Nassau, The Bahamas:
I have read The Nassau Guardian article today entitled:
Minnis blasts government on VAT. It is
my view that the perspectives expressed by the Honourable leader of Her
Majesty’s loyal opposition and my MP, were hypocritical, and amount to rock and
bottle politics.
Therefore, I have some questions for Doctor Minnis. Where were you sir, and what did you have to
say in May of 2004 when the government of the day announced the process of
preparing a white paper on sweeping tax reforms of The Bahamas’ tax system?
Where were you, and what did you have to say in 2004 when
the Value Added Tax (VAT) experts from the UK-based Crown Group were here to perform
a review of our tax system?
Where were you, and what did you have to say then, when The
Bahamas was signing the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the
European Union, between 2002 and 2007.
Where were you, and what did you have to say then, when The
Bahamas made application to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001?
Where were you, and what did you have to say when your party
chairman, Mr. Darron Cash recently
stated publicly, that the FNM had plans to implement Value Added Tax (VAT) in
three years or thirty-six months, if the party had won the 2012 general
election?
What is the Free Nation Movement’s (FNM) plan to plug our
menacing, destructive and continuous fiscal deficits?
Do you think that The Bahamas need a broader tax base, in
order to control our outrageous deficit spending?
When will it be an ideal time for us to get together and
address our national budget, revenue and deficits; if this is not the right
time?
Are your personal business interests and those of the FNM’s
elite base conflicting with your political judgement and commonsense?
November 14, 2013
Bahamas Blog International
