EDITOR, The Tribune.
MOODY’S THREAT... I am sure you would have had a big headline IF the FNM had voted against the 2016-2017 Budget... hot air Mr Peter Turnquest, hot air.
MINISTRY OF TOURISM... British Airways announced the taking out of service the old 767’s nearly two-years ago... no big deal unless Tourism wanted a reduced service which will come when Cayman lengthen their runway.
Another non tourism event which they hype. IDB says Tourism is down over last year.
CABLE BAHAMAS BILLS... did anyone notice that we actually pay CB for a month’s service by the 20th, of the month - 12 days prior to the end....well blow me down!
FNM after Convention - really before the mighty six were drafting letters to Governor General to get rid of Minnis now they promise a love-fest in the case Minnis does win and they lose. I’ll believe that when I see it. Minnis win the six - MPs will form a group away from the main FNM and Minnis will be gone.
YACHT CHARTER SHOW - can the DG Tourism confirm that the participants all had immigration permits? Does the organiser have a Immigration permit or is this yet again foreigners taking bread from Bahamians?
MP JEROME FITZGERALD - can see why he probably begged Christie to take him to CARICOM Heads meeting in Guyana - the kitchen got very hot and should have. Why is government covering seemingly for Rubis? Health no one should fool with.
W THOMPSON
Nassau,
July 5, 2016.
Comments
ohdrap4 8 years, 4 months ago
I had not even notice there is a month with 32 days-- 20+12.
but your argument is nonsense. the bill is due on the twentieth but you have up till the end of the month to pay.
Well_mudda_take_sic 8 years, 4 months ago
All of those who pushed for rather than against government's introduction of VAT should hang their heads in shame when reading this one paragraph in a recent article written by Richard Coulson and published in The Tribune:
"The rating agencies will not be blind that VAT was originally sold to the Bahamian public as a direct application against debt increase, only to learn that that the proceeds are swallowed into the Consolidated Fund, where, since dollars are fungible, they simply pay for whatever increased expenses the politicians approve. In their talks with the private sector, the analysts will not find many citizens claiming VAT has improved public services, reduced public inefficiencies or lowered import duties to reduce his food bill - quite the contrary, as every lower-income shopper finds the necessities of life have become a struggle to economise, or do without."
The idiots like John Rolle, Gowan Bowe and others who made the government's case for introducing VAT turned a blind eye to the simple fact that giving a spendthrift corrupt incompetent government more money to spend would naturally induce more government spending and enable more government borrowing. It's common sense that just like you don't give an alcoholic more alcohol to drink, you don't give a corrupt irresponsible government that can't control spending more money to spend. Rolle, Bowe and others like them should have been insisting on tangible evidence of reform in the government's wasteful spending habits for at least a year or two before even considering throwing their support behind any system of new taxation. By not insisting on the VAT revenue being appropriately ring-fenced or earmarked only for paying down the level of our national debt, our country's finances are now in an even worse position than they were before the introduction of VAT. Thank you John Rolle, Gowan Bowe and others like you for helping our government royally shaft all honest hardworking Bahamian taxpayers!! And to think John Rolle went on to become Governor of The Central Bank; a definite quid pro quo from a corrupt government for his efforts in securing more tax dollars for our government to wastefully spend or allow to be squandered by egregious instances of outright fraud!!!
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