Haley Camp

People’s Deputy | Finance Professional | Governance, Risk & Compliance

[Haley Camp @HaleyCamp]

@alasdair_milroy @jojomay1 @GuyPlummer34449 It’s the hard sell that I find hard to stomach. Everything is geared towards more and more spending, as if the good people (and businesses) of Guernsey can just keep on giving more to the taxman.

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@DavidPiesing63 @pvbsc1 @ANDYDB7 Best person for the job 😉.

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@LeonieLeTissier I don’t have anything more than is published in the Rule 14s. I don’t think the Tax Policy Letter provides that detail either. I have more questions in mind as thoughts turn to the tax reform proposals.

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@richarddigard When the public sector exceeds your major revenue-generating industry as an employer, that feels like a sense-check is needed.

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@richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @GuernseyPress If I wore a hat, I would doff it in your direction!

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@alasdair_milroy I voted for it on the basis it was a start and nothing more than that. As a savings target, it’s laughable really.

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@pvbsc1 Genuine question, why have other countries done differently if Switzerland is the poster child?

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@alasdair_milroy @DavidPiesing63 @jameswpen @richarddigard Ah yes because the magic money tree will make it all better.

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@DavidPiesing63 @jameswpen @richarddigard Definitely not all. The need for government and political control over everything is deeply disappointing.

[David Piesing @DavidPiesing63]

@fattyguern Jersey’s fuel tax is 63.8p per litre plus 5% GST. Guernsey’s fuel tax is 90.5p per litre (no GST).

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@GarryCollinsGSY @richarddigard @Govgg @oldfarmhorace The question never addressed is whether government has actually achieved less despite taking more.

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@GarryCollinsGSY @richarddigard @Govgg @oldfarmhorace I think it’s easy to build a case focusing on problems. What government never thinks about are the proactive solutions. The Fiscal Policy Framework wrote off economic growth. The GWP has no ambition for it. Still no meaningful efficiencies. Just more spend.

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@torirobert @MaryLowe501 You know more than I do!

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@GuyPlummer34449 The best thing SOG could do for renters is build more.

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@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @flick2leg @ChasMcHugh I can’t find anything to disagree with you there necessarily. For me, it’s about how we get there. I don’t want to hand committees a shiny cheque for (collectively) £50m more than was available previously without an absolute commitment to efficiencies. Lip service is not enough.

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@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @flick2leg @ChasMcHugh Around 12 members from memory. Are you saying it’s better we just keep on spending and relying on a budget process that’s entirely opaque?

[Haley Camp @HaleyCamp]

@pvbsc1 @GuyPlummer34449 @flick2leg @ChasMcHugh I’m fully aware of that fact. Which puts me closer to the mood music than the media or X commentators. The mood music isn’t sounding much like efficiencies or optimisation of public funds.