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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5963283</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;guys out in the mid day sun&quot;

What? How can that be? Only mad dogs and Englishmen go &quot;out in the mid day sun&quot;!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;guys out in the mid day sun&#8221;</p>
<p>What? How can that be? Only mad dogs and Englishmen go &#8220;out in the mid day sun&#8221;!</p>
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		<title>By: PAC MAN</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5963224</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PAC MAN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A LAYMANS GUIDE TO COMPLAINING :-
  tells me that I have  to change  my approach to the variouse situations which  I am confronted with on a day to day basis  by avoiding out burst of sarcasm,  abuse, accusations ,recriminations, blaming ,smart remarks, an emotional  further out bursts. 

With the thought  that I will antagonize the very person who is the best position to  help.

  Negative letters can make me look foolish an feel foolish later ,when  I think about it.

  Staying on topic when ever possible with the asumption that the reader will be willing to resolve  the problem.

  Also staying on topics such as abortion ,high taxes, and flag burning ,all in the same correspondence almost certainly ensures a less -than -satisfactory response.

  May be  I should place emphasis on how the problem can be resolved and less on the details of the mix up.

  By the way  I just got bit by thee mosquotoes or the same mosquito three times .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A LAYMANS GUIDE TO COMPLAINING :-<br />
  tells me that I have  to change  my approach to the variouse situations which  I am confronted with on a day to day basis  by avoiding out burst of sarcasm,  abuse, accusations ,recriminations, blaming ,smart remarks, an emotional  further out bursts. </p>
<p>With the thought  that I will antagonize the very person who is the best position to  help.</p>
<p>  Negative letters can make me look foolish an feel foolish later ,when  I think about it.</p>
<p>  Staying on topic when ever possible with the asumption that the reader will be willing to resolve  the problem.</p>
<p>  Also staying on topics such as abortion ,high taxes, and flag burning ,all in the same correspondence almost certainly ensures a less -than -satisfactory response.</p>
<p>  May be  I should place emphasis on how the problem can be resolved and less on the details of the mix up.</p>
<p>  By the way  I just got bit by thee mosquotoes or the same mosquito three times .</p>
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		<title>By: PAC MAN</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5963217</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PAC MAN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 22:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hmmm
     Where did you get that idea that  money is going to road side gardening  by say  a bunch of guys  out in the mid day sun ,when it aparently  goes to buying  all maner of vehicles some have cranes on them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmmm<br />
     Where did you get that idea that  money is going to road side gardening  by say  a bunch of guys  out in the mid day sun ,when it aparently  goes to buying  all maner of vehicles some have cranes on them.</p>
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		<title>By: PAC MAN</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5963083</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PAC MAN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly on the day of the next election the general public will either cast their vote of , be it confidence or no confidence  that  no confidence stroke of the pen  will change life as we know it.
  The devastation effects of a no confidence vote will destroy  our people destroy our economy and  destroy all that  we all have work  to creat  a paradise in  Bermuda for the whole world to see respect and admire.
  Sir John  Swan said 
 &quot;This country of ours is standing on , may  I add a precarious  edge of a cliff&quot;.
 We have not seen the good life  recently with covid and inflation.
  In the past  good fortune help us get by  BUT !
  Today  that  will be hard sort after, as  the word  around us is in a mess  or what ever you may want to call it .
   Throwing money at a situations is what other countries do   simply because  they have many contributors unfortunately does not have lasting results.
    Our People are not un reasonable as  I am confident  that we are willing to listen to the promise of a better future  just got to make it happen, and do  we know it.
   Crash and burn is not a reasonable option .
   Glory will no happen over night as there is no morning surprises and no quick fixes  here ,  we have to live with vision towards the future.  
Make lmon aid from lemons !
   The  Government who who takes care of all its people  will have ,  I hope , will have the support of all our people, may i ask, is that too much to ask for unity .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exactly on the day of the next election the general public will either cast their vote of , be it confidence or no confidence  that  no confidence stroke of the pen  will change life as we know it.<br />
  The devastation effects of a no confidence vote will destroy  our people destroy our economy and  destroy all that  we all have work  to creat  a paradise in  Bermuda for the whole world to see respect and admire.<br />
  Sir John  Swan said<br />
 &#8220;This country of ours is standing on , may  I add a precarious  edge of a cliff&#8221;.<br />
 We have not seen the good life  recently with covid and inflation.<br />
  In the past  good fortune help us get by  BUT !<br />
  Today  that  will be hard sort after, as  the word  around us is in a mess  or what ever you may want to call it .<br />
   Throwing money at a situations is what other countries do   simply because  they have many contributors unfortunately does not have lasting results.<br />
    Our People are not un reasonable as  I am confident  that we are willing to listen to the promise of a better future  just got to make it happen, and do  we know it.<br />
   Crash and burn is not a reasonable option .<br />
   Glory will no happen over night as there is no morning surprises and no quick fixes  here ,  we have to live with vision towards the future.<br />
Make lmon aid from lemons !<br />
   The  Government who who takes care of all its people  will have ,  I hope , will have the support of all our people, may i ask, is that too much to ask for unity .</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962231</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, come on. 9 or 10 months to renew a Bermuda passport is not that long. 

Oh, but the way, if you are entitled to a Bermuda passport you are also entitled to a British passport and you can renew a British passport in 1 month or less.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, come on. 9 or 10 months to renew a Bermuda passport is not that long. </p>
<p>Oh, but the way, if you are entitled to a Bermuda passport you are also entitled to a British passport and you can renew a British passport in 1 month or less.</p>
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		<title>By: Ringmaster</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962171</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ringmaster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Hmmmmm. As you know, facts and truth do not conform to the PLP platform.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Hmmmmm. As you know, facts and truth do not conform to the PLP platform.</p>
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		<title>By: Hilarious</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962165</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilarious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naturally. Watch for a snap election to pop up with the PLP having advanced knowledge and a head start before OBA has a clue. If you see Mr. Famous out on the streets of Devonshire on a listening tour, the election is coming. 

Note: Chris does put in the footwork and works hard to get the votes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naturally. Watch for a snap election to pop up with the PLP having advanced knowledge and a head start before OBA has a clue. If you see Mr. Famous out on the streets of Devonshire on a listening tour, the election is coming. </p>
<p>Note: Chris does put in the footwork and works hard to get the votes.</p>
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		<title>By: Squid</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962161</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Squid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about doing something about the extreme length of time it takes a Bermudian 
to simply get their passport renewed]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about doing something about the extreme length of time it takes a Bermudian<br />
to simply get their passport renewed</p>
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		<title>By: Toodle-oo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962160</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toodle-oo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;...remember OBA had to borrow to make payroll as PLP had emptied the piggybank .&quot;

And then  the sheep accused the OBA of doubling he debt .. LOL 
Maybe the OBA should have done what Barbados was forced to do and dump half of the civil service. Then we&#039;d have seen some howling and the &#039;doubling the debt&#039; would have quickly been forgotten about.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;remember OBA had to borrow to make payroll as PLP had emptied the piggybank .&#8221;</p>
<p>And then  the sheep accused the OBA of doubling he debt .. LOL<br />
Maybe the OBA should have done what Barbados was forced to do and dump half of the civil service. Then we&#8217;d have seen some howling and the &#8216;doubling the debt&#8217; would have quickly been forgotten about.</p>
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		<title>By: hmmm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962158</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hmmm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLP haver ignored them for 20+ years, now an election is coming, they throw out some non specific language and claim it is helping people they have ignored. 

Don&#039;t buy into their propaganda.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PLP haver ignored them for 20+ years, now an election is coming, they throw out some non specific language and claim it is helping people they have ignored. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t buy into their propaganda.</p>
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		<title>By: Hmmm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962157</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hmmm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the Airport, can&#039;t believe that people can&#039;t see the truth. 

1 We (Bermuda)  had no money (PLP had spent it all and Borrowed and spent that, remember OBA had to borrow to make payroll as PLP had emptied the piggybank).

2:the airport provided construction jobs at a time when the industry was struggling for work.

3: If PLP had built it is would have cost $400 million, that would have to be borrowed at 6%. Annual cost Interest $24 million going out the door. the Airport cost us $0 under the OBA

4: During COVID ( the time when the minimum revenue guarantee was triggered... AND THE PLP TRIGGERED IT)  the airport would have been losing money (Hence the Revenue guarantee being triggered) That loss on the PLP model would have had to be covered by us the taxpayer, except we&#039;d be on the hook for much more than the min revenue guarantee.

Add the $24M forever interest cost plus the losses (because the costs to run an airport when little or no revenue still exist) and we&#039;d be far worse off than the little minimum revenue guarantee payment.  

The airport deal was an amazing deal, stop buying into the nonsense spouted by the PLP propaganda machine.  The Hospital, the Arbitration Centre (never built) on the other hand were not amazing deals.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the Airport, can&#8217;t believe that people can&#8217;t see the truth. </p>
<p>1 We (Bermuda)  had no money (PLP had spent it all and Borrowed and spent that, remember OBA had to borrow to make payroll as PLP had emptied the piggybank).</p>
<p>2:the airport provided construction jobs at a time when the industry was struggling for work.</p>
<p>3: If PLP had built it is would have cost $400 million, that would have to be borrowed at 6%. Annual cost Interest $24 million going out the door. the Airport cost us $0 under the OBA</p>
<p>4: During COVID ( the time when the minimum revenue guarantee was triggered&#8230; AND THE PLP TRIGGERED IT)  the airport would have been losing money (Hence the Revenue guarantee being triggered) That loss on the PLP model would have had to be covered by us the taxpayer, except we&#8217;d be on the hook for much more than the min revenue guarantee.</p>
<p>Add the $24M forever interest cost plus the losses (because the costs to run an airport when little or no revenue still exist) and we&#8217;d be far worse off than the little minimum revenue guarantee payment.  </p>
<p>The airport deal was an amazing deal, stop buying into the nonsense spouted by the PLP propaganda machine.  The Hospital, the Arbitration Centre (never built) on the other hand were not amazing deals.</p>
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		<title>By: Toodle-oo</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962151</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toodle-oo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL ... &#039;ROI&#039;   not  relevant or necessary . All that matters is the votes !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL &#8230; &#8216;ROI&#8217;   not  relevant or necessary . All that matters is the votes !</p>
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		<title>By: A great idea</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962142</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A great idea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A priority to deal with the needs of the people and it is urgent but not for the privileged above. Yes, the debt has to be paid and when that starts the critics will be the first to cry we are ignoring the needs of the people. The objectors above have their needs met and should be more sympathetic and stop ignoring those who need help.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A priority to deal with the needs of the people and it is urgent but not for the privileged above. Yes, the debt has to be paid and when that starts the critics will be the first to cry we are ignoring the needs of the people. The objectors above have their needs met and should be more sympathetic and stop ignoring those who need help.</p>
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		<title>By: Hilarious</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962140</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilarious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the expected dollar Return on Investment (ROI) for this $25 million &quot;investment?&quot;
(sarcasm since the Government has no clue)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the expected dollar Return on Investment (ROI) for this $25 million &#8220;investment?&#8221;<br />
(sarcasm since the Government has no clue)</p>
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		<title>By: Ringmaster</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962139</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ringmaster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still going on about the airport deal? Is it still needing the revenue guarantee payments needed because the PLP shut it down? It was needed and it is showcased as a world class facility. Let&#039;s start a new list that includes the really bad hospital deal, so bad no one has any idea of the deal and it&#039;s failure in design to fulfill its purpose; the ballooning cost of the Bermudiana Beach complex, guaranteed to cost the taxpayers many tens of millions of dollars as no one will buy them; the cost of the vast debts created by the PLP; the unknown details and cost to the taxpayer of the Southampton Hotel, likely to be greater than Morgan&#039;s Point but at least Morgan&#039;s Point is an asset (unless the Government tries to develop it).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still going on about the airport deal? Is it still needing the revenue guarantee payments needed because the PLP shut it down? It was needed and it is showcased as a world class facility. Let&#8217;s start a new list that includes the really bad hospital deal, so bad no one has any idea of the deal and it&#8217;s failure in design to fulfill its purpose; the ballooning cost of the Bermudiana Beach complex, guaranteed to cost the taxpayers many tens of millions of dollars as no one will buy them; the cost of the vast debts created by the PLP; the unknown details and cost to the taxpayer of the Southampton Hotel, likely to be greater than Morgan&#8217;s Point but at least Morgan&#8217;s Point is an asset (unless the Government tries to develop it).</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962128</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;This money needs to pay down debt, or we will forever be hamstrung&quot;

Sadly, I fear we are already forever hamstrung.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;This money needs to pay down debt, or we will forever be hamstrung&#8221;</p>
<p>Sadly, I fear we are already forever hamstrung.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962122</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;which may have the benefit of increased revenue from the forthcoming corporate income tax&quot;

Which also means we &quot;may not&quot; benefit from increased revenue.

That leads to the question, where is the $25 million coming from?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;which may have the benefit of increased revenue from the forthcoming corporate income tax&#8221;</p>
<p>Which also means we &#8220;may not&#8221; benefit from increased revenue.</p>
<p>That leads to the question, where is the $25 million coming from?</p>
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		<title>By: hmmm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/09/premier-25m-investment-on-social-programmes/#comment-5962120</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hmmm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Burt is spending tax money that hasn&#039;t been collected and won&#039;t be collected until at least 2026. 

This money needs to pay down debt, or we will forever be hamstrung. Burt and the PLP have been frittering away money boasting of a non-existent balanced budget. Ever since that statement, the PLP have increased spending on unbudgeted items.
 
 

&quot;and doubling the funding to clear vegetation from roadsides, railway trails, and parks.&quot;


Wait , this is W&amp;E maintenace that should be a matter of course. Wondering if someone from W&amp;E can comment on what has been going on, why do we need to double it, are we going to clear the roads twice as many times?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, Burt is spending tax money that hasn&#8217;t been collected and won&#8217;t be collected until at least 2026. </p>
<p>This money needs to pay down debt, or we will forever be hamstrung. Burt and the PLP have been frittering away money boasting of a non-existent balanced budget. Ever since that statement, the PLP have increased spending on unbudgeted items.</p>
<p>&#8220;and doubling the funding to clear vegetation from roadsides, railway trails, and parks.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wait , this is W&amp;E maintenace that should be a matter of course. Wondering if someone from W&amp;E can comment on what has been going on, why do we need to double it, are we going to clear the roads twice as many times?</p>
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