They are killing the poor and marginalizing the middle class while giving kick backs and exemptions to the rich. FNM - party of the rich. PLP - party of the cronies. You just can't win for losing.

Sound like because it's the PM constituency, this will be swept under the carpet.

Who the heck puts barriers in the middle of a road anyway? If you don't want traffic to come through, why not close it off entirely or put the barriers at the entrance of the road so that people don't have to figure it out after they come through? Dumb!

Not to mention, when you buy a bottle of alcohol, vat is added. When you gamble your hard-earned money, there is no VAT payable on that. Just the promise of a win which doesn't happen and a sure profit for the number boy who owns the establishment. The bottom line, is they get to keep most of your money while paying only a small percent in taxes.

Am I the only one who actually takes pleasure in reading this? 😂

On a serious note, though, hopefully they find a happy medium and everybody wins! (pun intended) 😂

I’m surprised that someone like Mr. Johnson, who touts his many qualifcations on social media to all who would heed, would not know the finer points of General Orders and know to avoid such blatant controversy as a public servant in a lofty position but I guess Little Tommy Tucker now has to sing for his supper.

Just think. Four more miserable years to go!

The Government is hell bent on taxing us into oblivion. Economcially, it’s the equivalent of sexual assault without protection - unless, of course, you own a wash house or an airline business.

Davis knows what the play is because he and his corrupt PLP party allowed themselves to be bought by Nygard and the Numbers Boys. Small wonder their short stint in power was marred by corruption. It started prior to election. The only thing they didnt count on was that the Bahamian people would see past the bull and vote them out and the Numbers Boys didnt count on their purchased Government losing power and being replaced by one not swayed by their long dollars.

I'm willing to ‘bet’ that if they back thr PLP again, that the PLP never sees the light of another term in office.

Boo hoo hoo!! The PLP Government you funded to get yourselves legalized is now out of office.

Suck it up buttercup!

How sad. I wonder if Dr. Minnis and his wife will be visiting the grieving mother?

Business owners will just use this as another excuse to price gorge. They're going to say, our costs have increased, but truthfully VAT is still a consumer tax. The persons using the service has to pay it, not the person giving the service. In fact, to my knowledge, the business owners get their money back on any VAT paid on their utilities. The only expenditure that I believe that is incurred, is adjusting their computer systems to calculate the new VAT rate at the point of sale.

I remember when VAT was first implemented how businesses like Gallaria Cinemas and Lowe's went up 30% or more on their prices. I suspect it won't be any different come July 1st. We as consumers just have to be smarter about our purchases. If I don't need it, I'm definitely not buying it. That will be my stance going forward because it's getting next to impossible to live in the Bahamas.