In an attempt to counterbalance the MLP's proposal to halve the surcharge as from the next water and electricity bill after the coming election, the PN has proposed to reduce the income tax rate from 35 per cent to 25 per cent.

One canny difference between the two proposals is that the PN is not saying when, if ever, in the next five years we should expect to start enjoying the benefits of this measure.

One also sincerely hopes that, after all, this won't turn out to be another Teatru Rjal which the shameless PN has been promising to re-build ad nauseam since the early 1950s.

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