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Proguing says...

What about the VAT reduction "election ploy" with the removal of the exemptions? They all do it, then they accuses each others of doing it etc. Poor Bahamas....

Proguing says...

Exactly, and if we were serious about protecting our environment we would also ban cruise ships and oil drilling...

Proguing says...

Safe all over the world? See what happened to the largest lake in South America due to oil:

How Oil Killed Lake Maracaibo
The largest lake in South America has suffered the consequences of both the rise and fall of the Venezuelan oil industry: explosive production and dangerous decay.

https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/…

Proguing says...

Yep especially those that rely on breadbasket items, right?

Proguing says...

Yep including breadbasket in VAT, facilitates the life of the wealthy merchant to the detriment of the poor...

Proguing says...

Instead of travelling all that way for a photo op with the senile president, why not start here with some measure to reduce pollution in the Bahamas?

Proguing says...

I wonder how long it will be functional???

On $2.4m radar system delivered to Defence Force

Posted 30 October 2021, 10:36 a.m. Suggest removal

Proguing says...

PLP introduced VAT.

FNM excluded items such as breadbasket and medicine to alleviate the suffering of the poor.

Having selective memory again?

Proguing says...

No it’s not.

Example below:

$100 in groceries will now cost $110

$112 doctor bill will now cost $110.

If you add the 10% food inflation that Supervalue is warning about, that will really be $120 groceries bill for the $100 you paid in 2020.

And it's not only the breadbasket items that were exempt, there is also medication, rent, and insurance that you conveniently left out.

Proguing says...

What this country needs is for the government to collect due taxes and reduce expenses.