It would appear that in between trips abroad, the prime minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas seems to be able to slip in a few remarks to the people that elected him to higher office; the only problem seems to be that these comments only make sense to his most rabid supporters, who would accept his claims of feces not stinking.

“Davis: Minnis was considering 15% VAT hike” The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “As he defended his government’s decision to decrease value-added tax (VAT) to 10 percent and impose tax on breadbasket items, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said the International  Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended to the previous government that if it did not change its VAT structure, the tax would need to be raised to 15 percent.”

IN his inability to actually govern, Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis continues to make unsubstantiated allegations accusing the former Free National Movement (FNM) administration of going to do this or that; while not clearly articulating what he is going to do or is actually doing – beside travelling.

Davis is using this statement as fact, that the Minnis administration was planning on increasing the rate of Value-Added Tax (VAT), when this is not fact but only speculation out of the “Rabbit Hole” of Gambier House; and for him to state this as fact is to mislead the people of The Bahamas.

I now have two questions; does the reduction in the VAT rate to 10 percent and the imposition of VAT on breadbasket items achieve the recommendations of changing the tax structure to avoid having to rise the VAT tax rate; AND with these recommendations before him [Davis]; is he really trying to make a case as to why he is going to increase the VAT rate?

If this is to indeed be a New Day, then the present government must, when presenting an  argument such as this provide fact – without fact these statements are nothing more than political propaganda, one of the main tactics of the Davis campaign to win the government.  It would appear that the Davis administration is continuing on with that which they did in opposition; create a ‘problem’ to foment fear and distrust amongst the people and then come in with the ‘solution’ BUT there cannot be a true ‘solution’ if there is no true ‘problem’ – it’s all a cheap Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) illusion.  They do it so it can appear that they are actually doing something, when in fact to date they have done little to nothing to better the lives of the average Bahamian – as promised.

This now leads many to ask one simple question; if it is indeed a New day; is it a Better Day.

The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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