I'm wondering why they don't have a discussion about decreasing the expenses and the slush fund use of NIB by governments for these projects that give no return.
So how has all this tourist arrivals helped the cost of living to decrease, and how much of the money has been passed on to Bahamians?
How many of those 7.2 million tourists actually get off the ship? Do we really have 7.2 tourists? Or 7.2 million people whose departure tax are included in their cruise fares so we say the tourist, though they never get off the boat?
> The Davis administration is pushing > for thousands of vacation rental > owners to register their properties > with the Department of Inland Revenue > (DIR). The tax authority, in a > statement last week, said the > initiative was designed to ensure > vacation rental properties pay their > fair taxation share while also > maintaining a high service standard > for their guests.
We really have some agencies in this country that believe Bahamians are stupid. How does DIR taxing businesses correlate in them holding businesses to maintain high service standards. Just for them to say that is a joke.
> “I’m very pleased that as of last > week, 15,008 Bahamians received > assistance from the government and the > assistance moved up by 10 percent > across the board,” Mr Wilchcombe said.
Really? You are please that the government assistance is increasing in adding more people? That should raise a serious level of concern, that the policies of the government at putting more people below the poverty level.
If this view of thinking by the Minister does not raise a red flag, it means we in trouble in this country with this crew.
> Yesterday, Mr Mitchell said: “The > Roman Catholic Archbishop again, I saw > him at a function, and I had asked him > the other day why the church has not > been more forthright in seeking to > tamp down the issues that are being > whipped up which may lead to violence > and discord in our society over these > immigration matters.
So the church is supposed to do the government work? If te government does it job it won't need the church to do it. But swhy is the state dictating to the church what it should do?
> “The fact is there are 400,000 > Bahamians. There are seven million > people who come here every year. We do > not have the labour that’s as plain as > day. We do not have the labour to be > able to service the seven million > people and so one of the issues we > have to face is how is our immigration > policy going to be managed.”
So if we don't have the labour to service the 7 million people the government let's come in, why let them cone in?
> Mr Mitchell said the fact of the > matter is many Haitian vessels spotted > in Bahamian waters are trying to get > to the US and asserted in Parliament > that “we can talk ourselves into a > crisis or we can have faith in our > institutions,” which he said are > functioning well.
So we must trust incompetent government institutions?
This dude really living in an alternate universe and need to be gone.
So they will have people driving on the service road that is garbage, and fix it after the bridge when no one will need to. drive on it. Wow. Who thinks up these plans?
Another brain dead politician. All he is talking about is wasting money on the symptom. Maybe he could get a brain and put resources to solving the problem. Put money at the root cause and then won't have to deal with the symptom.
moncurcool says...
The solution will be again to drop an increase of prices on the people.
Hope folks who voted for the NEW Day enjoying getting taxed into oblivion.
On Meeting with fuel retailers was ‘fruitful’
Posted 15 March 2023, 2:44 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
Exactly.
What kind of person approves a project, then say he don't know what it will look like, Department of Environmentalism had to approve that.
You cannot makes this nonsense up.
On PM answers critics over govt approval
Posted 15 March 2023, 2:42 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
I'm wondering why they don't have a discussion about decreasing the expenses and the slush fund use of NIB by governments for these projects that give no return.
On ‘One rate increase in 50 years is not sustainable’
Posted 14 March 2023, 1:05 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
So how has all this tourist arrivals helped the cost of living to decrease, and how much of the money has been passed on to Bahamians?
How many of those 7.2 million tourists actually get off the ship? Do we really have 7.2 tourists? Or 7.2 million people whose departure tax are included in their cruise fares so we say the tourist, though they never get off the boat?
On Stopovers beat pre-COVID for first time in January ‘23
Posted 10 March 2023, 2:35 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
> The Davis administration is pushing
> for thousands of vacation rental
> owners to register their properties
> with the Department of Inland Revenue
> (DIR). The tax authority, in a
> statement last week, said the
> initiative was designed to ensure
> vacation rental properties pay their
> fair taxation share while also
> maintaining a high service standard
> for their guests.
We really have some agencies in this country that believe Bahamians are stupid. How does DIR taxing businesses correlate in them holding businesses to maintain high service standards. Just for them to say that is a joke.
On Rental sector ‘being targeted’ by govt
Posted 9 March 2023, 3:59 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
> “I’m very pleased that as of last
> week, 15,008 Bahamians received
> assistance from the government and the
> assistance moved up by 10 percent
> across the board,” Mr Wilchcombe said.
Really? You are please that the government assistance is increasing in adding more people? That should raise a serious level of concern, that the policies of the government at putting more people below the poverty level.
If this view of thinking by the Minister does not raise a red flag, it means we in trouble in this country with this crew.
On Persons on food assistance rose by 3,000 since February
Posted 8 March 2023, 9:20 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
> Yesterday, Mr Mitchell said: “The
> Roman Catholic Archbishop again, I saw
> him at a function, and I had asked him
> the other day why the church has not
> been more forthright in seeking to
> tamp down the issues that are being
> whipped up which may lead to violence
> and discord in our society over these
> immigration matters.
So the church is supposed to do the government work? If te government does it job it won't need the church to do it. But swhy is the state dictating to the church what it should do?
> “The fact is there are 400,000
> Bahamians. There are seven million
> people who come here every year. We do
> not have the labour that’s as plain as
> day. We do not have the labour to be
> able to service the seven million
> people and so one of the issues we
> have to face is how is our immigration
> policy going to be managed.”
So if we don't have the labour to service the 7 million people the government let's come in, why let them cone in?
> Mr Mitchell said the fact of the
> matter is many Haitian vessels spotted
> in Bahamian waters are trying to get
> to the US and asserted in Parliament
> that “we can talk ourselves into a
> crisis or we can have faith in our
> institutions,” which he said are
> functioning well.
So we must trust incompetent government institutions?
This dude really living in an alternate universe and need to be gone.
On Why is church not helping ease tensions on migrants?
Posted 3 March 2023, 9:08 a.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
So they will have people driving on the service road that is garbage, and fix it after the bridge when no one will need to. drive on it. Wow. Who thinks up these plans?
On ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ SAYS CHIEF COUNCILLOR: Jimmy Smith, West Grand Bahama Chief Councillor, re-opened Fishing Hole Road causeway against Port Authority’s recommendations
Posted 2 March 2023, 4:12 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
Another brain dead politician. All he is talking about is wasting money on the symptom. Maybe he could get a brain and put resources to solving the problem. Put money at the root cause and then won't have to deal with the symptom.
But guess that requires too much work.
On More than 500 apprehensions of irregular migrants under Operation Restore
Posted 2 March 2023, 4:06 p.m. Suggest removal
moncurcool says...
So VAT grows by $50 million, and the deficit only shrinks by $7 million? Clearly these dudes are just spending money.
On ‘Credibility problem’ over deficit revision
Posted 2 March 2023, 4 p.m. Suggest removal