https://bernews.com/2017/02/chamber-releases-wish-list-for-upcoming-budget/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Fri, 15 May 2026 16:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 https://bernews.com/2017/02/chamber-releases-wish-list-for-upcoming-budget/#comment-3375257 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:18:39 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=614898#comment-3375257 Also, the debt should not be spread over every resident, it should be spread over taxpaying residents. If that is done the debt per person is in the region of $150,000 per person. We need more people here who pay taxes. We need to reduce the size of the civil service; we are all in this boat together. It makes no sense sinking the entire thing.

]]> https://bernews.com/2017/02/chamber-releases-wish-list-for-upcoming-budget/#comment-3375203 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:32:54 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=614898#comment-3375203 Retail division wants to continue duty free concessions so they don’t have to increase their 300% mark ups, and are regurgitating the vat tax idea, restaurants don’t want taxes raised on the most abused deadly drug, alcohol, you got to be tapped to pay that much for food I guess.

]]> https://bernews.com/2017/02/chamber-releases-wish-list-for-upcoming-budget/#comment-3375191 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:51:48 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=614898#comment-3375191 Easy wishing for something you know ya gonna get, birds of a feather.

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