Monthly Archives: February 2014

Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Photo(s) of the week

Posted on February 23, 2014 by weblogbahamas

We were fortunate to visit Philadelphia several years ago now representing The Nassau Institute at an Atlas Economic Research Foundation event, and we visited the Eastern State Penitentiary. Suffice it to say that it was one of the weirdest, yet … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: The Logic of Equalization

Posted on February 23, 2014 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan This morning my TV news station reported on how the Federal Communications Commission drafted an order to visit broadcast newsrooms and make sure they treated news items fairly, that they make balanced presentations of the pros … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian’s just seek freedom from tyranny. Please share.

Posted on February 23, 2014 by weblogbahamas
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Invest In Venezuelan Freedom

Posted on February 22, 2014 by weblogbahamas

by Alejandro Chafuen First published at Forbes.com and is posted here with the author's kind permission. Latin America is seldom in the U.S. news these days. The announcement of Hugo Chávez’s death has been an exception, with TV news networks … Continue reading →

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Bahamas Economic and Tax Policy. Something amiss?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by weblogbahamas

CIBC cuts 66 jobs. Businesses closing. Rumours of businesses leaving. What is going on? With proposed new taxes, increased taxes and fees, apparent harassment by immigration officers and out of control crime, people are, investors and potential investors, Bahamian and … Continue reading →

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Lightbourne: The IMF did not force The Bahamas into VAT. It’s because of the foreign investors and developers

Posted on February 20, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Every time Mr. Ishmael Lightbourne's VAT remarks get covered in the media there is a new twist. According to The Nassau Guardian Business of Wednesday, February 19, 2013 the governments deficit spending is now the fault of foreign investors and … Continue reading →

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Sir Ronald Sanders is right this time

Posted on February 19, 2014 by weblogbahamas

I don't often agree with Sir Ronald Sanders but I must side with his position on the recent comment from a Trinidadian politician, in fact a former Senator reportedly said that "Dr Keith Rowley, the leader of the Opposition in … Continue reading →

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Jacek Yerka – Incredible Artist

Posted on February 18, 2014 by weblogbahamas

The photo on the left is a display of work by Polish painter, Jacek Yerka, that I fell in love with and I hope you can poke around the two sites in the links below to see what I mean. … Continue reading →

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Is the income equality debate making war on progress?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by weblogbahamas

The income equality debate has perturbed me from the first time I heard about it. There are so many "issues" tied up in these discussions it is difficult to focus, it looks little more than social engineering of the economy … Continue reading →

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Not enough revenue, but expenditure continues unabated

Posted on February 17, 2014 by weblogbahamas

The government claims the revenue they take from taxpayers is too little to support "modern government" yet it continues to spent like there's no tomorrow. Oh but they'll add an even larger tax burden (VAT) so they can spend even … Continue reading →

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