I said this for a long time as you stated property tax is the easiest tax in the world to collect and they cant even do that. It is so comical you want to laugh and cry at the same time.
The US in the 90's encouraged the Bahamas to give up on trying to grow its agriculture sector saying let them grow the food because, that is what they do best and for us to focus on tourism because that is what we would be best at. Now look at where we are. They basically have turned off our tourism tap and you know what if we run out of US currency you wont be able to buy food from them either. Praise be to Biden and god help us here in the Bahamas.
I have spoken to many Tourists who are unaware that they need the 5 day test. I asked did anyone say anything to you when clearing customs and immigration and they all said no. Why is customs and immigration not ensuring people understand this when they are entering the country. It would take zero effort to just remind people or make sure they are aware.
The title should read" the politicians will know id they are oil rich within 6 weeks". If they find meaningful amounts of oil you can bet the average Bahamanian will not benefit from it. The money will just disappear down the rabbit hole called the consolidated fund like all other revenue.
"has to date paid out in excess of $100m “to individuals primarily who have not contributed to NIB or who have contributed partially to NIB”." So you now want to raise my contributions because you gave the money to people who did not contribute? WTF is this? Do these people realize you cant get blood out of a stone. Why dont you try and cut some costs. Anyone remember that video when Minnis first got elected and toured the NIB building they have people even inside of broom closets supposedly working in that place. No reason that agency needs hundreds and hundreds of staff in this supposedly electronic age.
"The interesting thing about The Bahamas is that we don’t have the rigid controls that we have here. So in The Bahamas we import everything - from milk, eggs, chicken parts – there are no restrictions. From our warehouse in Miami, we can literally run shipments to The Bahamas in hours because it’s so close, so we can now import even perishables into The Bahamas."
Great another company who is looking at becoming another food import driven business doing nothing to reduce our food import bill and helping to create some measure of food security for this country and reduce our foreign exchange demands just what we need right now. Might as well green light Walmart one time and get it all done.
bcitizen says...
lol easy tax in the world to collect and we missing 40% of revenue Cant make this Sh$t up.
On Arrears hit $600m as 40% of property tax bills don’t reach
Posted 4 February 2021, 8:11 p.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
I said this for a long time as you stated property tax is the easiest tax in the world to collect and they cant even do that. It is so comical you want to laugh and cry at the same time.
On Govt ‘discussing’ income tax reform
Posted 30 January 2021, 10:08 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
The US in the 90's encouraged the Bahamas to give up on trying to grow its agriculture sector saying let them grow the food because, that is what they do best and for us to focus on tourism because that is what we would be best at. Now look at where we are. They basically have turned off our tourism tap and you know what if we run out of US currency you wont be able to buy food from them either. Praise be to Biden and god help us here in the Bahamas.
On Biden’s action ‘simply devastating’ to tourism
Posted 23 January 2021, 8:21 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
How long before they try to open up Cuba again?
On Bahamas 'pushes' for U.S. COVID exemption
Posted 15 January 2021, 12:18 p.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
I have spoken to many Tourists who are unaware that they need the 5 day test. I asked did anyone say anything to you when clearing customs and immigration and they all said no. Why is customs and immigration not ensuring people understand this when they are entering the country. It would take zero effort to just remind people or make sure they are aware.
On WHY AREN’T THEY TESTING PEOPLE? Questions raised over why large numbers are not taking Day Five test
Posted 12 January 2021, 10:54 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
The title should read" the politicians will know id they are oil rich within 6 weeks". If they find meaningful amounts of oil you can bet the average Bahamanian will not benefit from it. The money will just disappear down the rabbit hole called the consolidated fund like all other revenue.
On Bahamas to know if 'oil rich' within 6 weeks, says BPC
Posted 7 January 2021, 9:39 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
"has to date paid out in excess of $100m “to individuals primarily who have not contributed to NIB or who have contributed partially to NIB”." So you now want to raise my contributions because you gave the money to people who did not contribute? WTF is this? Do these people realize you cant get blood out of a stone. Why dont you try and cut some costs. Anyone remember that video when Minnis first got elected and toured the NIB building they have people even inside of broom closets supposedly working in that place. No reason that agency needs hundreds and hundreds of staff in this supposedly electronic age.
On Can we bite NIB bullet? ‘Bold decision’ needed - raise contributions to sustain cash assistance
Posted 6 January 2021, 7:54 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
The government could keep this tied up in court and regulatory approvals forever if they actually wanted to stop it.
On PM 'totally against' oil drilling in Bahamian waters
Posted 12 December 2020, 8:28 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
I guess they can go sleep on those new sidewalks.
On PM signals no more assistance likely for rent
Posted 25 November 2020, 4:07 a.m. Suggest removal
bcitizen says...
"The interesting thing about The Bahamas is that we don’t have the rigid controls that we have here. So in The Bahamas we import everything - from milk, eggs, chicken parts – there are no restrictions. From our warehouse in Miami, we can literally run shipments to The Bahamas in hours because it’s so close, so we can now import even perishables into The Bahamas."
Great another company who is looking at becoming another food import driven business doing nothing to reduce our food import bill and helping to create some measure of food security for this country and reduce our foreign exchange demands just what we need right now. Might as well green light Walmart one time and get it all done.
On Jamaican firm takes 60% of food distributor
Posted 31 October 2020, 8:44 a.m. Suggest removal