Comments on: Bob Richards: “Bermuda Back From The Brink” https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: Tide watcher https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3605793 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:26:44 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3605793 Blowing his own horn. How great was I says Bob!!!

]]> By: Jadon https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604815 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:55:24 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604815 Bob doubled our debt…. but we need to spend to make correct? Watch all the noise when Plp borrows….. lol

]]> By: bdaboy https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604801 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:39:07 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604801 “Hope he has in there how he gave our Airport away for 30 years.”

Better 30 than the 100 year ‘give away’ and the $600M the PLP were going to spend.

But, again, OJ is too stupid to understand that.

]]> By: Warwick West https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604749 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:34:59 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604749 Onion Juse for goodness sake grow up. Banks do NOT lend money for a person to buy a house, building or an airport – without giving you a MORTGAGE if you do NOT HAVE THE CASH TO BUILD OR BUY IT YOURSELF. It is akin to a 30 year mortgage. I have one on my house as does thousands and thousands of us. The word is ‘Mortgage’. Look it up. Better yet, go to HSBC or BNTB and talk to them about the concept of borrowing money when you do not have any yourself.

Bob Richards – you are owed a HUGE debt of gratitude that can never be paid or quantified. You did great. That simple. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. THOUSANDS of us thank you, Grant Gibbons, and the OBA for being there to stop the good ship Bermuda from sinking.

]]> By: Save Thyself https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604696 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 19:41:46 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604696 1. Love Thyself before all other things

2. Love Thy Govt contracts and hold them close.

3. Get elected to represent people and then protect your personal interests

4. When you become irrelevant and loathed, tell people how brilliant you are.

5. With money in the bank love Thyself an Thy abilities more than all other things

]]> By: Spanner breath https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604578 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:39:47 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604578 They have selective memories.

]]> By: jt https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604550 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:16:44 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604550 As opposed to Judas?

]]> By: Good Stuff https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604534 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:02:28 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604534 How much is the book?

]]> By: campervan https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604522 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:52:29 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604522 Thank you for all your efforts Bob.
Between yourself, John Swan and the late great Larry Burchall you have tried to enlighten and improve the situation of all who live here.
I’m sorry that you have been given such a torrid time for your honesty while trying to help us all out of the mire.
I hope that you now get to enjoy some peace.

]]> By: Um.... https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604517 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:49:22 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604517 Bob was able to manage our finances and write a book at the same time? I guess there is hope that our current Minister Of Finance can multitask while on all of these trips (with his entourage whose expenses we don’t know).

]]> By: Jus' Wonderin' https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604497 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:34:22 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604497 Hope the PLP have in there how they gave away our hospital for 30 years smfh…

]]> By: Athena https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604480 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:12:40 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604480 Very true. The time is indeed looming when the piper must be paid.

Too bad so many cannot or will not recognize how important controlling spending plays a major role in the solution.

Meanwhile, the last few months have not reflected an attitude that encourages inward investment- the other major factor.

]]> By: Stephen Thomson https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604440 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:35:55 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604440 We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Bob Richards. He gave his blood, sweat and tears to this island and I, for one, say thank you Bob for beginning the process for what will surely be a long and difficult journey for our island and our children. We went from virtually a debt free nation 20 years ago to a $2-3 billion debtor nation with a daily $500,000 interest charge that will undoubtedly increase with the fed rate increasing. Its time to pay the piper.

]]> By: sonso https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604429 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:28:56 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604429 Underfunded pensions that no one wants to talk about.

]]> By: Justin https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604424 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:23:55 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604424 Ya, and your beloved PLP had plans for an airport that was estimated to cost twice as much as this one. Too bad we couldn’t afford it because your beloved PLP put us into so much debt. I hope he does tell the story about the airport, the whole story from the beginning!

You could only expect that a PLP airport would have had the same stench around it such as Port Royal, Berkley, TCD, cruise ship terminal, etc…

Personally I’m glad the airport went the way it did because it keeps sticky fingers out of the cookie jar.

]]> By: Doubting Thomas https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604403 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:10:20 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604403 More Messiah syndrome?

]]> By: Onion Juice https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604361 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:38:50 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604361 Hope he has in there how he gave our Airport away for 30 years.

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604325 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:05:59 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604325 That may be an interesting read.

I note that only yesterday the Government referred to our $2.5 billion in debt but today the Auditor-General is referring to our $3.7 billion debt. Can Bob explain what appears to be a significant disparity in the amount of our debt?

]]> By: Um Um Like https://bernews.com/2017/12/bob-richards-bermuda-back-from-the-brink/#comment-3604314 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:56:25 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=710535#comment-3604314 Too soon?

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