People are also tired of paying triple and quadruple the price for no brand name items. With online retailers like Amazon and Ebay a person can shop from home with bigger variety and better options. Then order your item and ship through a freight forwarder and still not come close to the exorbitant amount of money they want for these things.
And that's #fact. Stop trying to make a 200% profit and be more reasonable in your pricing, maybe then people will purchase and locally.
And once again the goverment levies fees with no thought for the little man.
How does Bannister think it's fair that everyone pay the same amount? A person making weekly minimum wage with a $100 a month light bill can ill afford $30 extra a month. However the person making $900 weekly with a $400 a month light bill probably would adapt to a $30 increase easier.
Common sense would be to tax the bill at a percentage, so that those with lower bills would not be paying the same as someone with a higher bill. I don't see how Bannister those can't think like this... they just charging fees all willy nilly. Gosh I really dislike this government...
So question, does that seat now go back up for a reelection of candidate? It would only be fair to now allow constituents to vote again. I am sure there are many who voted for a party candidate, and now that he is independent may be wanting to change their vote.
her idea of a lot of money and others might not be the same. ever watch hgtv... a couple comes- the wife bakes cookies for a living and the husband is a part time newspaper writer- they have 1.2 million to spend on a house.
but it is great that she was able to build and keep her house in such catastrophic conditions.
maybe if when brave davis and his party were in power they had established protocols to deal with hurricanes, we wouldn't be in this mess right now.
so i am seriously going to need him to go to cat island (his constituency for which he has done nothing) and jump of mount alvernia. his plp government under the leadership of christie and which he was dpm, had the opportunity to put in place measures to deal with the very things he is now complaining about.
maybe instead of raping and pillaging the government funds they should have insisted upon a mandatory evacuation plan. maybe in instead of bribing and taking kickbacks they could have put a hurricane relief fund in place. maybe instead of flossing around they could have taken seriously the threat of global warning and updated the building code.
and just maybe we would have been better prepared for a storm like dorian...just maybe.
Are they citizens, legal status could just mean a work permit, not even residency.
I fail to see how the government is responsible for building homes for residents of a shantytown. Please direct me to which country builds homes for non-citizens- because I will need to move myself to that country ASAP. Furthermore, how can you expect a government to do for foreigners (legal status or not) what they won't do for citizens (legal) of the country,
Fred Smith needs several seats, cause if not for him those shantytowns would have been rebuilt or demolished prior to the hurricane; and 300 odd Haitians wouldn't be unaccounted for. SMDH
"I can see that rebuilding must be according to code,” Mr Smith said yesterday, adding that the government should either help residents rebuild with sanitation and stronger homes or provide alternative property or homes.
Is he on some kind of LSD... the governments job is not to help people build their homes according to the required standard.
Secondly are these even Bahamian citizens or residents, who are these illegals making demands on the government. In what part of the world can you go as a foreigner and make demands of that country's government. SMH- only in The Bahamas.
BahamaRed says...
So why is there still 45% duty on reusable straws and grocery sacks. Smh...
On Tariffs dropped for plastic ban
Posted 1 January 2020, 10:47 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
Why not go back to paper bags like they used to give out back in the day? I wrapped many a school book with Super Value brown paper bags.
On AML stores prepared for single plastic bag ban
Posted 23 December 2019, 11:47 a.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
People are also tired of paying triple and quadruple the price for no brand name items. With online retailers like Amazon and Ebay a person can shop from home with bigger variety and better options. Then order your item and ship through a freight forwarder and still not come close to the exorbitant amount of money they want for these things.
And that's #fact. Stop trying to make a 200% profit and be more reasonable in your pricing, maybe then people will purchase and locally.
On Vendors hopeful of sales rise despite slow start
Posted 23 December 2019, 11:45 a.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
And once again the goverment levies fees with no thought for the little man.
How does Bannister think it's fair that everyone pay the same amount? A person making weekly minimum wage with a $100 a month light bill can ill afford $30 extra a month. However the person making $900 weekly with a $400 a month light bill probably would adapt to a $30 increase easier.
Common sense would be to tax the bill at a percentage, so that those with lower bills would not be paying the same as someone with a higher bill. I don't see how Bannister those can't think like this... they just charging fees all willy nilly.
Gosh I really dislike this government...
On 20 years to repay bailout
Posted 29 November 2019, 8:19 a.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
So question, does that seat now go back up for a reelection of candidate? It would only be fair to now allow constituents to vote again. I am sure there are many who voted for a party candidate, and now that he is independent may be wanting to change their vote.
/inquiring minds want to know.
On 'Chipman out for himself - not us'
Posted 15 October 2019, 6:01 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
her idea of a lot of money and others might not be the same. ever watch hgtv... a couple comes- the wife bakes cookies for a living and the husband is a part time newspaper writer- they have 1.2 million to spend on a house.
but it is great that she was able to build and keep her house in such catastrophic conditions.
On ‘My category five house survived’
Posted 11 October 2019, 10:55 a.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
maybe if when brave davis and his party were in power they had established protocols to deal with hurricanes, we wouldn't be in this mess right now.
so i am seriously going to need him to go to cat island (his constituency for which he has done nothing) and jump of mount alvernia. his plp government under the leadership of christie and which he was dpm, had the opportunity to put in place measures to deal with the very things he is now complaining about.
maybe instead of raping and pillaging the government funds they should have insisted upon a mandatory evacuation plan. maybe in instead of bribing and taking kickbacks they could have put a hurricane relief fund in place. maybe instead of flossing around they could have taken seriously the threat of global warning and updated the building code.
and just maybe we would have been better prepared for a storm like dorian...just maybe.
On Davis wants govt to shorten time to declare a missing person dead
Posted 11 October 2019, 10:27 a.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
We know at least half of those that left will not be returning. Better opportunities and cheaper cost of living will make it so.
On 4,000 evacuees sought relocation to the US
Posted 27 September 2019, 6:27 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
Are they citizens, legal status could just mean a work permit, not even residency.
I fail to see how the government is responsible for building homes for residents of a shantytown. Please direct me to which country builds homes for non-citizens- because I will need to move myself to that country ASAP.
Furthermore, how can you expect a government to do for foreigners (legal status or not) what they won't do for citizens (legal) of the country,
Fred Smith needs several seats, cause if not for him those shantytowns would have been rebuilt or demolished prior to the hurricane; and 300 odd Haitians wouldn't be unaccounted for. SMDH
On Shanty legal fight: Smith warns govt cannot use Dorian to take away people’s property rights
Posted 20 September 2019, 12:28 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
WTH is Fred Smith on...
"I can see that rebuilding must be according to code,” Mr Smith said yesterday, adding that the government should either help residents rebuild with sanitation and stronger homes or provide alternative property or homes.
Is he on some kind of LSD... the governments job is not to help people build their homes according to the required standard.
Secondly are these even Bahamian citizens or residents, who are these illegals making demands on the government. In what part of the world can you go as a foreigner and make demands of that country's government. SMH- only in The Bahamas.
On Shanty legal fight: Smith warns govt cannot use Dorian to take away people’s property rights
Posted 20 September 2019, 11:04 a.m. Suggest removal