Imagine if this government was to get a second term. All of us would be standing on the corner begging for bread. Even the most honest among them are now partaking in their anti-democratic behavior and their corruption.
These union leaders seem to be ignorant to simple laws of economics. A minimum wage may not be a livable wage (for someone living alone or heading a household) but neither was that the intention othepurpose. Minimum wage is suppose to be a reasonable wage for persons entering the work force and a point of reference to work from. This is usually a high school graduate or college student who is still living at home. If a person has mothered or fathered four children and are still earning minimum wage, that fault is in them and not in the system. Likewise if employers are hiring persons who are unqualified and not easily trainable, then one should not expect them to pay top wages. You should remember that wages and salaries are a major input of most businesses. When you increase the lower wage earner, you must also increase everyone above them. When your labor costs increase substantially, you must then increase costs and/or cut back on services. If costs in the food store has to be significally, along with other prices, then there will be no benefit in increasing the minimum wage. In this case a person taking home $350.00 a week will beworse off than if they were taking home only $210.00 a week. More money may not mean more purchasing power.
So is an ankle bracelet (especially for murder or attempted murder) a death sentence? If someone in authority is doing these killings this is even worse than murder. It is not vigilante justice.
Yet they wonder why crime in this country is uncontrollable. When those in power appear to be corrupt and criminal to the rotten core, living off the fat of the land, while others struggle to buy beans. Whatever principles and integrity Mother Pratt had and stood for in the past is now being dragged in mud. Her silence gives consent. Her pearls has been cast to swine and she does nothing to save herself. She has chosen to go down with the ship, even with her church clothes and hat on.
John says...
Well there are lots of Bahamians who are not "right-thinking" when it comes to politics and the future of this country.
On Anger over stalemate in Urban Renewal investigation
Posted 23 June 2015, 9:03 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Even after the BoB fiasco?
On Gov’t securities issue 63% oversubscribed
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John says...
Is it going to be held in crooked island? Yes pun intended!
On PLP to hold convention at end of October
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John says...
Imagine if this government was to get a second term. All of us would be standing on the corner begging for bread. Even the most honest among them are now partaking in their anti-democratic behavior and their corruption.
On Anger over stalemate in Urban Renewal investigation
Posted 23 June 2015, 4:18 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
These union leaders seem to be ignorant to simple laws of economics. A minimum wage may not be a livable wage (for someone living alone or heading a household) but neither was that the intention othepurpose. Minimum wage is suppose to be a reasonable wage for persons entering the work force and a point of reference to work from. This is usually a high school graduate or college student who is still living at home. If a person has mothered or fathered four children and are still earning minimum wage, that fault is in them and not in the system. Likewise if employers are hiring persons who are unqualified and not easily trainable, then one should not expect them to pay top wages. You should remember that wages and salaries are a major input of most businesses. When you increase the lower wage earner, you must also increase everyone above them. When your labor costs increase substantially, you must then increase costs and/or cut back on services. If costs in the food store has to be significally, along with other prices, then there will be no benefit in increasing the minimum wage. In this case a person taking home $350.00 a week will beworse off than if they were taking home only $210.00 a week. More money may not mean more purchasing power.
On TUC ‘emphatic’ in $210 minimum wage opposition
Posted 23 June 2015, 10:50 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
So is an ankle bracelet (especially for murder or attempted murder) a death sentence? If someone in authority is doing these killings this is even worse than murder. It is not vigilante justice.
On Man with monitoring bracelet shot dead
Posted 23 June 2015, 10:29 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
So when do they start issuing new voters cards? My mind is made up.
On Minnis backs Major over decision to let Rollins speak
Posted 23 June 2015, 7:24 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Yet they wonder why crime in this country is uncontrollable. When those in power appear to be corrupt and criminal to the rotten core, living off the fat of the land, while others struggle to buy beans. Whatever principles and integrity Mother Pratt had and stood for in the past is now being dragged in mud. Her silence gives consent. Her pearls has been cast to swine and she does nothing to save herself. She has chosen to go down with the ship, even with her church clothes and hat on.
On Turnquest slams internal govt probe as ‘sabotage’
Posted 23 June 2015, 7:19 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
I wants to run. Away that is!
On FNM interviewing hopefuls for 2017 election
Posted 20 June 2015, 9:51 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
All these businessmen in the country how comes only Rupert Roberts and de'Nensio de' Agular have a voice in the Tribune
On Businessman doubts minimum wage hike will impact unemployment
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