the credeit unions empower their own directors.

take your money from foreign banks and put in the bank of the bahamas so they can ngive it away to politicians.

today's tribune charge by jamaal rolle is priceless

i do remember y2k.

my bosses said it was an evil plot to make people buy computers, so,
come y2k, there were serious issues because the software booked appointments and issued bills for the year 1901.

both the software an hardware only had 2 digits.

the company lost money, having to rush to get new computers, new software upgrades, and we were late sendong bils, paying bills and collecting money.

the comparison is not valid anyway. the govt was not going to fine us and take away passports if we did not upgrade computers.

well way before vat was implemented, i asked that questions and kept getting evasive answers from govt people, like:

-- some economic model tells 5% inflation
-- duties will be reduced

i kept pressuring and saying, what about what is in the shop already, where duties have been paid, etc... an accountant -type finally admitted, well, you have to charge 7.5 % on those.

-- the major duties reductions were on stoves and refrigerators, which people only buy every 12-15 years anyway.

Let's take the example of a pair of pants I normally buy for work.

Price in Miami 34.95 + 6.55 sales tax = 37.22

previous duty rate: 35%, Local price before VAT :$49.99

The price has not gone up, but with vat i pay: 53.73.

i do not know what the whole sale price of the pants are, but given the size of the population, it is likely not a real bargain, and the savings per peice on one container will be minimum, like 0.5 %. the duty rate has gone down to 20%..

Before VAT, CIF value: 100 plus 35% duty = 135.00

after VAT, FOB value: 99.5 + 20% duty + 7.5% vat= $128.35

the percentage change, as they taught in the 9th grade is 5%

Aha, that is where they get their 5% from, reduce the landed cost by 5%, hope and pray the mercahnt will not markup on the VAT, then add 7.5% and you expect the rise in price to be 2.5%.

Now when i got to the doctor, he just charges an extra 7.5%, that when averaged with the 2.5% at the dry goods or grocery stores, turns out to be 5%.

that is all there in the economics books, penned by them new zealand fellers. but we every day feel that the inflation is much more than 5%.

This is like the tsunami and the nuclear disaster. the book said the sea water was going to cool down the reactor, it never did. the professors were just talking crap.

do you provide divination consultations?

this is better than watching honey boo Boo.

the costs are usually diseeminated in the house of assembly and you can probably buy some booklet at the printing office to verify.

some law firms publish the costs of residency and work permits on the internet.

i think permanent residency depends on the nature of application and time residing in the country on sliding scale.

i believe permanent residency is a one-time fee tho, and work permit annual.

they were thinking outside the toilet, i mean box...

urban renewal will recycle the designer toilets and install them in the centreville constituency.

First Leslie Miller is entitled to his opinion.

Second, I presume his daughters are of age, and they might have their own opinions too. I doubt they will parade themselves in skimpy costumes, but are rather trying to make money off fools.

The climate in this country is sad indeed under Perriculous Maximus.

influential advisors to this present govt believe that they can impose any and all fees , and vat on top of all of them because people do not have a voice.

as to refunds, there should not be many if your volume of business is big enough.

the septuagenarians need to move away, they bungled up the past 50 years, go away.