Tbh that is a flaw of our Parliamentary system and not of the FNM itself. If my memory is correct, the whip was on for that vote in anticipation that it would be controversial. It is why I think people who talk about voting on the basis of an individual MPs merits are foolish, they answer to a party and have to fall in line with the party agenda. Robinson knew the risk he took by breaking with the party.
Dollarization would be very painful at first, but would go a long way to curbing the wasteful spending and tiefin' that goes on with these governments, which is why they will let our currency devalue in order to keep the gravy train going.
Tbh I wouldn't be so hasty in assuming that the FNM wouldn't win the next election, with or without Minnis at the helm....we said the same thing about the PLP and Brave in the aftermath of 2017. Brave will be as unpopular as Minnis was with the amount of new taxes he is adding, and Bahamian people still haven't seemed to figure out that the FNM & PLP are one big tiefin' racket working hand in hand.
You know full well the answer to the first question lol. The lack of an independent Speaker (as is the case in the UK) is something that has always bothered me with our political system; a very big flaw if you ask me.
Ahhh yes, let's help the poor by taxing their already meagre income even more. It really kills me how these people continue to pretend that VAT and duty will just magically disappear by adding yet another tax on an already struggling populace.
You have to be a real smoothbrained idiot to believe this hogwash.
LastManStanding says...
Given the country of origin, it would be reasonable for immigration to have concerns regarding that issue.
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LastManStanding says...
Tbh that is a flaw of our Parliamentary system and not of the FNM itself. If my memory is correct, the whip was on for that vote in anticipation that it would be controversial. It is why I think people who talk about voting on the basis of an individual MPs merits are foolish, they answer to a party and have to fall in line with the party agenda. Robinson knew the risk he took by breaking with the party.
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LastManStanding says...
Dollarization would be very painful at first, but would go a long way to curbing the wasteful spending and tiefin' that goes on with these governments, which is why they will let our currency devalue in order to keep the gravy train going.
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LastManStanding says...
Tbh I wouldn't be so hasty in assuming that the FNM wouldn't win the next election, with or without Minnis at the helm....we said the same thing about the PLP and Brave in the aftermath of 2017. Brave will be as unpopular as Minnis was with the amount of new taxes he is adding, and Bahamian people still haven't seemed to figure out that the FNM & PLP are one big tiefin' racket working hand in hand.
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LastManStanding says...
> What happens next?
Go home if you don't have papers, or find a legal place to stay like everyone else if you do. It really is that simple.
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LastManStanding says...
You know full well the answer to the first question lol. The lack of an independent Speaker (as is the case in the UK) is something that has always bothered me with our political system; a very big flaw if you ask me.
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LastManStanding says...
I am expecting that they will put in a corporate tax for domestic companies while also keeping the existing business license fee structure as well.
All aboard the train to economic collapse.
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LastManStanding says...
Ahhh yes, let's help the poor by taxing their already meagre income even more. It really kills me how these people continue to pretend that VAT and duty will just magically disappear by adding yet another tax on an already struggling populace.
You have to be a real smoothbrained idiot to believe this hogwash.
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LastManStanding says...
Fox says the farmer must put more hens in the coop...nothing left to eat.
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LastManStanding says...
Fringe...absolutely not. CoI put up very respectable numbers for a third party in this country.
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