuries but because they are not grown locally.
