After already shafting people with property tax, I guess he needs to calm things down before starting up again. The 'Last Resort' will probably happen in less than 1 year from now.

The main issue is the stealing, overpricing and lack of accountability in the Government's financial system. The rents and leases are overpriced. The building contracts are overpriced. Dead people pensions are still being collected and the pension bill is growing exponentially. Duplication of overtime monies/work orders etc goes unnoticed. The SOEs are bleeding millions daily. The Auditor General's reports into Government Department anomalies go unheeded. ........... And the list goes on.

Also, if the Government was to make better use of its human resources (civil service), then there will be less strain on the Treasury. With a $80 million per month wage bill, is the Government getting value for money?????

And we all agree .......... the Government is either being shafted by its present tax collectors or is unable/incapable of collecting the taxes that are on the books by other means ............. Maybe if it goes online, more may be collected. Maybe, if the rich Bahamians and the foreigners are not given all of the tax breaks ...............But who knows in 242???????????

You hit a point with rents and leases. I've long thought that building a huge building (think pentagon size) to house all government offices in one place makes perfect sense and a lot cheaper long term. Government owns enough land to do this. Makes parking a non issue, no more rent/leases and all the space they need in one place. Probably still need a very small number of outlying offices but nothing on scale there is now.

Can't happen. Sebas and Mosko would never approve that - they lust for government rental income.

Sickened you forget to mention the other oligarchs like Brent Symonette, Sir Franklyn Wilson and Rupert Roberts.

Only those ignorant of how politicos spin announcements will take FIllUP's latest utterance as anything but a preamble to the introduction of new taxes. The only question here is will it increasing VAT TO 25%, Income Tax on everybody, or Property Tax on Out Island and undeveloped land.

Absolutely correct. This is just an introduction to put us on notice that Income Tax is coming soon. Definitely well before the next election.

Yep, he is just testing the waters here....

Exactly what the former administration had planned in the event that they were returned to office last September. We were warned that changes were in the pipeline. No government wants high unemployment and since talk of the stresses resulting from unchecked population increase apparently is "tabu", the solution is to impose taxes to maintain the facade of a prosperous economy. This solution works only for a limited time. The apparent higher standard of living in this country which has attracted many people from more crowded and unpleasant countries in many parts of the world, was maintained for many years on borrowed money that has to be repaid with interest. That is the reality that we have to face. Politicians are unwilling to address the deeper, underlying issues out of fear of a backlash at the polls.

Word of warning to "Brave" Davis.
t's vital that "Brave" Davis **must withdraw from those** responsible of de absurdness in **de drip, drip** governance confusion that keeps flowing down to de Popoulaces'OfCommeners' from behind walls of de office of premiership, ― Yes?

We cant keep operating like this. Every year new taxes are introduced or existing taxes go up all because government cannot manage the money they have, waste money on usless projects ( baseball stadium) , or pilfering in every department. Along with those are salary increases, benefits and jobs for friends and lovers. How can we go on? It is unsustainable. We all will die from high blood pressure due to the stress of uncertainty of the future. Well, the only certainty is taxes will always go up regardless if you can afford to pay them.

The problem is that when you give politicians one dollar, they spend two, when you give them two dollars they spend four etc. as we have seen with VAT.

Bingo!

Feeding more tax dollars to any corrupt spendthrift government, especially the current one we have, is very much the equivalent of trying to put out a raging fire with gasoline.

Once again de Guardian's management **responsible for de content** of their talkie show's Comrade Mr. Carmichael aka committed trash talkin' disciple of Podcast host Joe Rogan who constantly spills out with authority that about science which neither don't know a damn thing about...And even when either de talkies, get backed into corner, we own **slim to none** having to admit to having spoken wrong, has also been known say, **but, I've always pushed that way.**
No Mr. Carmichael, its no joke that you wouldn't last on-air 24-hours as a US Talkie Show Host, ― Yes?

And how does he expect to get a surplus. "Taxes" of course. We are f..k.d

That means we at the last resort

Many seem to forget this country and most of the world, is in a suspended or disrupted economy and not necessarily in recession. And according to Minnis dem, the economy was performing reasonably well before the pandemic. And, according to Brave dem, the economy is rebounding faster than expected and better than anticipated. If it is so, then why should there be utterances of new taxes or tax increases? Get up of your collective assets and stimulate the economy even more and let the revenue flow in. If the reports that hotel bookings are running 80-90 percent in this usually slow season, this may mean there will be a serious room shortage in the fall/winter. How can the country use this to their advantage? Cruise ship bookings may also be through the roof ad early as summer if Covid-19 continues to go into remission and if the brutal winter weather continues in the US for a few more months and repeats itself next winter. So yes, make tax increases your last resort.

lol we mess rite up prev.gov.aint even know where they throw the billions they borrowed and sadly we stuck with the bill, whiles many living now in brand new erected houses. My Bahamaland.