Because this is the tried and true tactic of this government. Have some crony hack, totally without legal responsibility over the issue at hand, take an action or publically opine and then see if it slips past the public reaction smell test. Repeatedly, it has not, but the fall back is for the P.M. to announce the need for an exhaustive review or consultation before he comments, and then you never hear from him again.
If you want a listing, I will be happy to supply it.
Unfortunately this is a parliamentary system. The party does matter. The members vote party line 99.9999% of the time.
I read screeds about how Mr. Ingraham and Mr. Christie are essentially the same guy in different suits in these pages all the time.
Excuse me but nothing could be further from accurate.
I am sure Mr. Ingraham made some mistakes, but he ran an essentially honest government. Mr. Ingraham saw the airport reconstruction to completion; he did modernize the road system; he did privatize the mobile phone company; and he did tell Mr. Nygard to take his money and stuff it.
Please enlighten me on one single thing the Christie Administration has accomplished or better yet, really even tried to accomplish?
New Zealand maintains a large export economy and for that reason a VAT regime actually makes some sense.
The Bahamas exports practically nothing.
VAT is an expensive, highly complex, accountancy demanding, round about way to impose a consumption tax, that makes no sense in our tourism based economy.
VAT will prove ham fisted and highly regressive. It will be a disaster for the working poor, and a haven for cheating among the sophisticated pirates as our government has demonstrated repeatedly it cannot administer fairly even the most direct and easily collected taxes.
Implementation of a VAT regime in the Bahamas will prove a serial disaster. A perfect PLP program.
Please don't expect the leadership in this government to speak plain English. The use of this phony slang is not only a transparent attempt to sound like they are "of the people", equally importantly, it is a way to avoid answering serious questions. Far easier to move into some kind of phony "jive" double speak, than to provide a serious response to serious accusations.
Of course there is a political element to any statement made by any politician, but the fact is that in a parliamentary system there is a government in power, and politicians in opposition. Your only regard in these pages seems to be unremitting opposition to any politician's statements, factual or not, if the politician is in opposition. Your criticism is always that those politicians, when in power, were not perfect either.
So what? Who can speak and gain public attention better than politicians in opposition. It is the duty of the opposition to point out the errors of the party in power. When the FNM was in power that was the duty of the PLP.
This Nygard matter is above politics. Asiseeit, has it exactly right. This is not about competing policies. This is about rule of law. Civil society is under threat in the Bahamas. We are seeing our democratic institutions crumbling before our eyes. Thieves stealing copper grounding wire from electricity poles, causing catastrophic damage to homes during lightening storms. Murders on the street. Rule of law is our only hope. You cannot continue to support crony deals, back room sales of the public trust, grossly incompetent governance, all because the people pointing out the problems are politicians in opposition. If they need to be criticized for their conduct in office fine, but don't use that premise to ignore the evil that is being practiced right in front of your eyes.
Tarzan says...
"Honest servants in the best interests of the nation". Good luck on that Tal!
On Secret Nygard tapes could be revealed by court proceedings
Posted 15 August 2014, 7:30 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Reason? Bought and paid for.
On New questions raised over Nygard consultation
Posted 13 August 2014, 4:31 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Because this is the tried and true tactic of this government. Have some crony hack, totally without legal responsibility over the issue at hand, take an action or publically opine and then see if it slips past the public reaction smell test. Repeatedly, it has not, but the fall back is for the P.M. to announce the need for an exhaustive review or consultation before he comments, and then you never hear from him again.
If you want a listing, I will be happy to supply it.
On Wilchcombe dismisses $3m web shop fees report
Posted 9 August 2014, 10:57 a.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Unfortunately this is a parliamentary system. The party does matter. The members vote party line 99.9999% of the time.
I read screeds about how Mr. Ingraham and Mr. Christie are essentially the same guy in different suits in these pages all the time.
Excuse me but nothing could be further from accurate.
I am sure Mr. Ingraham made some mistakes, but he ran an essentially honest government. Mr. Ingraham saw the airport reconstruction to completion; he did modernize the road system; he did privatize the mobile phone company; and he did tell Mr. Nygard to take his money and stuff it.
Please enlighten me on one single thing the Christie Administration has accomplished or better yet, really even tried to accomplish?
On Miller to give answers on cause of BEC malfunction
Posted 30 July 2014, 12:21 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
New Zealand maintains a large export economy and for that reason a VAT regime actually makes some sense.
The Bahamas exports practically nothing.
VAT is an expensive, highly complex, accountancy demanding, round about way to impose a consumption tax, that makes no sense in our tourism based economy.
VAT will prove ham fisted and highly regressive. It will be a disaster for the working poor, and a haven for cheating among the sophisticated pirates as our government has demonstrated repeatedly it cannot administer fairly even the most direct and easily collected taxes.
Implementation of a VAT regime in the Bahamas will prove a serial disaster. A perfect PLP program.
On VAT Bill to be tabled today
Posted 23 July 2014, 11:47 a.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Poor Renward. They showed him the view from the exclusive "executive floor" and then pushed him out the window.
On Wells 'being treated as a fall guy' over $650m deal
Posted 22 July 2014, 8:46 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Right on!!!
On Christie prepared for more battles over environment
Posted 22 July 2014, 8:40 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Please don't expect the leadership in this government to speak plain English. The use of this phony slang is not only a transparent attempt to sound like they are "of the people", equally importantly, it is a way to avoid answering serious questions. Far easier to move into some kind of phony "jive" double speak, than to provide a serious response to serious accusations.
On Christie prepared for more battles over environment
Posted 22 July 2014, 8:39 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
Please send the New Zealand "experts" back "Down Under". Idiotic advice is not made less idiotic by increasing the number of idiots publishing it.
On Cabinet discusses which duty rates to cut ahead of launch of VAT
Posted 22 July 2014, 8:33 p.m. Suggest removal
Tarzan says...
This is a reply to Birdie and Generalcrazy:
Of course there is a political element to any statement made by any politician, but the fact is that in a parliamentary system there is a government in power, and politicians in opposition. Your only regard in these pages seems to be unremitting opposition to any politician's statements, factual or not, if the politician is in opposition. Your criticism is always that those politicians, when in power, were not perfect either.
So what? Who can speak and gain public attention better than politicians in opposition. It is the duty of the opposition to point out the errors of the party in power. When the FNM was in power that was the duty of the PLP.
This Nygard matter is above politics. Asiseeit, has it exactly right. This is not about competing policies. This is about rule of law. Civil society is under threat in the Bahamas. We are seeing our democratic institutions crumbling before our eyes. Thieves stealing copper grounding wire from electricity poles, causing catastrophic damage to homes during lightening storms. Murders on the street. Rule of law is our only hope. You cannot continue to support crony deals, back room sales of the public trust, grossly incompetent governance, all because the people pointing out the problems are politicians in opposition. If they need to be criticized for their conduct in office fine, but don't use that premise to ignore the evil that is being practiced right in front of your eyes.
On 'Christie and Nygard link not good for the Bahamas'
Posted 22 July 2014, 9:18 a.m. Suggest removal