Monthly Archives: January 2014

Options other than VAT, but no political will?

Posted on January 15, 2014 by weblogbahamas

When fellow blogger S3S read this post from January 13, 2014, entitled Mumbo Jumbo from government officials, solicited this link to a very interesting article in the recent Economist entitled, The $9 trillion sale: Governments should launch a new wave … Continue reading →

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Learning from Progressives

Posted on January 14, 2014 by weblogbahamas

The image shows the hypocrisy of many political commentators. They only see problems when these things are done by the "opposite" side (click on image for CapitalismFreedom.com for some fun memes). So called progressives (socialists) argue that companies operating in … Continue reading →

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Mumbo Jumbo from government officials = more of the same going forward. Count on it!

Posted on January 13, 2014 by weblogbahamas

To paraphrase Lawrence Reed, president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), It constantly amazes me that opponents of VAT are expected to offer certainty and perfection while government has only to make promises and express good intentions. As discussed … Continue reading →

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The Slide Brothers – Song of the week – January 13, 2014 – Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’

Posted on January 13, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Are you ready for a good time? How about three slide guitars with a superb bass player and drummer jammin' some Allman Brothers music? Well fasten your seat belts for The Slide Brothers. We saw them at the Memphis in … Continue reading →

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Great Blue Heron enjoying lunch – Photo of the week

Posted on January 12, 2014 by weblogbahamas

We watched this Great Blue Heron devour this snake a couple years ago in the Everglades. It was a spectacular sight.

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Capitalism is awesome. Why so much criticism?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by weblogbahamas

So many problems today are blamed on Capitalism, but are they barking up the wrong tree? In my not so humble opinion, Crony Capitalism is what should be getting the bad rap. Following are two brief excerpts with three links … Continue reading →

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Aristides N. Hatzis on Greece

Posted on January 11, 2014 by weblogbahamas

A fascinating look into what is going on in Greece over the past few months from a writer who is an associate professor of legal theory at the University of Athens and runs GreekCrisis.net. There are some remarkable similarities to … Continue reading →

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Do you hear the VAT Train a comin’

Posted on January 10, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Let's hope the political class takes some time to rethink this policy on this first, Majority Rule Day, and introduce some business friendly policies to help grow the economy, rather than shrink it even further with a larger tax burden. 

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Earned success, true fairness and helping those in need — are the foundation of the moral case for free enterprise

Posted on January 9, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Arthur C. Brooks makes the case in his excellent book, The Road to Freedom. The short (8 minute) video below puts it very succinctly. See more here… Order The Road to Freedom here… Enjoy.

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Political Thought and Theory: Does the Bahamas have a National Interest??

Posted on January 8, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Some thoughts  from Tradewinds The concept of National Interest often arises in political commentary on weblogbahamas in reaffirming the important of the underlying principle of National Interest in the determination of government policy and political decision making.. Simple as it … Continue reading →

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