Comments on: Column: ‘This Is The Real Impact Of The Budget’ https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Sun, 17 May 2026 16:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: CHRIS https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4866274 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:18:38 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4866274 it is YOU lot who will never learn. you think the Bermuda owes you. newsflash: nobody owes you anything! you need to earn it.

]]> By: truthertz https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4866200 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:25:48 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4866200 Ben came to my house as well.

I watched the PLP representatives put a flyer in my mailbox whilst I was in the yard!

]]> By: Ringmaster https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4858907 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:24:20 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4858907 Global economic collapse? It’s more likely going to be a local economic collapse.

]]> By: Toodle-oo https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4857575 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 17:49:09 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4857575 Where ? Everyhing’s covered in condos and tarmac . And a few pissy flowerpots and 2×4 planting boxes aren’t going to cut it .

]]> By: fools https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4857365 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:44:58 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4857365 I never have seen him(what is his name again) either

]]> By: Ijs https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4857274 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:17:48 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4857274 Better grow your own food for when the global economic collapse comes . Lol

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4857095 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:33:43 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4857095 I very much doubt that big companies are paying land tax with credit cards. Certainly my employer doesn’t. It muddies the audit trail. I find it more likely that this Government is “ nickel and diving” the local population and telling the voters that it is engaging in tax reform while doing very little in reality.

This is about sound bites, nothing more.

]]> By: ROBERT STEWART https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4856343 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:47:06 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4856343 You are absolutely right. These are the 2 major issues, which the budget process ignores.

Short term thinking is the hallmark of this government.

]]> By: Lowered expectations https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4856101 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:47:45 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4856101 Incidental information ,

Trash pick up is part of land tax purposes…
Public transportation is part of land tax purposes…
Both are reduced.
So why more land tax…seems to me a reduction is in order.
Not the other way around.

]]> By: question https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4856002 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:13:29 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4856002 I can’t recall the last time a PLP candidate has come to my house. Last time they sent a stand-in, a surrogate, who couldn’t handle a simple discussion.

]]> By: Common sense https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855968 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:41:11 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855968 Ben came to my house; the PLP representative did not!

]]> By: Rotten Onion https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855906 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:50:05 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855906 @straightforward Ben Smith came to my house twice to talk and get me off the fence

]]> By: Toodle-oo https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855854 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:04:19 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855854 Betty doesn’t care about truths or facts , only lies based on repeated hyperbole .

]]> By: kevin https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855851 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:02:19 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855851 Straightforward is again trying to get the taste of leather out of his mouth there is a very simple statement that explains comments such as his
There isn’t a cure for stupid, you can’t blame it on any hereditary paths , you can’t even blame it on their diets .. it takes years of practice to achieve straightforwards level
The plp budget is bermudas quicksand …..they will drag us down to a new 4th world level
And here is one for you if I was Ben I wouldn’t have seen you either and talked with folks who can think for themselves

]]> By: Stephen Thomson https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855806 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:08:28 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855806 That is simply not true. I personally canvassed with Ben on many nights. He was out canvassing with a rota of supporters virtually every night of the week after a lkng day of work and coaching our athletes. Ben Smith worked hard to hear the concerns of his constituents and his efforts paid off.
Get your facts straight before throwing stones.

]]> By: Diana Lee https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855755 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:31:19 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855755 He certainly did canvas, may want to get your facts straight.

]]> By: DeOnion https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855710 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:56:21 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855710 silliest comment award – given the content of this article, he clearly cares – and understands the real impact of the budget. I suggest you think before you write.

]]> By: Wake up ben https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855664 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:08:34 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855664 He thinks the obaUBP really respects him. Wow these lot never learn.

]]> By: STRAIGHTFORWARD https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855572 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:05:19 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855572 Ben did not even canvas his constituency. He got in simply because he was oba. That is the FULL extent of Ben Smith’s care and concern about C31.
Who needs Ben??

]]> By: 2 Bermudas https://bernews.com/2019/03/column-this-is-the-real-impact-of-the-budget/#comment-4855445 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:23:45 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=851359#comment-4855445 Zzzzzzzzz… Budget doesn’t tackle the deficit in any real way and doesn’t address the elephant in the room which is a civil service that’s too expensive!!

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