By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE, Guardian Senior Reporter, kdl@nasguard.com A heated debate erupted in the Senate on Monday when Progressive Liberal Party Senator Jerome Fitzgerald claimed that the cost of living has gone up since the government announced that duty will be reduced on a number of items. "I can recall the headlines when the budget came out and 162 items were revealed in reduction, and government was said to be reducing the cost of living. But since, (the rate of duty has been increased)," said Fitzgerald. But, Government Leader in the Senate Dion Foulkes was quick to point out that Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham always maintained during the budget debate, and on subsequent occasions, that the tax structure was revised where some items were rounded upward and some rounded downward. For example, Foulkes explained that some...
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