Because companies are broke and can't afford to pay legally entitled redundancy pay, in normal times, then we need to keep democracy suspended by the continuation of Emergency Powers for almost a year.
Imagine coming on vacation to Atlantis at $1,000 a day only to test positive and now being stuck in the Bahamas at $1,000 a night for at least 2 weeks and maybe more.
Once you are stuck in the Bahamas you can't go back to work, you can't see your family, you could run out of money etc.
The wisest thing to do is to cancel your vacation to the Bahamas.
Our government's visionless leadership has let this crises go to waste. We still don't grow anything we eat so precious US dollars are leaving the country with nothing coming back in from tourism.
Ever tried to us a Bahamian dollar in Miami to buy food?
We need to start rationing US dollars, stop the Canadian banks converting B$ profits to US$, using up our precious reserves we replinished with 9% loans, and dividending out tens of millions of US dollars to head office in Toronto made of the backs of poor black ppl. The really don't care about us.
We need to ration fuel consumption. Cut down on the cars on the road.
Cut down ppl buying stuff online.
If we do this now by the time the crises end in 2022 we will have enough US dollars to void starving.
Ohh, and if we have Emergency Laws why are all the super spreader events occuring? Funderals, Junkanoo? Ever been out west on a weekend and seen the crowds at resaturants and bars? Why suspend democracy if we are allowing Covid to spread?
Also have you ever read the fine print on the Health Travel Visa. The penalties are frightening.
Most ppl have read about the poor tourist who got put in jail in Cayman when all the locally connected caymanian avoid the prison because "they are all connected".
So couple with the threat of being put in jail....even if tourist were going to travel to the bahamas they would think twice about jail if they accidentely didn't get an antigen test.
Suppose you accidently don't respond to the travel visa daily questionnaire because you ran out of minutes or your foreign based phone don't work with lousy BTC? $100 a day fine?
Possibly one month in Fox Hell prison? They don't know that we are not enforcing the law. Not one of the 21,000 breaking the protocol is charged.Maybe they will find some poor bahamian to put in jail....but poor bahamian ain going to miami right now because they can't afford the $150 Covid test in miami or the 40 travel visa. So i guess dey ain ga charge no body.
And then they warn you. If you can't get on the plane back home because the less than accurate antigen test came out with a false positive....you better have enough money to go back to the hotel at over $500 a day for da next 2 weeks!
Exactly. The government is already charging $40 for the Travel Visa which includes the cost of the existing Antigen test. All you do is you bring your travel visa to the antigen test site and give it to them and you don't have to pay for the test.
So its a mistake to tell the tourist that they need to pay again for an antigen test they have already paid for. Unless the Antigen test is only free for Bahamians and foreigners need to pay for it.
Lol, you can't make up this bungled signaling. Millions of dollars worth of travel decisions are made not to travel on vacation every time the government opens its mouth.
No, no. Please leave the 21,000 foreigners lone who broke the law and are subject to fines and imprisonment.
You can't put foreigners in our prisons which have been condemned by Amnesty International and where their Covid protocols and sanitation may not live up to internationally accepted practices.
Do they have flushing toilets at Fox Hill?
Instead lets continue to focus on locking up the young black male selling coconuts on the side of the road trying to make a couple of dollars to buy food for his family.
Also, continue to focus on keeping the country locked down under emergency law. Bahamians are so crushed and broke they can't even fight the system anymore.
All that is left now is for the government to implement income tax to take any profit that the bay street boys may have left.
It funny that whenever we have any major contracts we have to go all the way to Europe or China or South America to find ppl to "do a deal with". Eg. Bahamasair planes/Europe, Defense Force Boats/Europe, BTC phones/china, debt deals/credit suisse. Black listing/Europe.
However when ever our asses are against the wall we pray for American help. Eg. Dorian/American Coast Guard, Covid/Good Samaritan Hospital.
Lets support American businesses....please don't forget where our tourist come from to fill up our Chinese hotels.
Certain businesses, especially unionized ones, have 2 additional silent partners who have no equity and therefore no incentive to ensure the profitability or long term viability of the business.
The Union and the Government and BPL (opps that’s 3).
Each one extracts astronomical amounts from the business and don’t give a damn if the business succeeds or fails.
The businesses get the government they deserve...they contribute heavily to both the PLP and FMM.
observer2 says...
Wow, this logic makes perfect sense.
Because companies are broke and can't afford to pay legally entitled redundancy pay, in normal times, then we need to keep democracy suspended by the continuation of Emergency Powers for almost a year.
On COVID powers extension boost for labour market
Posted 27 January 2021, 5:42 a.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
Has anyone seen BPL's audited financial statement?
On BPL targeting $85m from local investors
Posted 26 January 2021, 8:44 a.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
Imagine coming on vacation to Atlantis at $1,000 a day only to test positive and now being stuck in the Bahamas at $1,000 a night for at least 2 weeks and maybe more.
Once you are stuck in the Bahamas you can't go back to work, you can't see your family, you could run out of money etc.
The wisest thing to do is to cancel your vacation to the Bahamas.
Our government's visionless leadership has let this crises go to waste. We still don't grow anything we eat so precious US dollars are leaving the country with nothing coming back in from tourism.
Ever tried to us a Bahamian dollar in Miami to buy food?
We need to start rationing US dollars, stop the Canadian banks converting B$ profits to US$, using up our precious reserves we replinished with 9% loans, and dividending out tens of millions of US dollars to head office in Toronto made of the backs of poor black ppl. The really don't care about us.
We need to ration fuel consumption. Cut down on the cars on the road.
Cut down ppl buying stuff online.
If we do this now by the time the crises end in 2022 we will have enough US dollars to void starving.
Ohh, and if we have Emergency Laws why are all the super spreader events occuring? Funderals, Junkanoo? Ever been out west on a weekend and seen the crowds at resaturants and bars? Why suspend democracy if we are allowing Covid to spread?
On Atlantis moves quickly to furlough workers
Posted 26 January 2021, 8:28 a.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
"The Minnis Government really has no plan to revive and restore the local economy." Bahama Press, 1.18.21.
On System in place to cope with new U.S. test policy
Posted 18 January 2021, 12:15 p.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
Also have you ever read the fine print on the Health Travel Visa. The penalties are frightening.
Most ppl have read about the poor tourist who got put in jail in Cayman when all the locally connected caymanian avoid the prison because "they are all connected".
So couple with the threat of being put in jail....even if tourist were going to travel to the bahamas they would think twice about jail if they accidentely didn't get an antigen test.
Suppose you accidently don't respond to the travel visa daily questionnaire because you ran out of minutes or your foreign based phone don't work with lousy BTC? $100 a day fine?
Possibly one month in Fox Hell prison? They don't know that we are not enforcing the law. Not one of the 21,000 breaking the protocol is charged.Maybe they will find some poor bahamian to put in jail....but poor bahamian ain going to miami right now because they can't afford the $150 Covid test in miami or the 40 travel visa. So i guess dey ain ga charge no body.
And then they warn you. If you can't get on the plane back home because the less than accurate antigen test came out with a false positive....you better have enough money to go back to the hotel at over $500 a day for da next 2 weeks!
Good luck restarting the tourist industry.
On System in place to cope with new U.S. test policy
Posted 18 January 2021, 12:10 p.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
Exactly. The government is already charging $40 for the Travel Visa which includes the cost of the existing Antigen test. All you do is you bring your travel visa to the antigen test site and give it to them and you don't have to pay for the test.
So its a mistake to tell the tourist that they need to pay again for an antigen test they have already paid for. Unless the Antigen test is only free for Bahamians and foreigners need to pay for it.
Lol, you can't make up this bungled signaling. Millions of dollars worth of travel decisions are made not to travel on vacation every time the government opens its mouth.
On System in place to cope with new U.S. test policy
Posted 18 January 2021, 12:05 p.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
No, no. Please leave the 21,000 foreigners lone who broke the law and are subject to fines and imprisonment.
You can't put foreigners in our prisons which have been condemned by Amnesty International and where their Covid protocols and sanitation may not live up to internationally accepted practices.
Do they have flushing toilets at Fox Hill?
Instead lets continue to focus on locking up the young black male selling coconuts on the side of the road trying to make a couple of dollars to buy food for his family.
Also, continue to focus on keeping the country locked down under emergency law. Bahamians are so crushed and broke they can't even fight the system anymore.
All that is left now is for the government to implement income tax to take any profit that the bay street boys may have left.
On System in place to cope with new U.S. test policy
Posted 18 January 2021, noon Suggest removal
observer2 says...
It funny that whenever we have any major contracts we have to go all the way to Europe or China or South America to find ppl to "do a deal with". Eg. Bahamasair planes/Europe, Defense Force Boats/Europe, BTC phones/china, debt deals/credit suisse. Black listing/Europe.
However when ever our asses are against the wall we pray for American help. Eg. Dorian/American Coast Guard, Covid/Good Samaritan Hospital.
Lets support American businesses....please don't forget where our tourist come from to fill up our Chinese hotels.
On ‘U.S. playing dirty with spy claims’
Posted 17 December 2020, 12:42 p.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
Certain businesses, especially unionized ones, have 2 additional silent partners who have no equity and therefore no incentive to ensure the profitability or long term viability of the business.
The Union and the Government and BPL (opps that’s 3).
Each one extracts astronomical amounts from the business and don’t give a damn if the business succeeds or fails.
The businesses get the government they deserve...they contribute heavily to both the PLP and FMM.
On KFC franchise faces 'total survival mode'
Posted 14 December 2020, 11:34 a.m. Suggest removal
observer2 says...
All governments say they will not default....before they default.
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