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		<title>By: Jumping beans</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3112403</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jumping beans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[u forget to mention the MILIONS spent on Global hue by brown/friends and the  result ZERO TOURIST!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>u forget to mention the MILIONS spent on Global hue by brown/friends and the  result ZERO TOURIST!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jumping beans</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3112401</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jumping beans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and where is YOUR LOYATY TO BERMUDA?? Perhaps you are on the payroll of the plp!! get real and smell the stench of the Plp?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and where is YOUR LOYATY TO BERMUDA?? Perhaps you are on the payroll of the plp!! get real and smell the stench of the Plp?</p>
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		<title>By: Jumping beans</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3112399</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jumping beans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[u forget Scott and his arrogance and &#039;soft and lame ruling!! continue living under the stone Kudos…the worst thing happened to BDA is Plp and their destructive rule or should say RUIN!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>u forget Scott and his arrogance and &#8216;soft and lame ruling!! continue living under the stone Kudos…the worst thing happened to BDA is Plp and their destructive rule or should say RUIN!!</p>
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		<title>By: Cahow</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3112398</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cahow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget all the BS!!…where is our money and stop protecting those who took it for themselves and others?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forget all the BS!!…where is our money and stop protecting those who took it for themselves and others?</p>
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		<title>By: veritas81</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3112395</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[veritas81]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Marc Bean/supporters/Plp
Pls dicipher this…&quot;ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY&quot;
You have violated the ppl of the island/voters/the island and violated the very oaths you have sworn to uphold in sincerity and solemn note…It is utter lack of integrity that you continue to brainwash,fabricate,and distort the truth of your reign   &#039;98&#039;12…Pls leave without any more fanfare.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Marc Bean/supporters/Plp<br />
Pls dicipher this…&#8221;ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY&#8221;<br />
You have violated the ppl of the island/voters/the island and violated the very oaths you have sworn to uphold in sincerity and solemn note…It is utter lack of integrity that you continue to brainwash,fabricate,and distort the truth of your reign   &#8217;98&#8217;12…Pls leave without any more fanfare.</p>
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		<title>By: Northshore</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3111138</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Northshore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would wonder how the PLP do research on subjects and how the proof reading is done? I am no genius but it seems to me the PLP need to get way better then they are at this. No value or substance in what they are saying and how it is said.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would wonder how the PLP do research on subjects and how the proof reading is done? I am no genius but it seems to me the PLP need to get way better then they are at this. No value or substance in what they are saying and how it is said.</p>
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		<title>By: Kudos</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3110169</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kudos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was nothing wrong with the PLP, they had some good and talented people to run this country, unfortunately Dr. Brown and Col. Burch turned up and destroyed everything with ulterior motives.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was nothing wrong with the PLP, they had some good and talented people to run this country, unfortunately Dr. Brown and Col. Burch turned up and destroyed everything with ulterior motives.</p>
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		<title>By: Hey...</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3110160</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hey...]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Stand Firm&quot; &quot;Stand Strong&quot; &quot;Standing Strong for Bermudians&quot; these slogans that the PLP camp continuously use, really have no meaning anymore.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Stand Firm&#8221; &#8220;Stand Strong&#8221; &#8220;Standing Strong for Bermudians&#8221; these slogans that the PLP camp continuously use, really have no meaning anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: Not me</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3110095</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Not me]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lol for real though.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol for real though.</p>
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		<title>By: some beach</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3110067</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[some beach]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 07:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m thankful for OBA bye!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m thankful for OBA bye!</p>
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		<title>By: Build a Better Bermuda</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3110007</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Build a Better Bermuda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 04:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is just so many hypocrisies in your statement, I can&#039;t even begin to try and explain, but you wouldn&#039;t listen unless it was your party talking. The blindness of your ray statement highlights how things have gone so wrong for all our communities in this country.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is just so many hypocrisies in your statement, I can&#8217;t even begin to try and explain, but you wouldn&#8217;t listen unless it was your party talking. The blindness of your ray statement highlights how things have gone so wrong for all our communities in this country.</p>
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		<title>By: Walk in their shoes</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109928</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Walk in their shoes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 01:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kind of refreshing to know that there&#039;s more to the colour palette than just green, actually.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kind of refreshing to know that there&#8217;s more to the colour palette than just green, actually.</p>
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		<title>By: .am</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109897</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[.am]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside: why is the cover of the release rocking all the African colors?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aside: why is the cover of the release rocking all the African colors?</p>
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		<title>By: .am</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109891</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[.am]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounded great until he brought up Homeopathy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounded great until he brought up Homeopathy.</p>
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		<title>By: some beach</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109880</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[some beach]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legalise it and realise human right and free thought....there would definitively be more church goers...it is effectually a spiritual embodiment...and a provocation as such...baby boomers are a large venue.. With money and need to free up...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Legalise it and realise human right and free thought&#8230;.there would definitively be more church goers&#8230;it is effectually a spiritual embodiment&#8230;and a provocation as such&#8230;baby boomers are a large venue.. With money and need to free up&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: some beach</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109822</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[some beach]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes...but we enjoy prosperity and ability to work and make money!...OBA has done this ....no?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes&#8230;but we enjoy prosperity and ability to work and make money!&#8230;OBA has done this &#8230;.no?</p>
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		<title>By: Navin Johnson</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109818</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Navin Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Bean and the PLP followers have zero credibility...none whatsoever...his energy would be better served sending out a newsletter to the few who care..a complete joke .....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr Bean and the PLP followers have zero credibility&#8230;none whatsoever&#8230;his energy would be better served sending out a newsletter to the few who care..a complete joke &#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Axlerod</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109758</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Axlerod]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my I did not realize that acupuncture and quack medicine such as osteopathy, chiropractors, and the like are NOT currently available in Bermuda!! Wow! And I can&#039;t wait till they bring the internet to BDA so that I can gamble online! And oh my this man is a MF genius in educational matters, who would have ever thought that tinkering with the FORM of education (middle schools)would boost our children&#039;s ability to grasp concepts being delivered in the CONTENT. What a MF genius! 

OBA is leading BDA to hell, however when we get there we will find that Marc Been and the PLP will have arrived long before us!

Pull out Marc, you just don&#039;t have it!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my I did not realize that acupuncture and quack medicine such as osteopathy, chiropractors, and the like are NOT currently available in Bermuda!! Wow! And I can&#8217;t wait till they bring the internet to BDA so that I can gamble online! And oh my this man is a MF genius in educational matters, who would have ever thought that tinkering with the FORM of education (middle schools)would boost our children&#8217;s ability to grasp concepts being delivered in the CONTENT. What a MF genius! </p>
<p>OBA is leading BDA to hell, however when we get there we will find that Marc Been and the PLP will have arrived long before us!</p>
<p>Pull out Marc, you just don&#8217;t have it!</p>
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		<title>By: Cow Polly</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109746</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cow Polly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot; I had the opportunity reiterate our position that we would have zero tolerance for corruption or graft, whether it was in the past, it’s in the present or future.&quot;

Now that&#039;s a statement that is going to come back to bite ya!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8221; I had the opportunity reiterate our position that we would have zero tolerance for corruption or graft, whether it was in the past, it’s in the present or future.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now that&#8217;s a statement that is going to come back to bite ya!</p>
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		<title>By: jt</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109740</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weed out. Chuckle.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weed out. Chuckle.</p>
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		<title>By: aceboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109716</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aceboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fintech?  Is that what you have replaced Seabed mining with?

FinTech actually provides so much alternatives to the traditional banking system in terms of lending, money transmission, payments, and all the sub sects say they are able to again go into detail so the public can understand that this in fact is what the world’s going to look like and be functioning off over over the next 3 to 5 years.

Apart from the horrible use of English and grammar you have not explained how this will actually even provide any revenue.

So much alternatives?

Sub sects?

Functioning off?

Goodness me.  Go back to school.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fintech?  Is that what you have replaced Seabed mining with?</p>
<p>FinTech actually provides so much alternatives to the traditional banking system in terms of lending, money transmission, payments, and all the sub sects say they are able to again go into detail so the public can understand that this in fact is what the world’s going to look like and be functioning off over over the next 3 to 5 years.</p>
<p>Apart from the horrible use of English and grammar you have not explained how this will actually even provide any revenue.</p>
<p>So much alternatives?</p>
<p>Sub sects?</p>
<p>Functioning off?</p>
<p>Goodness me.  Go back to school.  </p>
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		<title>By: Sickofantz</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109710</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sickofantz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can see that you are secretly on the pay of the OBA. By writing deliberately ignorant posts your strategy is to invite measured intelligent criticism of the PLP&#039;s infantile reply to the throne speech!

Clever! Maybe you should be heading up  fINtECH COMPANY!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can see that you are secretly on the pay of the OBA. By writing deliberately ignorant posts your strategy is to invite measured intelligent criticism of the PLP&#8217;s infantile reply to the throne speech!</p>
<p>Clever! Maybe you should be heading up  fINtECH COMPANY!</p>
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		<title>By: Terry</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109688</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I look at it this way.

All this bulls*** about who did what and where the money went well actually that falls on the OBA table.

Bet some balls and book em. You have the evidence.

So whats another 1977/1968/1970/ General Strike 1980&#039;s.

We came back until BEYONCE came and Dr. Evil started growing grapes of wrath.

Shalom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I look at it this way.</p>
<p>All this bulls*** about who did what and where the money went well actually that falls on the OBA table.</p>
<p>Bet some balls and book em. You have the evidence.</p>
<p>So whats another 1977/1968/1970/ General Strike 1980&#8242;s.</p>
<p>We came back until BEYONCE came and Dr. Evil started growing grapes of wrath.</p>
<p>Shalom.</p>
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		<title>By: Sickofantz</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109643</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sickofantz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. Lovely that you want to stand firm. BUT! How exactly will the island be making money from the Blue economy in the next 5 years?

Of the various spurious and unproven alternative health schemes proposed by Mr Bean how will an approach like &quot;Homeopathy&quot; the effectiveness of which has been disproven again and again improve healthcare?

Clearly Mr Bean is not a fan of Western Medecine so I hope that you will never actually have an illness that needs to be cured!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK. Lovely that you want to stand firm. BUT! How exactly will the island be making money from the Blue economy in the next 5 years?</p>
<p>Of the various spurious and unproven alternative health schemes proposed by Mr Bean how will an approach like &#8220;Homeopathy&#8221; the effectiveness of which has been disproven again and again improve healthcare?</p>
<p>Clearly Mr Bean is not a fan of Western Medecine so I hope that you will never actually have an illness that needs to be cured!</p>
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		<title>By: Solution</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109614</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Solution]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLP should disband.  Weed out the terrible ones, keep the few good ones and try again under a new brand....the name PLP carries a lot of negativity that quite honestly cant be reversed after their poor performance in government.  It would have been great to see you succeed or at least show the people you had the potential however you failed miserably.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PLP should disband.  Weed out the terrible ones, keep the few good ones and try again under a new brand&#8230;.the name PLP carries a lot of negativity that quite honestly cant be reversed after their poor performance in government.  It would have been great to see you succeed or at least show the people you had the potential however you failed miserably.</p>
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		<title>By: Unbelievable</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109592</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Unbelievable]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[co-sign]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>co-sign</p>
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		<title>By: Unbelievable</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109590</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Unbelievable]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Bean, so what happened with all that serious information you in the House of Assembly and then marched down to the police station with?

Based on that news-making event, why should I vote for someone crying &quot;WOLF!&quot; and nothing to show for it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc Bean, so what happened with all that serious information you in the House of Assembly and then marched down to the police station with?</p>
<p>Based on that news-making event, why should I vote for someone crying &#8220;WOLF!&#8221; and nothing to show for it?</p>
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		<title>By: jt</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109587</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Affirmative on two counts. Partially on a third and eventually out of necessity on the fourth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Affirmative on two counts. Partially on a third and eventually out of necessity on the fourth.</p>
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		<title>By: jt</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109584</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That stuff you&#039;re smoking will be legal soon. 
(I&#039;m fine with that by the way.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That stuff you&#8217;re smoking will be legal soon.<br />
(I&#8217;m fine with that by the way.)</p>
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		<title>By: San George</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109570</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[San George]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Poured a little water on my soul&quot; - again!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Poured a little water on my soul&#8221; &#8211; again!</p>
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		<title>By: Bermyman</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109564</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bermyman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ignore the fact that your party wasted 100&#039;s of millions of the people&#039;s money and Ignored financial controls.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ignore the fact that your party wasted 100&#8242;s of millions of the people&#8217;s money and Ignored financial controls.</p>
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		<title>By: Onion</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109547</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Onion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mathematically impossible to keep spending at 2013 levels for 3 years ($1,274,568,483) without racking up massive budget deficits.  2015 estimated revenue is $930 million so the PLP is promising to go back to racking up $344 million dollar annual deficits x 3 = $1 billion in new debt = $60 million in new annual debt service.

So the PLP is promising permanent long-term cuts of $60 million to government services and employment. 

Utterly utterly utterly pathetic.  Not even attempting to be serious about the mess.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mathematically impossible to keep spending at 2013 levels for 3 years ($1,274,568,483) without racking up massive budget deficits.  2015 estimated revenue is $930 million so the PLP is promising to go back to racking up $344 million dollar annual deficits x 3 = $1 billion in new debt = $60 million in new annual debt service.</p>
<p>So the PLP is promising permanent long-term cuts of $60 million to government services and employment. </p>
<p>Utterly utterly utterly pathetic.  Not even attempting to be serious about the mess.</p>
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		<title>By: Will</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109544</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does this alternative vision include more fishing and farming, legal weed and a strict ban on homosexuality?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this alternative vision include more fishing and farming, legal weed and a strict ban on homosexuality?</p>
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		<title>By: aceboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109535</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aceboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vision is about all you can say.  The vision you presented was full of lies and half truths.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vision is about all you can say.  The vision you presented was full of lies and half truths.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109533</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You should have started with an apology to all Bermudians for putting us in this financial mess that we are in, and taken responsibility for it.  Until then the PLP will never get my vote.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should have started with an apology to all Bermudians for putting us in this financial mess that we are in, and taken responsibility for it.  Until then the PLP will never get my vote.</p>
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		<title>By: A few queries</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109525</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A few queries]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you are going to decrease the departure tax to pre-2015 levels resulting in the airport registering either a loss or tiny net profit, but yet you will somehow finance a major renovation to the airport? What other area will you cut to make this possible or will you simply borrow more? Also, does this mean you have dropped your Airport Authority ambitions?

You plan on cutting payroll tax, but simultaneously you will increase the tourism budget by 50% or $10mn. What other area will you cut to make this possible or will you simply borrow more?

You complain about crony capitalism, but then say you will gift tax payer monies to private sports clubs of which you (still believe you are at least) and another PLP MP are Presidents and thus presenting a conflict of interest Why is it ok for you to give away public monies to private ventures and what other area will you cut to make this possible or will you simply borrow more?

You claim the blue economy can possibly result in $200mn of annual economic activity and that local fishermen can export their catch overseas. How is this going to be achieved since currently local fishermen can&#039;t fully supply the island as of now? Will you lift the moratorium on fishing licenses and allow more people to go and decimate our stocks or will you allow overseas long lining companies to enter the Bermuda market to compete with the locals? And local restaurants buy imported fish as it is cheaper for them in terms of overhead, but yet you think we can simply export Bermuda fish at Bermuda prices to lower cost jurisdictions?

Bringing in more insurance companies won&#039;t really affect insurance prices. We will still have the same top heavy demographic in which the healthier, younger employees are outnumbered by the older population. And how will this temper the recent increases brought on by the overpriced hospital wing?

Regarding online gaming you noted Gibraltar&#039;s industry and the fact they have a budget surplus because of the taxes paid by this economic sector? Does that mean you will institute a corporation tax and income taxes as Gibraltar does? Will the corporation tax be levied on all businesses? If so, have you gauged the impact on businesses domiciled in Bermuda already as they are generally here for our low tax nature?

How will you entice the technology and online gaming companies to set up in Bermuda? As Bermuda labor is quite expensive along with the need to import everything, what concessions will you offer as means for them to decide Bermuda is a desirable location to set up or transfer their business? If it is tax relief, how will that affect your plan to balance the budget within 5 years?

How will this so called Bermuda Fund be funded amongst the spending spree you promise?

How will the balanced budget be achieved with the increased spending (2013 amount) levels you have included in your plan? Do you plan on borrowing more and thus will you raise the debt ceiling again? If so, how will we cope with the increased interest payments from this borrowing which is currently costing the tax payer something like $400,000 a day as of now?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you are going to decrease the departure tax to pre-2015 levels resulting in the airport registering either a loss or tiny net profit, but yet you will somehow finance a major renovation to the airport? What other area will you cut to make this possible or will you simply borrow more? Also, does this mean you have dropped your Airport Authority ambitions?</p>
<p>You plan on cutting payroll tax, but simultaneously you will increase the tourism budget by 50% or $10mn. What other area will you cut to make this possible or will you simply borrow more?</p>
<p>You complain about crony capitalism, but then say you will gift tax payer monies to private sports clubs of which you (still believe you are at least) and another PLP MP are Presidents and thus presenting a conflict of interest Why is it ok for you to give away public monies to private ventures and what other area will you cut to make this possible or will you simply borrow more?</p>
<p>You claim the blue economy can possibly result in $200mn of annual economic activity and that local fishermen can export their catch overseas. How is this going to be achieved since currently local fishermen can&#8217;t fully supply the island as of now? Will you lift the moratorium on fishing licenses and allow more people to go and decimate our stocks or will you allow overseas long lining companies to enter the Bermuda market to compete with the locals? And local restaurants buy imported fish as it is cheaper for them in terms of overhead, but yet you think we can simply export Bermuda fish at Bermuda prices to lower cost jurisdictions?</p>
<p>Bringing in more insurance companies won&#8217;t really affect insurance prices. We will still have the same top heavy demographic in which the healthier, younger employees are outnumbered by the older population. And how will this temper the recent increases brought on by the overpriced hospital wing?</p>
<p>Regarding online gaming you noted Gibraltar&#8217;s industry and the fact they have a budget surplus because of the taxes paid by this economic sector? Does that mean you will institute a corporation tax and income taxes as Gibraltar does? Will the corporation tax be levied on all businesses? If so, have you gauged the impact on businesses domiciled in Bermuda already as they are generally here for our low tax nature?</p>
<p>How will you entice the technology and online gaming companies to set up in Bermuda? As Bermuda labor is quite expensive along with the need to import everything, what concessions will you offer as means for them to decide Bermuda is a desirable location to set up or transfer their business? If it is tax relief, how will that affect your plan to balance the budget within 5 years?</p>
<p>How will this so called Bermuda Fund be funded amongst the spending spree you promise?</p>
<p>How will the balanced budget be achieved with the increased spending (2013 amount) levels you have included in your plan? Do you plan on borrowing more and thus will you raise the debt ceiling again? If so, how will we cope with the increased interest payments from this borrowing which is currently costing the tax payer something like $400,000 a day as of now?</p>
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		<title>By: have some backbone</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2015/11/present-an-alternative-vision-for-the-country/#comment-3109521</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[have some backbone]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stand firm. Ignore the unsavory, blasting comments which pop up regularly, online, and  continue to represent the people in a very professional, diplomatic way. Keep on!!!!
There is great pleasure in knowing that MY PARTY is not absorbed in the negative, vicious hype of the opposers!!!!!It is meaningless, unnecessary and indicates that all is not well ON THAT SIDE. There is a FEAR!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stand firm. Ignore the unsavory, blasting comments which pop up regularly, online, and  continue to represent the people in a very professional, diplomatic way. Keep on!!!!<br />
There is great pleasure in knowing that MY PARTY is not absorbed in the negative, vicious hype of the opposers!!!!!It is meaningless, unnecessary and indicates that all is not well ON THAT SIDE. There is a FEAR!!!</p>
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