This statement is coming from a Government who spent its first year in office firing thousands of Government workers. Where was the compassion they had? Yet so-called ‘wealthy’ people are supposed to keep paying staff to stay home doing nothing? It doesn’t make sense. Who goes into business to lose money. Business is for profit so if your overhead is high (I.e. in paying out salaries for work not being done your bottom line is clearly going to be affected.

I think they are finally starting to feel the pinch at NIB. NIB has been used as a slush fund by successive governments who wasted it constructing many Government buildings which never maintained, paying it out through inflated contacts to family friends and lovers and let’s not forget how that Cargill fella who ran it paid himself and his board members at the time hefty bonuses. Now it’s time to pay the laid off workers who have contributed and the money has to be found.

Additionally let’s not forget that this same Government has been taxing us up the yong yang by increasing VAT. Where are millions collected in VAT. It can no longer be channeled to family friends and lovers. It has to be paid back to the people in benefits.

Suck it up buttercup!!! its the people’s time!!!

She needs a letter from NIB detailing her benefits? We need a better system than this. Government Departments should be able to interact with each other fir information. She has a smart card I assume. Why was it given and why aren’t people’s information accessible through it? Why frustrate people who actually need help.

I remember Diaguliar promising to fix this - a one stop shop for businesses to avoid turn arounds and red tape. Same needs to apply in such circumstances. Come on. We’ve got to do better!

At this rate we’ll all soon need a tax break. The longer this lockdown lasts, the harder the comeback for all non-essential businesses.

Let’s pray for a cure because this pandemic is not of God.

Why the sudden surge in numbers? Is it possibly this is related to the employee at Wendy’s who served hundreds of customers at their drive-thru window? I’m sure they have the store’s tapes hence the prediction.

I figure if I’m going to stand on a line for 2 to 3 hours to go in a food store to buy food, it’s just cheaper to do my own cooking.

I support the lockdown. What I don’t support, however, is the timing. There are now videos on social media showing chaos at the food stores and people are not practicing social distancing which clearly defeats the purpose. This was not well thought out.

I predict that inflation will go to a whole new level after this. So many businesses are taking hits with just a few rich whites getting even richer in the midst of this crisis. Insurance premiums are already high with Dorian as the excuse. The government is just giving them an excuse to go up to recoup their loses. Great idea with possibly nasty implications.

Very dumb! Not everyone has access to online banking.😡

In other news one of the insurers named in the article went up on my house insurance by about $300. So they’re not paying claims in full for people with legitimate claims and are price gorging the persons who haven’t claimed.

Insurance is the biggest rip off in this country.!!

Pastor Borrows is from the streets but outside of that I’m sure he and his church did extensive research on this. I believe him and support his statement.