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Susan E. Jackson

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24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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May I ask a clarification? Did the Minister just say the International Business growth?
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I am going to have to say something, I am sorry. 396 24 February 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Go ahead. [Laughter] The Speake r: Go ahead. Go right ahead.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I am talking about everybody who is on the ground level here.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And I do not know how we are going to translate that growth from the Interna-tional Business to the grocery store and the school uniform and what is happening down here, over here on the street, because I thought that the PLP was about what is happening with us right down here on the street. And if we are talking …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Because if we are going to be hanging out with International Business, then I think the PLP Government may be losing touch and it is starting to sound like a whole lot like an old song that we used to sing around the United Bermuda Way. So, I can see why it is really nice to talk about how International …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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We’ll move on.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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My point, Mr. Speaker, is that it sounds to me like the Progressive Labour P arty is touting a lot of their credit based on the growth of I nternational Business versus the growth or the welfare of the people of Bermuda. I am going to leave it right there, Mr. Speaker, because you know what, we have got local …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, I will go back to the first time I said it. The people in Bermuda are carrying the burden of the taxes in Bermuda. International Bus iBermuda House of Assembly ness is paying a whole lot less in percentage than what the man on the street is having to pay. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: That is not …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And maybe that is the way it should be. I mean, I don’t know, International Bus iness, they are here. They pay a price tag to be here— clap their han ds, la, la, head to the beach, off they go. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: What?
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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But the people here in Bermuda are the ones who are responsible for paying taxes in order to support what our public services should be providing to the people of Bermuda. [Crosstalk]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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That seems fair to me, but it is an undue burden that is being placed on the people in Bermuda and we cannot afford it. Hon. Jason Hayward: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I will leave it alone. But they also have— [Laughter]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—the shipping duties, they also have the foreign currency . . . the FCPT [Foreign Currency P urchase Tax]. They have plenty of other customs duties that . . . the whole enchilada that they have to pay in addition to the taxes that the Member just mentioned. And, Mr. Speaker, keeping in mind all of that, people are just …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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So I am putting it out there. I want it in the Hansard. [Inaudible interjections ]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I would also like to know . . . I want all the taxi drivers to hear all the chirping that is coming from the other side from the PLP Government because those people who drive taxis have to put up with a lot and they are not necessarily appreciated when it comes to the — [Inaudible interjections and laughter …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—regulation around rates and fares. And I want to put it out there that if we are going to talk about minimum wage, that everybody should be considered, including the taxi industry. [Crosstalk]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we have not seen much stimulati on. We have not seen much action. Bermudians are leaving the Island in droves. In droves! Mr. Speaker, they cannot afford the health insurance. [Inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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They cannot afford the land taxes. And they cannot bear the c ost of everything else that has risen beyond their ability to pay. And we are talking about people who have been here, who have worked hard, who are driving buses, who are teaching our children, who are providing a valuable 398 24 February 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—the first thing that people say that comes out of their mouths, to the point where I had to go back into that Budget Statement and look at it one more time, is that the PLP Government, and [correct] me if I am wrong, has written on the paper that they would give a $130 million guarantee for the picture …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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But there is no way a Bermudian is going to be able to readily afford any part of that. And that they are going to do the exact same thing that they have touted and criticised —