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BONEFISH says...

The former DPM and minister of finance is at best disingenuous and at worst a liar.

The revenue enhancement unit was the closest thing to an iIRS unit in the Bahamas. Under financial secretary Wilson, it was effective. It collected ninety million dollars in additional revenue in a six month period after hurricane Matthew. Mr.Turnquest was thoroughly briefed on its operations and other projects being run by the Ministry of Finance .That unit was disbanded by him and Marlon Johnson. The various programs were cancelled. I was told by some one in the know that these programs are needed and will be restarted. They were all restarted.

Like some one said to me, these people don't understand fiscal and government policies. A senior journalist who is well-read, said in his opinion, their fiscal policies are not doing to work.

BONEFISH says...

Per ownership is a serious responsibilty. You need a major public program teaching people about responsible pet ownership.

It is quite a task. The spray dog population is both a nuisance and a possible health threat.

BONEFISH says...

A text was sent to and read by Juan McCartney on his talk show. That text stated the closet thing the Bahamas had to the IRS collection unit was the Revenue Enhancement Unit. The text stated how effective it was in operations and how it was disbanded.

Juan said the unit is still in place. A next text confirmed that. However this text said that the unit is now ineffective, dysfunctional and hampered by politics. The person lay the blame for that unit's plight on Marlon Johnson's shoulders. The activities of that unit was not even mention in this budget.

Not everybody is fooled by Peter Turnquest. The business editor could write down some of the stupidness that come out of his mouth as gospel .Turnquest and Johnson did a lot of idiotic things in that ministry. It is increasingly coming to light.

BONEFISH says...

Peter Turnquest was simply incompetent as a finance minister. A campaign general of a current senior FNM cabinet minister explained in a post the scheme he was involved.

BONEFISH says...

The columnist is doing something that the PLP does all the time. Attempting to deflect from the problems in the present by harking back to the past. There is growing wave of disaffection with the current leadership of the FNM under Dr..Hubert Minnis. This is among certain groupings of FNM supporters.

BONEFISH says...

What Dr.Sands said in this budget presentation is not ground-breaking to me. People have said this before.

Dr. Sands forgets when the cabinet in which he was a part of ,terminated those programs started by financial secretary Wilson. Those programs include: the Revenue Enhancement Unit, the Click to Clear Customs and the Tyler Techologies Program., Those programs were designed to crack down on tax evasion and also modernize the current ax system. Like some one said to me in the winter of 2018, the REU will be restarted. The person said that the FNM government needs that program. True to form ,they restarted it.

The government in which he is currently part of, has made a serious fiscal policy mistakes. As for the review of the tax system, there have been two that have been done already. One of was done under the Ingraham government in the nineties and one done under the last Christie government.

Dr .Sands simply speaks from both sides of his mouth. The journalists don't ask any questions. They simply want sensational headlines. When you speak to people who understand government policies, they will explain to you why certain policies or programs were implemented.

BONEFISH says...

That is your opinion. Quite a number of these graduates may end up migrating. Mainly to the US, Canada or the UK .That is something many university graduates have done or doing in the English speaking caribbean. Bahamians don't know much about the world beyond New Providence. That is however is changing with this generation. Read a comment on social media by a young lady about that. She said life on Nassau, don't make much sense.

BONEFISH says...

Mr.Moutrie does not have the temperament to fill the position of speaker. He is a next one of Dr.Minnis's mistakes.

The acting financial secretary Johnson is a next one of Dr.Minnis's mistakes. He is simply incompetent.

BONEFISH says...

She should never have received a nomination much less be appointed a cabinet minister. Her performance was horrible, vindictive and arrogant. Her nomination was the result of an arrangement between Dr. Minnis and Carl Bethel.

A next one of Dr.Minnis's many poor decisions and mistakes. He does not listen to sound advice.

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BONEFISH says...

The motorcade was prohibited .The organizers should be cited, fined and face prosecution. The law has to be applied in an even-handed way. That is one of the many problems this country faces, the law not being applied even-handed.

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