Tomorrow, the “raiders” return to the podium. Dressed in luxury suits and smart dresses—the spoils of a taxpayer-funded life—the politicians will announce exactly how they plan to squeeze the last remaining drops from a dry sponge.
If you’re listening to the pipsqueak commentators babbling about a “good news budget,” ask yourself: are they out of their minds? This isn’t about growth; it’s about a government with “greedy paws” looking for more money to spend on ten or twelve overseas trips to luxury hotels while the country’s infrastructure lies in ruins.
The Ideological Smash-and-Grab
We are living through the consequences of a “divide and rule” philosophy. Decades of socialist brainwashing from outdated Marxist fantasies have left us with a leadership that only knows how to smash things. They’ve treated this country like an ostrich shell—shattering it into pieces that can never be put back together.
While they preach equality but in actuality divide and rule, they preside over a disaster:
• The Unemployment Crisis: More than 30% of the country is unemployed. While those not paying tax might get off scot-free, no one begrudges them—they are the victims of a system that has no plan to revive the economy.
• The Foreign National Influx: The socialists scream with vitriol if anyone mentions the border, yet they’ve let in seven million people who now overwhelm a decaying, ramshackle hospital system. Except for the Western Cape—which is barely holding on—hospitals are overcrowded and broken because the state refuses to prioritize its own citizens.
• The Land Grab: We see laws designed to steal land for free, gratis, further dividing a nation already fractured along every possible line.
Squeezing the Usual Suspects
Expect the usual “sin tax” charade. Tobacco and liquor will be hammered again, punishing those who actually comply with the law while illicit cigarette trade flourishes. They’ll likely dip into the fuel levy too, using it as a private piggy bank to fund their “rubbish” conferences and luxury lifestyles.
As for medical aid or the NHI nonsense? Don’t expect a miracle. They have no plan to grow the tax base or create new taxpayers. Their only plan is to extract more from the few who are left.
The Bottom Line
There has been no functioning economic plan for 30 years. This budget isn’t a financial strategy; it’s an announcement of further theft. The raiders are back grandstanding, the country is cracked, and the people in the smart suits are ready to take whatever you have left.
