More likely The Tribune is now 'silently' controlled by the same Greek who controls The Nassau Guardian and the Colina financial group of enterprises. LMAO
Right now, the imf, idb, World Bank and others like them are calling most of the shots behind the scenes knowing that they hold a winning hand and that at the end of the day the Bahamian people are going to pay a dear price for having tolerated so much government corruption for decades.
The irony is, much of the government corruption that has left our country financially crippled was actually encouraged, endorsed and facilitated by these same alphabet soup global agencies on behalf of the predatory constituents they represent who are akin to greedy vultures circling over us as they wait to feast on our country once it is declared dead by the IMF. They kept putting their lending teat ("tit") to the hard sucking lips of our known corrupt politicians while knowing all along what the ultimate outcome would be for our small nation.
In short, we've allowed ourselves to fall victim to the classic Milton Friedman model that for decades has been used by the larger state governments and the wealthy corporate interests they represent to facilitate the raping, pillaging and plundering of the natural resources of smaller states, including their source of cheap downtrodden labour.
The gestapo COVID-19 ambassadors are about to be re-trained to become the new gestapo VAT enforcers who will then be knocking on all doors as they go about hunting down the VAT dodging residential landlords.
Many of us not on the government's bloated payroll or one of its many 'gravy trains' at the taxpayers' expense really don't have a problem with less taxes ending up in a very corrupt government's hands to squander. Think of more taxes for a government rife with corruption as being essentially similar to pouring gasoline on a raging fire in an effort to put it out.
The only real fix is major government reform aimed at stamping out as much of the corruption as possible before introducing a progessive income/capital gains tax regime that would ensure the wealthy among us pay their fair share of our country's true tax needs as determined after stripping most of the rampant corruption out of the government sector.
The gestapo COVID-19 ambassadors are about to be re-trained to become the new gestapo VAT enforcers who will then be knocking on all doors as they go about hunting down the VAT dodging residential landlords.
@Dawes: Your last sentence should ring loud bells in Davis's ears given all of the huffing and puffing he did when vociferously opposing the VAT rate being increased from 7.5% to 12% by the Minnis-led government. Back then Davis was so angry about Minnis's VAT rate increase that he almost turned as red as an FNM supporters red 'T'-shirt while ranting, raving and jumping up and down on the floor of the house of assembly.
The Deloitte Report should be made public in its entirety and from now on all government departments and agencies, and government controlled enterprises, should refuse to engage a professional services or other consultancy firm that insists on having a broad sweeping contractual right to determine whether or not the entire product of their services, or any portion thereof, can be made available to the public.
Davis will shortly be announcing that the loyal PLP supporters who own these five stalls destroyed by fire will receive all of the taxpayer assisted funding they need to build replacement stalls that are superior in all respects to the ones destroyed.
This PLP government like the previous FNM government is after all providing all such stall owners throughout The Bahamas with **'free'** property and casualty insurance covering all types of disasters at the Bahamian taxpayers' expense. The rest of us must pay for our own property insurance out of our own pocket.
Everytime this guy opens his mouth, you can't help but think his head is in a bubble of another kind, the wrong kind.
I never thought an MD minister of health could ever make the former non-MD minister of health (Renward Wells) look so much more competent in comparison.
tribanon says...
So says @birdie who is the polar opposite of @Topdude. LMAO
On VAT increase on breadbasket items ‘best practice’
Posted 29 October 2021, 2:19 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
More likely The Tribune is now 'silently' controlled by the same Greek who controls The Nassau Guardian and the Colina financial group of enterprises. LMAO
On PM targeting $550m annual revenue rise
Posted 29 October 2021, 1:32 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Right now, the imf, idb, World Bank and others like them are calling most of the shots behind the scenes knowing that they hold a winning hand and that at the end of the day the Bahamian people are going to pay a dear price for having tolerated so much government corruption for decades.
The irony is, much of the government corruption that has left our country financially crippled was actually encouraged, endorsed and facilitated by these same alphabet soup global agencies on behalf of the predatory constituents they represent who are akin to greedy vultures circling over us as they wait to feast on our country once it is declared dead by the IMF. They kept putting their lending teat ("tit") to the hard sucking lips of our known corrupt politicians while knowing all along what the ultimate outcome would be for our small nation.
In short, we've allowed ourselves to fall victim to the classic Milton Friedman model that for decades has been used by the larger state governments and the wealthy corporate interests they represent to facilitate the raping, pillaging and plundering of the natural resources of smaller states, including their source of cheap downtrodden labour.
On VAT increase on breadbasket items ‘best practice’
Posted 29 October 2021, 1:06 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
*Re-post:*
The gestapo COVID-19 ambassadors are about to be re-trained to become the new gestapo VAT enforcers who will then be knocking on all doors as they go about hunting down the VAT dodging residential landlords.
On $1bn difference in fiscal state? It is what it is
Posted 29 October 2021, 12:39 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Many of us not on the government's bloated payroll or one of its many 'gravy trains' at the taxpayers' expense really don't have a problem with less taxes ending up in a very corrupt government's hands to squander. Think of more taxes for a government rife with corruption as being essentially similar to pouring gasoline on a raging fire in an effort to put it out.
The only real fix is major government reform aimed at stamping out as much of the corruption as possible before introducing a progessive income/capital gains tax regime that would ensure the wealthy among us pay their fair share of our country's true tax needs as determined after stripping most of the rampant corruption out of the government sector.
On VAT increase on breadbasket items ‘best practice’
Posted 29 October 2021, 12:32 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
The gestapo COVID-19 ambassadors are about to be re-trained to become the new gestapo VAT enforcers who will then be knocking on all doors as they go about hunting down the VAT dodging residential landlords.
On VAT CUT BY JAN 1: PM Davis in pledge over 10% tax rate
Posted 29 October 2021, 12:14 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
@Dawes: Your last sentence should ring loud bells in Davis's ears given all of the huffing and puffing he did when vociferously opposing the VAT rate being increased from 7.5% to 12% by the Minnis-led government. Back then Davis was so angry about Minnis's VAT rate increase that he almost turned as red as an FNM supporters red 'T'-shirt while ranting, raving and jumping up and down on the floor of the house of assembly.
On VAT increase on breadbasket items ‘best practice’
Posted 29 October 2021, 11:37 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
The Deloitte Report should be made public in its entirety and from now on all government departments and agencies, and government controlled enterprises, should refuse to engage a professional services or other consultancy firm that insists on having a broad sweeping contractual right to determine whether or not the entire product of their services, or any portion thereof, can be made available to the public.
On Public service pension rise by Dec 1
Posted 29 October 2021, 11:17 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Davis will shortly be announcing that the loyal PLP supporters who own these five stalls destroyed by fire will receive all of the taxpayer assisted funding they need to build replacement stalls that are superior in all respects to the ones destroyed.
This PLP government like the previous FNM government is after all providing all such stall owners throughout The Bahamas with **'free'** property and casualty insurance covering all types of disasters at the Bahamian taxpayers' expense. The rest of us must pay for our own property insurance out of our own pocket.
On Blaze rips through stalls at Cat Island regatta site
Posted 29 October 2021, 11:10 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Everytime this guy opens his mouth, you can't help but think his head is in a bubble of another kind, the wrong kind.
I never thought an MD minister of health could ever make the former non-MD minister of health (Renward Wells) look so much more competent in comparison.
On ‘COVID bubble’ plan suggested for events
Posted 29 October 2021, 10:56 a.m. Suggest removal