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The Royal Gazette’s Budget headline of “Premier favours growth over austerity with $1.08b Budget” misses the mark.
Bermuda has been in economic contraction for a number of years, and there was nothing in this Budget that was a break from the past whi...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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A little over a week ago I watched the Whitney Houston funeral. They called it a “homegoing”. I think I did okay really until R Kelly started to sing. He sang “I Look To You”. He pointed up. It completely undid me. I sat in front of the streaming fee...
DATE: Feb 28, 2012
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Philip Brownell
When you get to my age, there are few things that we really look forward to as much as going to the movies. Ah! The Silver Screen. I miss the days when going to the cinema was considered to be a fun-filled evening when people used to get dressed up. ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man
Holding public office along with the responsibility of performing in a manner that upholds integrity, transparency, and accountability is a tall order, and very often throughout the free world, officials fall short to the point where the only way out...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
England’s interim coach Stuart Pearce has made a few bold decisions by leaving out several senior players in his squad to face the Netherlands next week.
I for one think Pearce’s has made the right decision to blood some of the younger guys to see if...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
The annual budget of the current Bermuda Government was presented yesterday, after this article went to press. I will have commentary on its content next week.
According to biztaxlaw.com, a basic budget is defined as: “a financial document used to p...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Government is planning to spend $1,081,700,000 while projecting revenue of $909,634,000. That leaves a shortfall of $172,100,000.
The Minister plans to make up the shortfall in 2012/13 and the carried over $60,000,000 shortfall from 2011/12 by:
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DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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With its 2012-2013 Budget, the Government of Bermuda has made clear its belief that fiscal austerity has not worked elsewhere and it is not the preferred solution to Bermuda’s current fiscal woes.
Keynesian Economics “advocates active policy response...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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Now I feel like a step child! She's really gone and stuck it to us. For those of us over 65, we have been royally shafted by our Madam Minister of Finance's latest Budget!
For a couple of years now, us seniors have enjoyed not having to pay land tax...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man
Hello Bermuda and happy belated Valentine’s Day! I do so HATE that observance.
It’s a total farce perpetuated by businesses and emotionally immature and unenlightened persons who are insecure and possibly love-starved because they don’t give love thr...
DATE: Feb 24, 2012
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DJLT
