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Economist says...

So if you go to the Attorney General and you wind up in Court, that will mean that the contract that you have kept secret from the Tax Payer will become an exhibit to an affidavit.

I say go for it! Go to court.

On Gov’t ‘surprised’ by Renew withdrawal

Posted 21 October 2016, 4:02 p.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

How is it that any building run by government soon becomes uninhabitable? Rodney E. Bain Building (formerly E.D. Sassoon Building). Now the Clarence A. Bain Building. What is the status of the Churchill Building?

Bitco Building is not far behind.

Yet when these older buildings are in the hands of the private sector they keep going like Sassoon House.

Economist says...

The only reason they decided against a tax on alcohol was because it would not raise the big bucks they wanted.

On Cabinet says no to tax on alcohol

Posted 19 October 2016, 3:29 p.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

All the more reason why there should be no National Health Insurance at this time.

Economist says...

Use the Vat money that was to be used to reduce the National Debt. The government is collecting over half a billion dollars a year extra from the tax payer already with Vat.

We can't afford any more taxes.

Cut out the waste in Government. Nail Road Traffic, for its $47 million and don't give Bahamasair any of the $30 million that they usually get. Don't forget to clean up the Ministry of Health Budget where it is reported that you don't know where up to $100 million is going.

Wow, there you have it, $177 million.

Now get to work.

Economist says...

With NEMA controlling almost everything now it is more difficult to get materials in quickly. NEMA is a major road block to a quick recovery.

Economist says...

If the 2005 radar was not operational why over reach with many radars?

If the systems are not maintained then the expense is wasted.

Why not keep it as simple and as easy to maintain as possible?

Economist says...

What planet is this man on. There was not going to be any turn around. The Container Port had yet to take any meaningful action on its expansion and the rest of the MOU was of no effect.

The only way Freeport will get going is for the people themselves to take matters into their own hands and cause things to happen.

On Matthew delivers ‘gut punch’ to GB

Posted 14 October 2016, 3:20 p.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

All that has been going on in NEMA is politics. NEMA is restricting the relief effort as everything has to be approved by them first. It is like hooking an 8" pipe to a 2" pipe, bingo the flow is restricted.

Also PM the legislation that you passed in 2008 calls for plans to be discussed with the public. I know that can't be done because that would require transparency. But that is the law.

Economist says...

The Minister talked about price gouging, of which there was very little, and made no mention of all the looting, of which there has been a lot.

So he is saying that a lot of looting is better than a little price gouging, interesting.