death and taxes. robin hood gets shot. all the things you can bet on in life. funny thing is the "GDP growth" is only a result of VAT. no one is making any more money but somehow the economy is larger.
James Smith really doesn't know what he is talking about and maybe the culprit for a very very large chunk of the dept as finance minister. I wouldn't listen to a word he says. He didn't help the situation when he was in cabinet so he can't be allowed to talk. action is always better than words.
All of these commenters are just jealous they didn't think of it first, I dare say. (except of course the town idiot Tal.) If it is human nature to want to find the easy road, no amount of legislation is going to change that. All of these commenters believe that legislation/police/courts are the way to change human nature, when nothing could be further from the truth. societal changes occur for a few very specific reasons.
Point is Bahamians gamble and like to gamble - just like the rest of the world. Just like substances which alter the mind are illegal but it don't stop anyone from getting the green or the white or the rock - having gambling illegal hasn't stopped anyone from gambling. if people are going to do it anyway then why not tax it? Since we are on the subject why don't we stop putting young men in jail for having a bit of plant known as the Devil weed?
I dare say this Bahamas' strong emphasis on church and belief in the ethereal has resulted in the populace' strong believe in winning at rigged gambling. Therefore i suggest that the church should have absolutely no argument to make on this topic. smoke and mirrors is the Bahamian way right?
I also dare to say that i suspect almost all of the persons commenting here and wanting the full scale ban of gambling are self appointed pastors missing the money in their coffers. just like the guy asking his congregation to buy him a $59,000,000 jet so he can praise the lord while flying through the air.
DWW says...
death and taxes. robin hood gets shot. all the things you can bet on in life. funny thing is the "GDP growth" is only a result of VAT. no one is making any more money but somehow the economy is larger.
On Davis won't commit to cutting VAT
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DWW says...
Why am i never sympathetic to the insurance industry?
On Insurance chief 'speechless' at govt's VAT contradiction
Posted 5 June 2018, 10:04 p.m. Suggest removal
DWW says...
James Smith really doesn't know what he is talking about and maybe the culprit for a very very large chunk of the dept as finance minister. I wouldn't listen to a word he says. He didn't help the situation when he was in cabinet so he can't be allowed to talk. action is always better than words.
On $360m arrears 'dive in' not in national interest
Posted 5 June 2018, 10:01 p.m. Suggest removal
DWW says...
All of these commenters are just jealous they didn't think of it first, I dare say. (except of course the town idiot Tal.) If it is human nature to want to find the easy road, no amount of legislation is going to change that. All of these commenters believe that legislation/police/courts are the way to change human nature, when nothing could be further from the truth. societal changes occur for a few very specific reasons.
Point is Bahamians gamble and like to gamble - just like the rest of the world. Just like substances which alter the mind are illegal but it don't stop anyone from getting the green or the white or the rock - having gambling illegal hasn't stopped anyone from gambling. if people are going to do it anyway then why not tax it? Since we are on the subject why don't we stop putting young men in jail for having a bit of plant known as the Devil weed?
I dare say this Bahamas' strong emphasis on church and belief in the ethereal has resulted in the populace' strong believe in winning at rigged gambling. Therefore i suggest that the church should have absolutely no argument to make on this topic. smoke and mirrors is the Bahamian way right?
I also dare to say that i suspect almost all of the persons commenting here and wanting the full scale ban of gambling are self appointed pastors missing the money in their coffers. just like the guy asking his congregation to buy him a $59,000,000 jet so he can praise the lord while flying through the air.
carry on carry on
On Web shops facing taxation 'wipe out'
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DWW says...
absolutely no way. moncur is an attention monger.
On ‘They killed my son for nothing’
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DWW says...
collecrtive insanity?
On ‘They killed my son for nothing’
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DWW says...
that can be faked very very easily
On ‘They killed my son for nothing’
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DWW says...
1984
On PM silent as spy bill approved
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DWW says...
Elephant grass. the invasive is also the fuel
On New $50m power plant for Andros
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DWW says...
I hope this is inaccurate
On $211m borrowing approved to aid electric supplier
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