Decisions made by parliamentarians about sources of revenue and what to spend money on are political decisions, not economic ones.
As Falzon (2017) states:
“Inequality is neither a personal choice nor a national tragedy.
It is a choice governments make.”– Dr John Falzon
To learn more check out Dr John Falzon, 25 August 2017, ‘Politics is Concentrated Economics’, in John Mendue – Pearls and Irritations
