It is very clear from the article that the sample size is every citizen of the Bahamas. It says nothing about the size of the labour force, in fact this the quote from Mr. Christie: The estimated impact for every consumer is about $2,000,” he told Tribune Business. “For each citizen, you’ve just got a sudden decrease of $2,000. So the sample size is 350,000 and the correct amount is $857 per citizen, not $2000. I agree with you completely on the issue of fiscal responsibility, but we need to be data driven ( and accurate!) in making wise arguments and decisions.
Exactly, again this is why the $2000 per citizen is wrong. The average person in this country does not earn, much less spend $27,000 on vatable goods and services.
I abhor vat as much as anyone, maybe more, but this figure of $2000 per citizen is grossly inflated to say the least and wrong. The government estimates that in a fiscal year vat revenues will total 300 million. With a population of 350,000 this amounts to $857 per citizen on average, a far cry from $2000!
News stories lead to a disproportionate and unreasonable fear about flying. I like most people have it to a certain extent, so I can empathize. However, the odds of dying in a plane crash are 11 million to 1. You have a far greater chance of being struck by lightning than dying in a crash. So say a prayer as I do, and Godspeed. A ship is safe in a harbour but that is not what ships were made for. http://theweek.com/article/index/246552…
Our national debt is now at 6 billion, and it is time for tough fiscal choices to be made. Business as usual is not good enough anymore. Bahamasair has become completely unnecessary, in that we have small private airlines that can can service these routes at no cost to the taxpayer. As a matter of policy, govt should only be in essential services that the private sector can not service. This of course includes health care, certainly not aviation. Bahamasair is an albatross around the necks of the Bahamian taxpayer that we do not need anymore. If you are so afraid to fly there are many fast ferries available.
Aviation travel is the safest form of travel known to man. Increase the flight training and standards for private airlines. If they are not safe they should not be licensed now. Either way, we have spent over 500 million to subsidize Bahamasair in the last forty years and enough is enough. We should not pay anymore so that you feel a little safer, even though your odds of dying in an airplane crash are so minuscule as to be almost non- existent.
Mr. Money should acquaint himself with the truth and stop lying to an already angry Bahamian tax payer - shame on him and his greedy cohorts. I flew on bahamasair last week and on disembarking saw the the captain of the flight was an old school friend. I shook his hand and asked if he was feeling well, he blushed red and holding his throat laughed nervously and said he was feeling much better. What a charade, well now the time for laughing is over, and it is time to pay for the lies. The government needs to take a stern position with this Union. Any further sick outs, and the entire airline should be shutdown, every pilot fired, and the airline only reopened with honest pilots at much lower wages.
Movie ticket prices are not price controlled so the government should have nothing to say about the price of a ticket. It is not an essential good so if you feel it is too expensive then do not buy it. The govt. as usual is deflecting blame. The private sector did not waste our tax dollars through corruption and waste and inefficiency, our many corrupt governments are reposnsible for our exorbitant national debt, and for all the misery Vat will inflict on the poor and middle class.
Long overdue, the entire board should tender their resignations immediately. I do not want a single dollar more of my taxes to subsidize this bank. The government should sell their shares and divest themselves completely from this bank.
Mr. smith's language is clearly over the top at times and I wish he would refrain from some of his colorful hyperbole. But I am sure he uses it to draw attention to what I agree are very important issues and there are far to few people like him in this country willing " to speak truth to power". Mr Mitchell on the other hand is even worse and should engage himself in a much more statesmanlike manner. We have something precious in this country called free speech and these threats intended to curtail it are a threat to our very democracy and are beneath him and his office.
DonAnthony says...
It is very clear from the article that the sample size is every citizen of the Bahamas. It says nothing about the size of the labour force, in fact this the quote from Mr. Christie:
The estimated impact for every consumer is about $2,000,” he told Tribune Business. “For each citizen, you’ve just got a sudden decrease of $2,000.
So the sample size is 350,000 and the correct amount is $857 per citizen, not $2000. I agree with you completely on the issue of fiscal responsibility, but we need to be data driven ( and accurate!) in making wise arguments and decisions.
On VAT to make Bahamians $2,000 poorer annually
Posted 20 January 2015, 7:57 a.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Exactly, again this is why the $2000 per citizen is wrong. The average person in this country does not earn, much less spend $27,000 on vatable goods and services.
On VAT to make Bahamians $2,000 poorer annually
Posted 19 January 2015, 7:24 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
I abhor vat as much as anyone, maybe more, but this figure of $2000 per citizen is grossly inflated to say the least and wrong. The government estimates that in a fiscal year vat revenues will total 300 million. With a population of 350,000 this amounts to $857 per citizen on average, a far cry from $2000!
On VAT to make Bahamians $2,000 poorer annually
Posted 19 January 2015, 5:32 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
News stories lead to a disproportionate and unreasonable fear about flying. I like most people have it to a certain extent, so I can empathize. However, the odds of dying in a plane crash are 11 million to 1. You have a far greater chance of being struck by lightning than dying in a crash. So say a prayer as I do, and Godspeed. A ship is safe in a harbour but that is not what ships were made for.
http://theweek.com/article/index/246552…
On Pilots may step up action if salaries are docked
Posted 8 January 2015, 2:52 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Our national debt is now at 6 billion, and it is time for tough fiscal choices to be made. Business as usual is not good enough anymore. Bahamasair has become completely unnecessary, in that we have small private airlines that can can service these routes at no cost to the taxpayer. As a matter of policy, govt should only be in essential services that the private sector can not service. This of course includes health care, certainly not aviation. Bahamasair is an albatross around the necks of the Bahamian taxpayer that we do not need anymore. If you are so afraid to fly there are many fast ferries available.
On Pilots may step up action if salaries are docked
Posted 8 January 2015, 2:04 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Aviation travel is the safest form of travel known to man. Increase the flight training and standards for private airlines. If they are not safe they should not be licensed now. Either way, we have spent over 500 million to subsidize Bahamasair in the last forty years and enough is enough. We should not pay anymore so that you feel a little safer, even though your odds of dying in an airplane crash are so minuscule as to be almost non- existent.
On Pilots may step up action if salaries are docked
Posted 8 January 2015, 1:12 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Mr. Money should acquaint himself with the truth and stop lying to an already angry Bahamian tax payer - shame on him and his greedy cohorts. I flew on bahamasair last week and on disembarking saw the the captain of the flight was an old school friend. I shook his hand and asked if he was feeling well, he blushed red and holding his throat laughed nervously and said he was feeling much better. What a charade, well now the time for laughing is over, and it is time to pay for the lies. The government needs to take a stern position with this Union. Any further sick outs, and the entire airline should be shutdown, every pilot fired, and the airline only reopened with honest pilots at much lower wages.
On Pilots may step up action if salaries are docked
Posted 8 January 2015, 12:16 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Movie ticket prices are not price controlled so the government should have nothing to say about the price of a ticket. It is not an essential good so if you feel it is too expensive then do not buy it. The govt. as usual is deflecting blame. The private sector did not waste our tax dollars through corruption and waste and inefficiency, our many corrupt governments are reposnsible for our exorbitant national debt, and for all the misery Vat will inflict on the poor and middle class.
On Mortimer: Costs to blame for rise in cinema prices
Posted 7 January 2015, 2:14 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Long overdue, the entire board should tender their resignations immediately. I do not want a single dollar more of my taxes to subsidize this bank. The government should sell their shares and divest themselves completely from this bank.
On McWeeney tightlipped after PM reports move
Posted 7 January 2015, 11:51 a.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Mr. smith's language is clearly over the top at times and I wish he would refrain from some of his colorful hyperbole. But I am sure he uses it to draw attention to what I agree are very important issues and there are far to few people like him in this country willing " to speak truth to power". Mr Mitchell on the other hand is even worse and should engage himself in a much more statesmanlike manner. We have something precious in this country called free speech and these threats intended to curtail it are a threat to our very democracy and are beneath him and his office.
On Smith calls on PM to intervene amid row with Fred Mitchell
Posted 15 December 2014, 3:55 p.m. Suggest removal