what a pickle! People are getting a raise just because, and the shop owner has to pay for it. If her / his prices go up, the customer complains. For every action , there is a reaction. What a mess the country is in.

2022 will see an explosion of inflation

Not to mention an explosion in unemployment.

Rumour has it that de Guardian's talkie radio station's brass is in de midst of moving-in ex BAIC manager from sitting in his vehicle be calling-in to radio talk shows.to into de studio where Comrade Anthon Thompson is now slated as De Revolutions' Talkie Show's permanent co-host, and everything else like this and that cause more listeners' goin' tune-in they's chance to get to listen in on an in-studio crash and burn is about happen between show's two hosts, ― Yes?

Firstly, just like the workers, businesses are also in recovery mode. Some still will not make it beyond December and if Brave chooses to increase their operating overhead by increasing labor costs, many will have no reason to come back.

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Secondly why the mad rush to raise the minimum wage? INFLATION is a bigger problem than minimum wage and GOVERNMENT is the biggest contributor to inflation. They are too hogging too much revenue in taxes. Government increased taxes by over 60% in 2017 and labor not long before that. And it is the small businesses that are being forced off the playground.

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Governments best measures is to try maintain the status quo for businesses for now if it cannot improve the economic conditions under which they operate. Then after a year or so it will be better able to justify a need for an increased minimum wage and how much of an increase.

... thanks for contributing to inflation and increased unemployment 'Brave'. Thanks for increasing the cost of the tourism product during this recession. Seems these guys know nothing about economic principles. Sad!

Well I guess there will be staff thining, rise in unemployment, and more folks getting paid to stay home by Government with printed money. Where do I sign up?

This new day government is just winging it. They obviously did not have a "real" plan for governing. We are really screwed

What the hell are you people whining about? Have any of you actually gone to a food store recently? Food prices are skyrocketing. Groceries for a family of 5 cost upwards of $500.00 a week!

How the hell is anyone expected to live on $250.00 a week? It is no surprise Bahamians are driven to stealing whatever they can to supplement their income.

Instead of standing around talking absolute crap about "shock treatment", the government needs to focus on vocational training and getting rid of 30,000+ non-essential ex-pat blue collar workers that are holding average paying jobs that low skilled Bahamians can do now.

It is easy to understand why 70% of the electorate did not vote for either of these clown parties!

Groceries for a.family of 5. See,.that is the problem rigjt there. Just.because i can have 10 children doesnt mean i am going to. We need to think about ojr situation in the bahamas and the.amount of children we can afford. Any m

Stop being a jackass for once! The proven real reason behind crime is unemployment and the root cause of unemployment in the Bahamas is the abundance of non-essential ex-pat blue collar workers holding low skilled jobs that Bahamians should have.

The PLP and FNM created this situation and they need to BE RESPONSIBLE and resolve the problem!

I would always tell employees that I pay for the value they bring to a position, NOT for their responsibilities. If you want more pay, bring more value, simple. The government will cause more layoffs and employees who have responsibilities will have to do more work for basically the same pay. The employer will not lose, the customers and employees will!

30,000 expat workers. |Are you smoking happy baccy or failed BGCSE maths. .I fully agree many expat jobs could be filled by Bahamians but not 30,000. Try the Ministry of Education for starters that hires Cuban teachers in many cases where there is a local established teacher on site, or a Cuban teacher that hardly speaks coherent English.

Required pay and benefits goes up, but the quality/education of new F- hirees coming out of our failed public education system goes down. Go figure!

As a former teacher we always heard the same dreary crap coming out of inexperienced politically appointed officials how we love " our little darlings".
Most teachers do their best but how can you say we do the best for our kids when some Principals are barely out of nappies and have man management skills of a dead crab, How technical courses are abandoned simply because trained staff are not there but we sure as hell have lots of religious teachers or guidance councillors, how chemistry departments have chemicals and equipment dating back to the 70's. How woodwork and Auto departments never receive supplies how primary schools have a multitude of subjects including Spanish but students can barely function in English language when they reach high school. Add to that hairbrained schemes that fail or are not monitored like lap tops given to schools never to be seen again or online learning during covid when so many kids have neither internet nor lap top. I have seen so many talented young Bahamian teachers in the system but they will never get promoted and make a difference because they don't belong to the lodge or they vote the wrong way or fail to kiss official arses . Directors in the past have certainly talked a lot, but rarely does anything change for our "little darlings".