Government gives up revenue source

The government decided it has enough economic problems on its hands and waived its right to increased taxes on the Electric Company's increased fees. As a result, our electric bills will 'only' be going up by 12.5% (retroactive to January 1) rather than the 19.5% or 23.5% which we had been warned about earlier. Electricity prices are set to rise 12.5% next week, instead of 19.5% requested by the

The ta'iti/ta'inu syndrome

One of the things that takes getting used to in this country is something I refer to as the 'ta'iti' or 'ta'inu' syndrome. (I made a mistake/We made a mistake). In the civilized country of my birth, if a government agency, utility, or even department store, made a mistake in figuring out your bill, they would never come back and ask to be repaid. Once you paid your bill, you were done. Here in