Can someone please explain to me how duty isn't just straight up theft/extortion?
I buy a thing for $100.
$5 of that cost is designing it.
$20 is raw materials
$20 is manufacturing
$10 to ship it from China to the US
$5 to market the product
$10 to ship it from the port to the store
$5 cost to warehouse it before sale
$5 US sales tax.
That leaves the reseller making $25. We then bring the item from the US to The Bahamas, and the government somehow thinks they deserve twice as big a cut of the profits as anyone. They did not design, manufacture, warehouse, market, sell, support, warranty, or transport the product, but somehow deserve the lion's share of the price tag?
I've met some really mean Pit Bulls. I've also met some really mean Potcakes. I've met some really friendly Pit Bills, and some really friendly Potcakes. Most vicious dog I've ever met was a Standard Poodle.
Certain breeds do have certain traits, but any dog can be trained to be mean, or well tempered. Completely up to the owner who raised it.
Why are they still beating this dead horse? Repeat after me: "Crypto is a Ponzi scheme". It has no real world uses, it has no intrinsic value, and is incredibly inefficient.
Why does Mr Halkitis think that he has anything to do with what the gas stations sell their gas for. Are they not private businesses free to make their own decisions? Or is he acting as a dictator and telling private business what their prices are allowed to be?
Yes, exactly. If the church is going to show up and protest LGBT events, the LGBT community should show up and protest church services. Turnaround is fair play.
AnObserver says...
Nothing to see here. Just kickbacks to the numbers boys by way of rent.
On Sign of the times for inquiry ahead?
Posted 18 October 2023, 3:26 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Can someone please explain to me how duty isn't just straight up theft/extortion?
I buy a thing for $100.
$5 of that cost is designing it.
$20 is raw materials
$20 is manufacturing
$10 to ship it from China to the US
$5 to market the product
$10 to ship it from the port to the store
$5 cost to warehouse it before sale
$5 US sales tax.
That leaves the reseller making $25. We then bring the item from the US to The Bahamas, and the government somehow thinks they deserve twice as big a cut of the profits as anyone. They did not design, manufacture, warehouse, market, sell, support, warranty, or transport the product, but somehow deserve the lion's share of the price tag?
On Exempt app has led to 90 percent increase in revenue at LPIA, says financial secretary
Posted 18 October 2023, 9:12 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Who paid for this trip? Why was it necessary?
On PM to meet with Pope Francis
Posted 16 October 2023, 9:25 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Decades of our "leaders" preaching that working a service job makes you "lesser than" has come around to bite us in the ass. Who'd a thunk?
On Ghanaian nurses to arrive by end of month to help relieve shortage
Posted 14 October 2023, 9:45 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
I've met some really mean Pit Bulls. I've also met some really mean Potcakes. I've met some really friendly Pit Bills, and some really friendly Potcakes. Most vicious dog I've ever met was a Standard Poodle.
Certain breeds do have certain traits, but any dog can be trained to be mean, or well tempered. Completely up to the owner who raised it.
On Adopted pit bulls returned to Humane Society of Grand Bahama after alleged mistreatment
Posted 13 October 2023, 12:33 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Why are they still beating this dead horse? Repeat after me: "Crypto is a Ponzi scheme". It has no real world uses, it has no intrinsic value, and is incredibly inefficient.
On Bahamas ‘leading from front’ on digital assets
Posted 12 October 2023, 4:16 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Why does Mr Halkitis think that he has anything to do with what the gas stations sell their gas for. Are they not private businesses free to make their own decisions? Or is he acting as a dictator and telling private business what their prices are allowed to be?
On Many petroleum retailers 'close to giving keys back’
Posted 10 October 2023, 11:04 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Yes, exactly. If the church is going to show up and protest LGBT events, the LGBT community should show up and protest church services. Turnaround is fair play.
On Christian Council shows up at ‘LGBT’ lecture it opposed
Posted 6 October 2023, 2:51 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
I'm still waiting on one of these neanderthal pastors to point out where Jesus ever said you shouldn't be gay.
On Christian Council shows up at ‘LGBT’ lecture it opposed
Posted 6 October 2023, 11:27 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Don't want the world to know you do sketchy shit behind closed doors? Don't do sketchy shit behind closed doors.
On EDITORIAL: Dubious allegations on Bahamas in book on FTX founder
Posted 5 October 2023, 8:51 a.m. Suggest removal