Comments on: Column: Economy, Rising GDP, Be Optimistic

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:10:07 +0000

The Spin doctor at work if the plp said the moon was falling there would be absolute chaos as the flock would actually believe it. It is without a shadow of doubt either they really don’t know any better or they play all Bermudians as idiots or they only have to convince their core supporters you pick it….
PLP here today…… Bermuda gone tomorrow

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:26:36 +0000

Pure PLP BS. If things were so rosy people would not need $150 cash for school uniforms, charities begging for donations, free LED bulbs and the list goes on.
Things that have gone up which impact people is real inflation, food prices, cost of living generally, Health care (increases in Future Care are more than the measly increase in pensions).

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:13:16 +0000

In addition to the PLP Government rhetoric being out of step with “what ordinary people are experiencing” our PLP Government is espousing economic impossibilities! If our 2 main trading partners have inflation rates in excess of 9%, it is not possible that our inflation rate is only 3.7%, If the world is in a recession it is not possible that our economy is growing whilst the economies of our sources of wealth are shrinking.

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:43:28 +0000

What f*****g planet does this idiot live on?? How utterly bereft of any sort of understanding. Delusional.

By: comfortably numb

comfortably numb — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:41:25 +0000

‘Listening Leadership’? If that were the case the TAF would be long gone

By: Question

Question — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:20:14 +0000

Absolutely delusional. They really have no idea what ordinary people are experiencing.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:15:00 +0000

“Rising GDP means that under your PLP government, the economy is growing, and the resources available to Bermudians and residents [goods and services, wages, and profits] are increasing.”

Bermuda is another world! Whilst the world is in a deep recession, largely caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bermuda is bucking the trend and our economy is growing!

Equally, whilst the U.S. and U.K. (our biggest trading partners) have inflation rates in excess of 9% the PLP Government has kept Bermuda’s inflation rate at only 3.7%, less than 1/2 that of our biggest trading partners!