you misinterpreted what I said. Clearly I helieve people should pay taxes. Ive said it over and over again as IR targeted businesses and started seizing property and halting customs imports.

Ive been very clear that my issue is the way in which it was handled.

It is draconian to post a message that in 2 weeks I could take the house youre living in if youre 7 months behind on taxes. Surprise.

There were two clear reasons for outrage, one the statement that you could lose your property if you were 7 months behind and two that owner occupied residential property would be included in the grab.

These are draconian measures even for people who do owe taxes. There was no clarification about repeat dodgers or only foreign owned properties, this was a very clear grab at everyone and everything.

I am not convinced that there was any misinterpretation of the *we taking everything* message. It was quite possibly the strongman intention, because the law does allow it, but realizing the potential fallout, political heads clawed it back

This reminds me of the English lords who would demand their taxes and if you couldnt pay theyd take the livestock as payment, literally all the tenants had to generate food. consider that after the country was devastated by covid ir **tripled** property taxes

This increase taxes and tax until they bleed path we're on is not sustainable

Wrong. According to her statement, her employees asked her what could they do. She responded to them, she didnt push anyone into a fight

I heard a person with high football intelligence say "*its different when you on the field*" How many attempts did he block or were the five goals the only strikes?

The first thing I noted in Ms Oswell's letter was

"*Many of you have expressed your support for our speaking out and asked what Atlantis team members can do to make their voices heard*"

I'm going to assume that she made that statement because MANY employees expressed their support.

I also note Minister Bells response that they "*received complaints*", nothing to indicate if it was 2, 3, a good number or many. I hope he has "many" complaints in writing who's submission before this survey was launched can be proven that would justify this action. It's his burden. He's the accuser.

How could the list of who gets paid differ? Its defined by the company's legal structure and share holdings if any. That doesnt change whether here or in Delaware. The law says "*the people with lots of money who really wont feel the loss get paid first, the poor people who risk losing everything get paid last*". The PM gave this impression that somehow Bahamians should be taken care of first, that is by definition "illegal". And nowhere in our history of scammers has winding up procedures shown such a Bahamians first principle.

In the world of traditional finance you have to have tried and trusted certifications to offer services managing people's money. Especially when you're talking about trading. I'm amazed that the SEC allows so many people to pop up and act like equity managers just because they say the words *digital and crypto*. We keep going through this. Like we dazzled by technical terms and no fantastical figure is too much to spend on coding that people being doing for decades to automate processes because we now call it "*digital transformation*". Five years ago if you could say *its ON "the" block chain* your software was magical, nevermind that the same security technology frameworks also existed for decades

This is the new snake oil

Lets compare the accident rate after the 16 point inspection is implemented. I saw your post below and Im betting someone **other than** PTI will get a contract to run the inspection depot based on the proposal submitted by PTI. I dont dismiss your point about the benefits of proper inspections

I had the same thought as I looked at the photo posted of charles and Camilia in all the gold brocade and jewels ... wow, and so many hungry people tonight!

Over it.