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Government begins to show its VAT hand

On Friday, November 29, 2013 the Government released the draft Value Added Tax Bill, the Draft Value Added Tax Regulations and A Summary and Explanation of the Draft Legislation, and so far, page 11 of the explanation of the Bill is most interesting. The sample, shown in the photo on... Read more →

Milton Friedman on the free market

National Anxiety Over VAT

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Mans View here… E-Mail Adrian. TODAY, as national anxieties are being expressed about Value Added Tax (VAT) and our country faces uncertain times, I’ve decided to take a cursory glance at this hot button topic with a view... Read more →

Happy 119th Birthday Henry Hazlitt (November 28, 1894 - July 9, 1993)

"Henry Hazlitt was one of a very special breed, an economic journalist who not only reported on economic and political events in clear and understandable language, but also made contributions to economics." Read more about Mr. Hazlitt here... Read articles by Mr. Hazlitt here… Read more →

Louis Rosetto - on the mega-states demise

There are many hardworking, loyal Civil Servants, but...

In a letter to the editor of The Tribune, published Monday, November 25, 2013, someone calling themselves, "A Hardworking, Loyal Civil Servant", offers a somewhat defensive missive about tax cheats and admonishes; "Pay your taxes". He or she is right that far too many people and businesses, as the old... Read more →

Ayittey on the colonialist mentality

The Police and the 12 Hour Shift

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Mans View here… E-Mail Adrian. I supported the implementation of the 12 hour shift for police officers. Frankly, I still do. When it was launched and I noted a dip in violent crime, I thought it was a... Read more →

The 2013 Wine & Art Festival, Saturday, November 30, St. Paul's Church, Lyford Cay

Friedman on how we should judge public policies