I don’t fully agree but I can appreciate your perspective.

I don’t care how you slice and dice it, this duck still quacks the same from so-called ‘Bermudianization’ affirmative action type policies from decades ago that still disenfranchised Bermudians with large disparities in income, no housing allowances, etc. This will now be much worse. These companies will continue to circumvent the system to hire and keep their own no matter what policy is implemented. SMH!

Hope you enjoy the high cost of living and paying out a substantial amount of dosh for personal income taxes in the UK.

They put in the effort to have it set up and risked their own capital and time to do so. So again what is stopping you from opening a business? Teh answer is your attitude.

And if the entrepreneur never took the risks of openign a business the workers (you say cause the success) would never of had a chance of being employed. A worker can change jobs at the drop of a hat. The entrepreneur who put up their own capital and took all the risks in opening a business and providing employment to the worker syou speak of doesn’t have that luxury.

You know what just go back to whining and expecting Government and others to provide for you and yours. That is about the extent of your so called ‘intellectual’ rebuttals anyways.

I personally would hate to be so reliant on Government to ensure my life can be considered successful. But then again I strongly believe in personal responsibility and determining one’s own route in life and as such we will never agree.

Boring is the other thing that comes to mind.

There’s a life out there – Get one!

With more companies = more opportunities to build a career and move up the ranks.

You want to sacrifice all our futures for a power grab.

You Kunta and your cohorts are anti-Bermudian !!!!

So much for the dollar being in its ‘death throws’. So much for his prediction that ‘if the dollar has a year from this date we will be fortunate’.

But don’t let facts get in the way of idiotic ranting.

Unfortunately, a lot of Bermudians bought into the lie that they could get a life on easy street with an unrealistically huge salary and fancy vacations just by going off to some 8th tier school in the US to get an associate’s degree in sometimes showing up to class.

My seniors have said no such thing. You see they are not really interested in me. I’m an experiment that worked out well. But in this environment where neither have any ties to Bermuda, one goes “home” every weekend and both maintain full lifestyles outside of Bermuda, my security is unimportant in the scheme of things. So I’m at a level and age where firms can have a BEV doing any mid level function for an extended time. So my transferability is suspect. I don’t do rugby or friday night drinks. Been there. Done that. So what say you?

And when the dust settles from your ‘rising up’ and you can see that all you have achieved is pushing more businesses out the door and pushing unemployment up even further then you can boldly claim that you were part of such ignorance.

Point being is that businesses seem to like stable jurisdictions and tend to stay away from unpredictable and violent regions.

So go on and ‘rise up.’

Like I said, for you, it is too much work. Bitching, moaning and blaming other’s for your ills and demanding Government provide you with life’s basic necessities is all you have time for.

Much easier to type on Bernews then taking the initiative to open your own business I guess.

If it is too much for you then you should try the BEDC as they are more than happy to assist with your small business needs. Below is a recent article on their services offered to entrepreneurs. Strange that you didn’t feel the need to comment on this. Strange indeed. Hope it’s not too much work for you to read it or that it cuts into your perpetual complaining schedule:

http://bernews.com/2014/09/opinion-bedcs-small-business-assistance/

Why?

PS: We have been ‘foreign owned’ the day the PLP issued Bermuda’s first international bond and permitted the sale of Bank of Bermuda to HSBC.

Guess you would rather be broke and unemployed just to keep out those nasty ‘foeigners huh?

Foreign companies come to the UK and set-up then send their profits to trusts in Bermuda via Ireland. It’s call tax avoidance.

Yeah, that’s how they can hire the BEST people they can find by paying very little taxes in the UK.

You moved to the UK to take a job from a “real” English person. With so much unemployment in the UK, they now have foreigners moving their to take even more jobs from the locals. I bet you’re even saving all you can or sending money home instead of spendng it to help the local UK economy.

BDA on the other hand has just recorded its 5th consecutive year of economic contraction.

Why is that?

And NO the so called ‘global recession’ did not cause Government finances to be in the shape they are in today. If you would like me to elaborate I will do so.

I think you meant poor work performance by anyone… but your point is well made. I’d give you a like but it seems my quota of likes/dislikes (6) per week has been used up.

You two need to get together and decide which racist lie you want us to believe.

Our economy needs foreign currency to survive as we do not produce a thing and purchase all of our goods from overseas. Try and take your BD$ outside of the island to purchase these goods we consume. Everyone will laugh at you and tell you to come back with real $$$.

I wish the Government would hold a town hall meeting to explain exactly how our economy functions and survives off of foreign currency earnings.

see what i did thar?