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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Premier is saying that it is comprehensive when it is not. So if he can at least share the difference between the two classes of people, then that would probably be helpful for those persons who are listening very carefully, who do not actually understand what is the difference between the two classes of people.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Carried over.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is clearly previewing a debate that the Government says they are going to have on Monday. I think that we should stick to the thing and not foreshadow a debate that is to come. He is going to specifics of the Bill. Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: I am happy to move away from that, Mr. Sp eaker.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Speaker.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, missing from the Minister’s brief, which should of course be the headline, is that the One Bermuda Alliance Government will be raising employee portion of payroll tax to the highest level in history. Let me say that gain, Mr. Speaker, employees, under the One Bermuda All iance, will pay the highest payroll tax in history. Not employers though, …
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Done? Okay. [Inaudible interjections]
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, there is noise, so I just want to make sure you are finished. [Gavel]
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Next year, if the Minister of F inance is still the Minister of Finance, one would wo nder if we are goi ng to hear that he was not able to put together a payroll tax change in a year so that we are going to be stuck with what was said to be a temporary increase—there was very little …
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Premier is clearly under stress because he cannot remember me arguing about a 2 per cent increase in taxes that took place before I was appointed to the Senate. Please can he retract the statement and get his facts straight, Mr. Speaker?
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Mi nister of Finance continues to state that when the One Bermuda Alliance took over, the deficit was $330 mi llion. The last PLP’s budget —the last PLP budget, which the One Bermuda Alliance Minister of Finance was the Finance Minister for three months during that time, was $226 million. That was the deficit. The $330 …
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister is again misleading the House. If the Honourable Minister is referring to the 2011/12 budget year in regards to cur-rent spending, the decrease in current spending for that year was in excess of $70 million. So it did not go up, as the Minister is saying. Misleading the House.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister is once again misleading the House. He cannot state that current expenditure went up every year when there were current expenditure decreases that occurred in both Fiscal Year 2011/12 and 2012/13. He cannot say that.
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, regarding clause 2, during the Committee of Supply, there was discussion about this new thing that is going to be inserted into the tax code regarding projects of economic importance. And when the Minister listed off the projects of economic importance, they were all basically tourism projects, which all, I guess you …
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will be brief. But I think that it is interesting that the Minister made it an admission, I guess, that the G overnment, after we heard this lecture of the Government consul ting, then apparently the Government did not consult enough because they are now changing the tax rates inside of …
9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. I was h oping that the Minister could, I guess . . . was there a breakdown in consultation, the reason there is a drop? The other thing that I would ask, be-cause I think that it is important, is that the Gover nment likes to refer to what the Fiscal Responsibility Panel said. But the …