Speeches by Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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—that as we look forward . . . as we look forward to the proverbial tomorrow, what we see, what we hope for, Mr. Speaker, is the finalisation of the Fairmont Southampton contract so that it can move forward. We know, Mr. Speaker, that once that gets done, there is going to be an estimated 600 to 800 jobs for …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker—

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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41 words

But for right now, my point is that the commentary from the Opposition Leader just now, in my opinion, was actually mediocre in re-sponse to the great plan to adjust the payroll tax that has come from the PLP. [Inaudible interjection]

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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And I heard you, Mr. Whip, saying that I am being kind. But let’s leave it for now. What I will do, Mr. Speaker, is say that . . . I will actually start where the Honourable [Opposition] Leader left off, which is that killing the gol den goose, right, in terms of you are a potential employee in Ber-muda, …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I know. But it was interesting though, right, that we did a calculation which would show that for the persons that are in that band, their payroll tax, even if they paid it themselves, is ac-tually about 11 per cent.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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1,153 words

And it used to be 9 per cent. And if you permit, Mr. Speaker, I will say that it is facetious to say that what is currently being proposed under the Payroll Tax Amendment is actually going to be negative to someone who earn at that level. The Minister of Finance said earlier that the Payroll Tax Act is structured …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, sir. Get off the fence. Splinters are hard to remove once they are embedded. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Member is definitely misleading the House. He is not understanding what I said. I said, Mr. Speaker, that the Honourable Cole Simons is sitting on the fence because he said he supports some and not the others, which means, Mr. Speaker, he is straddling the fence. That is my point. And please, Mr. Speaker, he …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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No worr ies.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Everyone is telling me to be quick, and I will do that.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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I do not know about two minutes, but I will be quick, Mr. Speaker.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Well, let me just do this real quick, Mr. Speaker. As I prepared for today to come and just , you know , to reflect upon what has transpired over the past couple of weeks as we went through the entire budget process start ing on February 17 when it was delivered up until now , one of my Bermuda …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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—I am looking at you, Mr. Speaker. And I am speaking to you, Mr. Speaker. —

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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But what I will say, Mr. Speaker, is that one of the points that I want to clarify today, Mr. Speaker, is what I think is necessary, that we know that the OBA was t he Government between December 17, 2012 and July 18, 2017. And one point that keeps coming up, Mr. Speaker, is what happened to the debt …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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And the debt doubled, Mr. Speaker, because the net debt when they came in was $1.2 billion, and when they left it was $2.4 billion, Mr. Speaker. And I know, Mr. Speaker, that one of the Honourable Members is going to go now and go to the book . And i t is going to tell me that I am …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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He is incorrect, Mr . Speaker. And he can say what he wants to say, Mr. Speaker, but I have the information. And, yes, you can go and look, Mr. Speaker. I have the information for every single year, Mr. Speaker.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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. . .if you choose. POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, that is — Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker? Mr. Speaker?

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am going to do my best now. I am going to calm down, Mr. Speak-er. I can tell you, Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interjections]