So what does this government propose to do to solve this difficulty? I will tell you - this government, the self- proclaimed caring champion of the poorest of the poor in our country has decided that to solve our financial difficulties, it will punish the poor yet again. I kid you not; thousands of those poor souls who have continually trusted the ANC to improve their lives in line with all the grandiose promises made to them in the past will be betrayed once again.