so the story is that the cooling water system is poorly designed or prone to failure due to the high calcium and salt content of the water being pulled out of the ground and circulated. This has lead to multiple failures over the years and the problem has never been addressed. Many millions of dollars and no one thought to mention that the ground water in the Bahamas is hard and will corrode your faucets and seals? out of warrantee and I guess it's time to upgrade or replace due to poor maintenance? I think they were installed around 2012 so 13 years of service aint bad I guess operating on 1 of the 4 at a time? 28,000 hours is probably about the intended lifespan maybe?
I might add that if you are earning just a little above minimum wage you in the lower class not middle. a family in the Bahamas needs to earn at least $100k per year to be middle class and afford a home. $100k per year means $8k per month or $2,000 per week household income. Average household income in the Bahamas is currently reported to be $42k per year or $800 per week which does not cut it for middle class life.
No it is the taxes, fees and custom broker fees etc. that contribute to the high cost. The actually cost of shipping is low compared to all the other costs involved but that would be too difficult to scapegoat.
actually Trump started the printing of massive amounts of paper money. almost every single govt in the world went into a printing frenzy. pinning it on Biden is disingenuous at best.
If you ever looked at cost of shipping in detail - it is all the extra fees and red tape that cause the expenses not the actual ship itself. last time i imported something the govt fees and taxes and the required customs broker fee was around $120 on an $80 product. the actual shipping was $21 out of that $120 bill.
every country in the world has property tax. almost entirely. the brian drain is not the cost of living the brains could do exceptionally well here amongst the failed highschool folks. the one who left just don't want to deal with all the other B#$@%it you have to deal with living in this country. You are conflating issues and missing the big picture perhaps?
The worlds govt's printed paper money to make up for their rampant shortfalls and borrowing which immediately created rampant inflation. wages and salaries did not increase correspondingly therefore you have exactly what happened in the late 1980s all over again and we just act like it is a big surprise. There is no easy quick fix pill for anything.
DWW says...
WOW!
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so the story is that the cooling water system is poorly designed or prone to failure due to the high calcium and salt content of the water being pulled out of the ground and circulated. This has lead to multiple failures over the years and the problem has never been addressed. Many millions of dollars and no one thought to mention that the ground water in the Bahamas is hard and will corrode your faucets and seals? out of warrantee and I guess it's time to upgrade or replace due to poor maintenance? I think they were installed around 2012 so 13 years of service aint bad I guess operating on 1 of the 4 at a time? 28,000 hours is probably about the intended lifespan maybe?
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no solicitation but lets put a press release out in the papers! LOL the irony
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I might add that if you are earning just a little above minimum wage you in the lower class not middle. a family in the Bahamas needs to earn at least $100k per year to be middle class and afford a home. $100k per year means $8k per month or $2,000 per week household income. Average household income in the Bahamas is currently reported to be $42k per year or $800 per week which does not cut it for middle class life.
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No it is the taxes, fees and custom broker fees etc. that contribute to the high cost. The actually cost of shipping is low compared to all the other costs involved but that would be too difficult to scapegoat.
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actually Trump started the printing of massive amounts of paper money. almost every single govt in the world went into a printing frenzy. pinning it on Biden is disingenuous at best.
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jokes for days...
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If you ever looked at cost of shipping in detail - it is all the extra fees and red tape that cause the expenses not the actual ship itself. last time i imported something the govt fees and taxes and the required customs broker fee was around $120 on an $80 product. the actual shipping was $21 out of that $120 bill.
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DWW says...
every country in the world has property tax. almost entirely. the brian drain is not the cost of living the brains could do exceptionally well here amongst the failed highschool folks. the one who left just don't want to deal with all the other B#$@%it you have to deal with living in this country. You are conflating issues and missing the big picture perhaps?
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DWW says...
The worlds govt's printed paper money to make up for their rampant shortfalls and borrowing which immediately created rampant inflation. wages and salaries did not increase correspondingly therefore you have exactly what happened in the late 1980s all over again and we just act like it is a big surprise. There is no easy quick fix pill for anything.
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