Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
Porcupine, if I may quote more sections of your letter:
"The first thing a decent leader would do is to admit that we must all share in the pain together. The decent thing to do would be to vote for a reduction in pay for all MPs, and to institute a progressive tax for those who are not just making ends meet, but actually getting rich by any standards. What is wrong with my thinking? "
"Are Dr Minnis and Mr Turnquest and the rest of the MPs who voted on this increase in VAT? They must see the statistics of how many Bahamians are suffering. For god’s sake, we are in a national crisis."
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
Most Bahamians are suffering; under austerity; with the 12% VAT can’t afford atrociously high electricity & water bills, healthy food, medical bills, health insurance, basic necessities of life, while the PM travels to CARICOM with 15, not 3 or 4, but 15, paid for by taxpayers:
CARICOM entourage:
• Joshua Sears, Senior Policy Advisor;
• Darren Henfield, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
• Jeffrey Lloyd, Minister of Education;
• His Excellency Reuben Rahming, High Commissioner of The Bahamas to CARICOM;
• Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe, Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister;
• Viana Gardiner, Chief Operating Officer, Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit;
• Michael Guy, Foreign Service Officer;
• Kemico Sands, Protocol Officer, Office of the Prime Minister;
• Inspector Livingstone Barr, Aide to the Prime Minister;
• Sgt Kirk Bastian, Aide to the Prime Minister;
• Yontalay Bowe, Personal Assistant/Photographer;
• Lindsay Thompson, BIS Senior Information Officer;
• Kent Minnis, BIS Senior Digital Visuals Editor;
• Altovise Munnings, ZNS Reporter;
• and Philip Marche, cameraman.
I voted FNM, but this sure is not The People’s Time.
Who will be celebrating Independence?
I must ask all Bahamians this question, “Do we have an existential crisis in our country?”
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
I quote the Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, MP in the House of Assembly Budget Debate 2014:
“The PLP government continues to sing praises of the smoothness with which VAT was introduced.”
"But the [PLP] Government has shown no appreciation for the pain and suffering, the pain and suffering, Mr. Speaker, inflicted by VAT on our poor, the pain and suffering inflicted by VAT on our pensioners, and the VAT burden inflicted on the middle class in our society.”
“...we in the FNM feel even stronger now that it was wrong of this PLP government to inflict pain on our poor, our pensioners, our disposed and on the middle class. Mr. Speaker I cannot imagine how a PLP party born out of the struggles of the poor, and which for so many years survived on the backs of the poor could now turn their backs on them, how could you?”
I believed you,Dr. Minnis .
But I now ask Prime Minister Dr. Hubert A. Minnis:
HOW COULD YOU?
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
you can listen to this budget debate posted by "FNM Killarney" on youtube, June 19, 2015.
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
you mean when Dr. Minnis said:
“The Department of Statics would tell you that poverty is up…and as for not caring, if somebody’s poor and already down, and you increase tax on them, you must not be caring, how else can you explain that, ask the man over the hill who can’t buy bread, and now he has an extra cost, ask him, he would interpret that as not caring. You who live in the ivory towers do not because the 7 1/2 % do not affect you. Mr. Speaker, it is clear from this budget communication that the PLP is more interested with winning an election than governing our Country. I want to say it again, it is clear that you are more interested in winning an election than governing a Country."
Yes, very interesting!
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
I quote the Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, MP in the House of Assembly Budget Debate 2014:
“The PLP government continues to sing praises of the smoothness with which VAT was introduced.”
"But the [PLP] Government has shown no appreciation for the pain and suffering, the pain and suffering, Mr. Speaker, inflicted by VAT on our poor, the pain and suffering inflicted by VAT on our pensioners, and the VAT burden inflicted on the middle class in our society.”
“...we in the FNM feel even stronger now that it was wrong of this PLP government to inflict pain on our poor, our pensioners, our disposed and on the middle class. Mr. Speaker I cannot imagine how a PLP party born out of the struggles of the poor, and which for so many years survived on the backs of the poor could now turn their backs on them, how could you?”
I believed you, Dr. Minnis .
StrongBut I now ask Prime Minister Dr. Hubert A. Minnis:Strong
StrongHOW COULD YOU?Strong
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
DDK your are absolutely correct! As soon as I heard about the 12% VAT I spoke with the FNM MP i helped vote in, and he DIDN'T GIVE A FIG. No more political rallies for me, I am tired of being LIED TO!!
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on A COMIC'S VIEW: A week of no, no, no
A COMIC'S VIEW: A week of no, no, no
So, tax the Bahamian people 12% VAT, and then take a hike to CARICOM with FIFTEEN FNM freeloaders, fully paid for by the hard-working, taxed-to-death Bahamians who live in a Country that cannot even keep the lights on during the long, hot unbearable summers, where Bahamians pay HUGE electricity bills whether the electricity is on or off, and I ask the FNM "WHY NOT SOLAR", WHY NOT ALTERNATIVE CLEAN ENERGY, but just like the PLP there is no movement by the FMN to improve the energy crisis in The Bahamas. The people suffer. But the FNM Government has shown us they just does not care about the people who voted them in for change. The people cry for relief, but if falls on deaf ears.
Thank you Inigo for your excellent writing.
DDK 6 years, 4 months ago on PM addresses CARICOM on disaster mitigation and management
PM addresses CARICOM on disaster mitigation and management
It's beginning to look like we are going to have to save The Bahamas from yet another P.M.!
A COMIC'S VIEW: A week of no, no, no
This week was an eventful one, so there’s no shortage of material to choose from, in fact some of it wrote itself.
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on A COMIC'S VIEW: A week of no, no, no
A COMIC'S VIEW: A week of no, no, no
No, birdistrachan, you want to look at some "ogle" people? its all your thieving PLPs who robbed the Public Treasury and VAT money dry, and put The Bahamas back 45 years, beginning with Pindling, Joe Lehder's man, and other corrupt PLP politicians. How our Airport could be named after a drug dealing PM is beyond comprehension. All I can say is, "only in the Bahamas" , in any other country he would have been locked up.
concernedcitizen 6 years, 4 months ago on Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
you must of be carting money out of BOB too
sheeprunner12 6 years, 4 months ago on Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
HALKITIS SHOULD HAVE A PERSONAL CELL IN FOX HILL WITH HIS NAME ON IT.
Alex_Charles 6 years, 4 months ago on Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
"Mr Halkitis further accused the government of not fully disclosing the country’s financial picture"
You did the exact same thing you wanker! You and Christie practiced voodoo economics and tanked this country, now you have the balls to show your droopy neck fat in public again? FOH
Honestman 6 years, 4 months ago on Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
Halkitis accuses govt of firing PLP supporters
And Birdie - by your comments you have a brain half the size of a lemon! Halkitis was an absolute disaster in government.
Alex_Charles 6 years, 4 months ago on Roker rants at 'nonsense' shanty town deadlines
Roker rants at 'nonsense' shanty town deadlines
Oh look, another Dinosaur!
Raptor22 6 years, 4 months ago on Who will be celebrating Independence?
Who will be celebrating Independence?
yes, we have a crisis. excellently written.
"VAT, no matter how it is justified, is disproportionately, and unarguably making some people starve and go without. Many Bahamians are being forced to go without food, medicine, electricity, school clothes, lunch money, and on and on. Not luxuries, but the very basics required for life. "