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C2B says...

Part of the reason there are huge properties in The Bahamas is because of the low carrying cost as you indicate. Coupled with disaster insurance, it may be that owning a Bahamian property for ones exclusive use will be a thing of the past. More AirBNB and smaller properties; among other changes.
As for taxing the wealthy; the Bahamas doesn't have enough of them to pay the bill so they need to tax everyone. Foreigners who reside in the Bahamas will not pay on their global assets so they don't count. You can tax their Bahamian assets but that's just property tax; see my last statement.
If The Bahamas wants to offer it's citizens G7 services, it needs to tax like the G7. My friends in Canada pay 48% income tax, then VAT, Gas tax, then liquor, restaurant, entertainment taxes.......

On Taxing the rich? What a joke!

Posted 2 June 2021, 8:34 p.m. Suggest removal

C2B says...

Suing to keep information secret and continue misleading everyone,; sounds like Covid19 doesn't it.
The Chinese have lost all credibility as they refuse to take responsibility for their mistakes.

C2B says...

Why hasn't it happened already? Bahamians are quite violent on their own and don't need foreign help to achieve World Class crime statistics. You think it was illegals that sprayed a car with bullets in the middle of the afternoon, killing 6?

C2B says...

Yes. Cuba does that now.

C2B says...

Is this some sort of joke? The issue isn't that no one is aware of abusive situations, it's that nothing is done about it. Here is an alert; Children in public day care institutions are being physically abused. Now what? Who does what? Better to spend the money on community services that actually help fix the problem. The alert system can wait until there is some action to be taken. Horse first, cart after.

On MARCO Alert moves step closer

Posted 28 May 2021, 8:28 a.m. Suggest removal

C2B says...

Currently you need to achieve a Good Manufacturing Practices standard, to import in to legalized markets like Canada or Germany. Not many well funded, technologically advanced, expertly staffed, licensed producers have achieved this around the World so i think it may be some time before we export.

C2B says...

You are right, but the quality required for the tourist market drives up the cost of production. To replace the $100 a pound crap on the streets, that will be easier.

C2B says...

It's a small number of transactions over $5 Million so it won't raise the required revenue from this sector.

C2B says...

Key West is awesome and so is south Florida. I tell everyone it's like The Bahamas but with North American service and quality.

C2B says...

There's useless, and then there is Bahamian Government useless. Totally different categories. These dimwits can't even organize an extortion effort with the Visas. Here is a tip: when you set up a 3rd party to help you graft fees from visitors, make sure they are good at graft/theft and have lots of experience.