I trust he hasn’t had to wait on the bus or ferry in the last 20 years.

Lame and unrealistic leadership. To say let’s see how bad is pathetic.

I can tell you it will be very bad, very bad indeed, and many will be jobless if you don’t start giving a little now.

Ok, now here is the rub. My counterparts employed by government actually earn more than I do in private industry and they have final salary pensions, not the defined contribution pension I have.

And now the Union representing those civil servants wants to increase taxes on me and leave the civil servants’ pay alone? Not unless you want to kill the last vestiges of private industry in Bermuda!

My greatest concern is the affordability of all of our residents from this point forward, for at least the next 12 months following the opening up of our Country, and how many will be able to catch up because not all landlords are as forgiving or merciful to their tenants, not to mention all other commitments that are being still forced on people, such as nursery schools that are demanding forms of payments to secure the place of little ones, who have not been in nursery for almost going on two months.

The cut’s across the board with Government who should lead by example, with our Civil servants taking the biggest cut, this rubbish to defend ignorance at this point is not a good thing, and I’m not attacking the messenger, but we better get our priorities right, because Bermuda was not in the best shape before Covid19 and we are definitely going to experience many short falls for some time to come, and now with the threat of a food shortage State side, Lord only knows what lays ahead for us.

Finally what all Unions should be fighting for now more then ever, is to force the issue with the Government to seriously look at sending many of our guest workers back home to their countries, and that is not an easy decision to make, because we have a very hard working dedicated bunch of foreign workers who treasure their jobs in Bermuda, but how can we protect their interest while our very own suffrage is beyond the limits of anything we have ever experienced.

In Closing I to feel like Mr. Thomas, because Mr. Richards has a serious nerve to speak, especially after so much that happen during his time in office,but if it had come from a more honest and reliable source it would have been more readily accepted, but sadly some of what Mr. Richards had to say, is very transparent and real. Bermudians don’t get caught up in the Government or past administration Rhetoric, but let’s face where we re and be our brother’s and sister’s keeper, we either all move forward together, or we all sink together.

This: There must be shared sacrifice and a re-balancing of the burden; this is even more important now given the economic crisis the country is facing as the inequities in Bermuda have been magnified.

But nowhere does he suggest what the shared sacrifice should be, indeed he has the gall to say this: it was not surprising that he did not also call for private sector companies and individuals who can afford to do so, take a similar cut by paying an increase in their taxes.

Has he not read of people taking pay cuts? has he not seen read about the thousands of people claiming the $500 help from Government? How many of those are from the public sector and how many from the private sector?

And paying more taxes?! What – just to help your members keep their pay? and why are you playing politics?!

This guy is not on this planet.

What this person fails to admit, is that the private sector is already making shared sacrifice while the bloated civil service continues unaffected. The economy was in a tailspin before COVID-19, and this was directly as a result of the largesse and mismanagement of successive PLP administrations, ably supported by the Unions.

Nothing like taking the opportunity to peddle out the same old tired inaccuracies about Morgan’s Point and the airport eh?

Bermuda may not have much say in what expenses need to be cut when lenders set their terms for more money, and if the IMF get involved then serious cuts will be imposed. Barbados is a good example of that.