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What About Those Of Us Who Paid Our Taxes?

EDITOR, WeblogBahamas. I had to scratch my head after reading some remarks made by the Prime Minister during the Budget Presentation. “The government is proposing to allow for the waiver of Real Property Tax Arrears for owner occupied properties valued at less than two hundred & fifty thousand dollars.” He... Read more →

Where Charity Begins

Re: Miller: Bahamas Power & Light Lacking Compassion. The Tribune, May 23, 2016. EDITOR, The Tribune. IT’S frequently easy to bestow compassion upon others when one is in a position of power - especially when dealing with other people’s hard-earned money. Of course, compassion, like charity, often begins at home... Read more →

The duplicity of government taxation

“Every specific tax, as well as the nation's whole tax system, becomes self-defeating above a certain height of the rates. Ludwig von Mises Reviewing the recent budget address by Prime Minister (Perry Christie (PLP) ( Download OpeningBudgetStatement25May2016 ) (pdf)) some interesting tax reductions and tax increases are to take place... Read more →

Why Is the Middle Class Shrinking?

by Professor Steven Horwitz This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Economic inequality continues to be a major political issue even as the headlines scream about terrorism and climate change. Bernie Sanders has made it a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, and other candidates have addressed... Read more →

Chinese Whispers As Christie Speaks In Riddles

by Adrian Gibson In yet another filibusterous performance in the House of Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie opened the 2016/2017 budget debate with a prevaricating talkathon that, generally, lacked substance or radical reforms. Beyond the lack of substance, the four-hour communication - that began an hour late - was... Read more →

A Brief History Of The Development Of Political Parties In The Bahamas 1953 - 2016

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney, D.M. Bernard Crick in his book In Defense of Politics wrote, “Politics is… an activity… a complete activity, it is not simply grasping for an ideal, for then the ideals of others may be threatened; but it is not pure self-interest either simply because the... Read more →

Markets Are the Voice of the People

by Professor Steven Horwitz This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Modern Populists Have It All Backwards The supporters of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders seem to believe that “establishment” politicians have stopped listening to “the people” and that their preferred candidate’s policies would reverse that... Read more →

Is the sun setting on the economic powerhouse of the region?

Prime Minister Perry Christie presented his government's annual budget on Wednesday to the usual fanfare. Unfortunately it fell on a flat note. Trumpeting the reduction in the deficit with cute graphics, he all but ignored the continual ballooning of the national debt. Growing some $1.6 Billion over the last four... Read more →

The benefits of Socialism

As Venezuela crumbles as a result Cuba begins to loosen some of it’s Socialist policies. According to BBC News... "Cuba's government has announced that it is legalising small and medium-sized private businesses." Of course the devil is in the details, but they are reportedly doing this to try to stimulate... Read more →

Gun Boys Rhapsody a play by Dr. Ian Strachan

Back for a limited time at the Dundas Centre for The Performing Arts is Ian Strachan's Gun Boys Rhapsody. Don't miss it. Performances are: Friday, June 10 - 8PM Saturday, June 11 - 5PM Saturday, June 11 - 8PM Sunday, June 12 - 6PM Tickets are $30 Call 393-3728 to... Read more →