To day we are all living in a different world in case you have not noticed it, our way of doing business has changed,we need to move with the times living in the past is no longer an option, with the advent of Computers ; Mass production ; Automation; and self service; the telephone
and air travel and many more time ad money saving ideas .

You got it , we have been replaced by a machine, your cell phone and car and your computer are machines all designed to put you out of work.

Bermuda is, if you did not know it, is a service institution in which we are all required to play our part, there is virtually no manufacturing here which includes our neighbor across the pond every thing is based on the philosophy of BUY and SELL.

An employer will only hire the best , 9 out of 10 of you will go home and feel a sense of utter worthlessness,it is just a test.

” Get over it “.

The bad news is that we are living off the ” Thin skin of the rice pudding ” in order for that to happen at least 2 million has to change hands every day.

Economics is a very complicated subject yet it remains the back bone of our society.

Work ; Time and Money are all related yet their relationship are miles apart , what is the value of work or better still what is the value of time, it’s is all negotiable. However both time and money need the be carefully managed, Work has value.

We are pricing ourselves out of the market.

WORK, should be fun for which we hope to receive a reward!

Now, I ask you, who amongst us is not playing their part ?

Note to Kunta: Luck = opportunity plus action.

You make your own luck – or you just complain that you have none and blame it on the past.

Good luck with that Kunta.

All along i thought that reducing the cost of living and reducing the cost of a Visitors Vacation was plan “A”.

I guess that multitasking is out of the question.

The Progressive Labor Party gave seniors a break because we all have paid our dues over the years for that I am sure we seniors are most grateful.

Hitting up the seniors to pay down this countries debt, which I will not live long enough to see happen,and my car will out last me
this time, is a real cheep shot.

Failure top control the cost of living does not help us much either.

Continue 10 % on food for seniors would help.

Our Politicians , even to set an example would not be seen in a class “A” vehicle .

The One Bermuda Alliance comes along and hits us back again with auto tax for that I and many others got jilted.

It is called the thin end of the wedge.

All seniors over the years have contributed billions to the economy, we built this country ,now they want more.

Enough is enough.

For reasons of humble pride I can not tell what contributions I and we have made for this country.

MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES ,THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS DOES.

if you’re not a billionaire then you are not an elite…just remember…you cannot even fathom what goes on in a billionaires life…and he doesn’t even care what goes on in yours.

and before you cut them down…remember who owns ALL of this planets industries for which WE ALL depend on to get a dollar…what is theirs is theirs, what is yours is yours…focus on getting yours not theirs. don’t worry be happy.

or are you blaming them for what happened under the previous Govt?

The have been plenty of examples in the not so distant past where the Premier, if he/she were an honourable person, would have resigned. However since these incidents were unethical if not entirely illegal the Premiers stayed put.

Huge difference but given the characters of those Premiers, no surprise.

It is a shame what those who are so blind cannot see.

Face it. Nothing was going to happen under a PLP government. Vote the PLP back in 3 years time & watch everything come to a screaching halt again.

How many hotels and guest houses closed down under the PLP? Was it 70?

The decision to develop or redevelop Morgans Point, Ariel Sands, Hamilton Princess and Pink Beach began under the PLP.

The OBA did not go out and obtain or secure these developments….plans and decisions were already made when they came into office.

Remember them?

Me neither!

All of the marina’s that are being approved and the ones that have recently been put on the table to be applied for, along with all the new developments of hotels promised, is catering to the elite, so when the fall out comes and most realize that this system is not geared or program for the majority but the minority in the elite class, who then benefits. Our future could be bright if the Government brought balance but you are no different then the last administration, politics or politrics, is the order of the day and it is those who hold the purse strings now that are screwing up just as bad as the last.

I don’t envy your office or responsibility but I will say that you are at the top of the food chain and there are those on the mid section and at the bottom that just aint feeling you,good speeches don’t feed families, great writings by those who help to prepare you or others speeches, or even you writing and speaking from your heart, don’t employ Bermudans. You want to do your people a favor or a deed that goes a long way, get rid of these hamburger flipping and cleaning foreigners and drivers and delivery folk in here doing jobs that belong to us.

There are many of us that hold you in the highest esteem and respect you as a fellow Bermudian, but also realize in order to remain in your post you have to try and do the balancing act, to try and keep all happy to some degree, but all I see is the satisfaction of the elite, your government has a lot to do if it is going to really get us sailing in the right direction and it starts with the largest group of your support, the middle class, lose us and you lose it all.

Bermuda is on MUCH better shape now than 2 years ago. It’s amazing how much can change in 2 years.

A rising tide floats all boat. Thank you!!

(ps) Santa, for Christmas I would like the opposition to keep Mr. Bean as leader.