Taxing peter to pay (or give something to) Paul never works. Perhaps the value in this article is the demonstration of his lack of vision or logic? He was after all the engineer of the shutdown of our economy. If one is going to throw the switch for a shut down, one better be able to restart it! Tax the rich excessively and you end up without the rich, leaving you with more poverty.
Notwithstanding the 9 different departmental directions of government one has to navigate in order to obtain occupancy and licensing, in which the Government dept's do not communicate with each other, which in turn forces an applicant to become the courier, They are receiving funding and still complaining? In all seriousness, I honestly question how 6 "poor black Bahamians" (her words) would ever figure the process out!
So I got a phone call a couple weeks ago urging me to get a booster shot, Astra Zeneca.... I thought the Pfizer was taken off the table due to Complications from it?
What the politicos of the world did not understand is that once the engine of the world was stopped (by them, for the Pandemic) they were not the ones able to restart it. The productivity of people made the world what it was up to 2019, the politicians are responsible for what it is today. The effects are far from over.
replacement vehicles imported to GB and Abaco were subject to Duty and VAT if exported to another island or sold. It was the first thing Brave relaxed by saying they could be exported and sold. Stupid is as stupid does. They were warned. They chose to ignore. Ginger is PR, travels with Photographers, not intelligence.
From the outset various ways the system would be cheated were noted, amidst the confusion of the implementation. At one point mailboat freight was being checked before departure from G.B. So what happened? now they're catching it at potters cay dock? As Yoda would say, "A little slow they are"
The_Oracle says...
Taxing peter to pay (or give something to) Paul never works.
Perhaps the value in this article is the demonstration of his lack of vision or logic?
He was after all the engineer of the shutdown of our economy. If one is going to throw the switch for a shut down, one better be able to restart it!
Tax the rich excessively and you end up without the rich, leaving you with more poverty.
On ‘TAX THE RICH’ – Minnis: Charge wealthy property buyers and scrap breadbasket VAT
Posted 19 May 2022, 6:08 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
It is what you get from 50 years lacking any real town planning.
And no enforcement of what planning there was.
On Sunk by record rainfall
Posted 16 May 2022, 2:44 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
Reducing Bahamians to what amounts to Indentured Servitude, namely servitude to Government.
On ‘Expect to pay 7% more on breadbasket items’
Posted 16 May 2022, 2:41 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
Notwithstanding the 9 different departmental directions of government one has to navigate in order to obtain occupancy and licensing, in which the Government dept's do not communicate with each other, which in turn forces an applicant to become the courier,
They are receiving funding and still complaining?
In all seriousness, I honestly question how 6 "poor black Bahamians" (her words) would ever figure the process out!
On Confusion over need for approvals over Potter’s Cay rebuild
Posted 16 May 2022, 2:18 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
So I got a phone call a couple weeks ago urging me to get a booster shot, Astra Zeneca....
I thought the Pfizer was taken off the table due to Complications from it?
On Vaccines due to expire at month end
Posted 13 May 2022, 4:36 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
What the politicos of the world did not understand is that once the engine of the world was stopped (by them, for the Pandemic) they were not the ones able to restart it.
The productivity of people made the world what it was up to 2019, the politicians are responsible for what it is today. The effects are far from over.
On Warning as container costs to double
Posted 11 May 2022, 10:02 a.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
Madoff went to prison for his Ponzi scheme.......
Call it what it is.
On Reform pensions now - or elderly will be left with nothing
Posted 11 May 2022, 9:54 a.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
Only Bahamians screw Bahamians, Foreigners only do so if a Bahamian somewhere allows it.
Think on that, the last 50 years of it.
On Eleuthera businesses: Disney jobs welcome but worry over wages
Posted 10 May 2022, 2:19 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
replacement vehicles imported to GB and Abaco were subject to Duty and VAT if exported to another island or sold. It was the first thing Brave relaxed by saying they could be exported and sold. Stupid is as stupid does.
They were warned. They chose to ignore. Ginger is PR, travels with Photographers, not intelligence.
On SERZ purchases 'only intended to benefit Grand Bahama and Abaco'
Posted 8 May 2022, 9:53 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
From the outset various ways the system would be cheated were noted, amidst the confusion of the implementation.
At one point mailboat freight was being checked before departure from G.B.
So what happened? now they're catching it at potters cay dock?
As Yoda would say, "A little slow they are"
On Abuse not an excuse to alter Dorian tax breaks
Posted 6 May 2022, 4:31 p.m. Suggest removal