taxing certa8n food is absurd. what about artery clogging butter, deep fried cracked conch, fatty potato salad and macaroni and cheese? Where do you stop? at the end of the day itsa out personal choices. if you want universal health care thrn be prepared to pay for the choices of others.

everyone supports improved healthcare. But, where will the trained EMTs cone from? and when they rush you to the local.clinic where there might be a nurse and no medicine, what then while you await air ambulance evacuation? another patch job.

when income tax is introduced, that will be the end of the small man and middle class if the middle ckass isnt already being wiped out.

the thinking by this employee is widespread in this country.. dishonesty, insubordination, playing hookie, etc. amd they really think the employer should just accept it.

the election result waa irrelevant regardless of who won. so who could took the extra 2 hrs from work and went home early nstead.

The question needing an answer is why an increase at all? aren't these people unionized? they should get what they negotiated and not a penny more. notice how they say thanks for something they wasnt even supposed to get?

who, being of sound mind, would park on a beach anywhere in new providence 11pm at night? doesnt make what happened to them right but you need to have common sense. those days have long gone.

All of this is nice and dandy but understand that someone has to pay for lost productivity. And i'll bet all those males who don't want parental responsibility will be front of the line to claim the paid time off.

this affair validated a few things
1. no good deed goes unpunished
2. in future, the alreafy short list of volunteers will be shorter.
3. in this bahamaland, no opportunity to cast aspersions on the integrity of another is missed.

there will always be skepticism over statements by govt on everything bevause they never provide data for independent verifcation. its always "the minister said" and we are supposed to trust it.