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Economist says...

Agreed, name, shame and drag them to court.

On Collect the taxes

Posted 1 November 2016, 2:22 p.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

Thanks, very interesting article.

Economist says...

Port Lucaya was one of the first places to have its power restored. Many of the tenants have been ready to open for over 10 days but the owners are stopping them.

People need to work.

tribune Please call the owners and ask them why they are preventing at least three usually very busy restaurants from opening.

Then do a follow up story.

Economist says...

If CCRIF only pays for a Cat 5 then how does Haiti get as it was on a Cat 4 when it hit Haiti?

On No Caribbean disaster insurance for Bahamas

Posted 22 October 2016, 2:21 p.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

Over 35 years ago the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce recommended a National Lotto like the Malta Lotto.

PLP Government was not interested. 35 years later they think it is a good idea.

lesson to government: **Listen to the Chamber of Commerce they are 35 years ahead of you.**

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.