do like how You have nothing to say on my point that was made~

“…if I import goods to Bermuda, I may be improving quality and standard of living in Bermuda

Guest worker sends monies away, NOTHING is coming back to Bermuda…”

if I import goods to Bermuda, I may be improving quality and standard of living in Bermuda

Guest worker sends monies away, NOTHING is coming back to Bermuda

Guest workers should be taxed 20%-35% of their wages

You Make it Here, You Spend it Here

if I import goods to Bermuda, I may be improving quality and standard of living in Bermuda

Guest worker sends monies away, NOTHING is coming back to Bermuda

Guest workers should be taxed 20%-35% of their wages

“You Make it Here, You Spend it Here”

There are bermudians who own close to 100 homes and all they do for a living is collect rent! Are you meaning to tell me that person worked and sacrificed in THEIR lifetime to own close to 100 homes? No! Their family comes from money and as such they could easily build more wealth. People like that (the wealthy) should be getting taxed more! It works that way in most other countries, but for middle class people who are already struggling they should have to burden the same amount of tax as those who are already rolling in money!

Don’t ask questions to which you might not like the answers. Fact remains, taxation to pay off PLP debt. That’s PLP debt.

I think this is a good place to insert one of OJ’s favorite terms.
“Two Bermudas”

“You Make it Here, You Spend it Here*

You haven’t got a clue , do you ? So anxious are you to blame the guest worker instead of the ‘party’ that got us here that you can’t even fathom where 95% of your money goes when you make a local purchase . Everything that you buy here comes from overseas or is made from goods that are imported.
You own a car ? A bike ? A TV , a cell phone ? Ever go on a trip overseas ? Maybe you should stop that too ’cause you’re taking your money out of the island. Now , think of a hundred other things as well , your money is going overseas !
What guest workers send overseas (at their own discretion and rightful choice) has nothing to do with you at all. None of your business whatsoever.
And by the way , just how much good is your money doing sitting in a bank ? That isn’t benefiting me at all . Maybe you should just hand some of it to me.
If I were you I’d be more worried about our ability to earn US$ so we can pay for the importation of our oil to keep the lights on and our groceries.

An income providing house is an investment for a better future for the owner or his family. It is not a source of revenue for people who did nothing towards it. The owner paid tax when the land was bought, paid duty on everything that went into the construction of the house, paid payroll tax for all who had a job building that house, paid duty on every item of maintenance, paid payroll tax for everyone who did the maintenance, paid land tax every year & pays death tax on the property when the day comes that he leaves.

What does the owner get for all of this tax? Can’t even rely on the trash to be picked up.

Guest workers are not here to benefit ALL of Bermuda.

Businesses use the cheap labor to maximize profits at the expense of locals.

The monies leaving this country via Guest Workers is one of the reasons why we can not get out of this downwards spiral.

“You Make it Here, You Spend it Here”

Bring on Ben Shapiro…

Based on my research and observation both political parties, who have served as Government-of-the-day, are to blame for the debt Bermuda is burdened with.

Anyone interested should read the Auditor General and Commission of Inquiry reports, together with the lack of oversight action on the part of the Public Accounts Committee, for the past 15 years. My biggest disappointment of the three entities is the Commission of Inquiry for not recommending legislative changes to the Government’s current financial reporting process.

Just relying on internal controls, audit reports and all the other , supposedly oversights, have not worked to hold Ministers accountable for misappropriation like behaviour. It’s anyone’s guess where we’ll end up if we allow the Ministers to continue like before!!

Most likely, debt and debt servicing costs will continue, without legislation in place to put some teeth and accountability, for Ministerial political self and interest.

Having a “bigger stone” is not the only answer. We need to minimize the risk of “Conniving, Opportunists, Relishing, Rewards, Unethically, Procured, Through, Immoral, Obsession and Narcissism”. Take the first letter of these words and you have the word corruption!!

Corruption has plagued us and will continue if we don’t attack it head on. We need aggressive action now to avoid it continuing unchecked!!!

The foreigner that the Govt doesn’t want – or the Bermudian who has to rent but cannot afford to pay it?

Bad.

I think land tax on all PLP constituencies should be increased to pay for the PLP debt? How does that sound?!

Some argue that to lay off government workers will only increase those dependent on financial aid. But since the collective bargaining agreement salaries paid to the civil servants are generally higher than what most of us are earning in the private sector, it may actually be less of a burden on Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer if they were receiving financial aid. It’s not like it will impact the level of service received.