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CUT US SOME SLACK MR. SINCLAIR

Submitted by Old Onions BagPeople already hollaring for murder from these draconian taxes, yet it ain’t even Budget Day. How much longer can we continue this way Mr. Sinckler? Better believe we need to come up for air now. People all over Barbados want some reprieve. How much longer can they take these draconian measures…

Submitted by Old Onions Bag

Ministry-Finance-Budget-StatementPeople already hollaring for murder from these draconian taxes, yet it ain’t even Budget Day.

How much longer can we continue this way Mr. Sinckler? Better believe we need to come up for air now. People all over Barbados want some reprieve. How much longer can they take these draconian measures and not fall through the social net? We need relief and we need it like yesterday.

What is the sense of being able to boast of cutting the deficit in half and the country’s people are suffering?

You are on video boasting in Parliament of the tough times our generation has been through and of how it makes for character. Yes sir Mr. Minister we agree, but are you not forgetting… back in those days you could beg for a breadfruit….a turnover was for 5c….you could eat and sleep at the neighbour and vice versa. Times have changed Mr.Minister … they have become harder. What could play in those days, won’t cut it today.

By taking so much money out of the economy in the forms of increased taxation and surcharge on fuel,   the money supply has decreased .  The money multiplier effect has thereby waned as a result, and there are less dollars to be circulated and  personal savings are being withdrawn from the banks. For those so interested….. money creation is the process by which the money supply of a country  is changed. There are two principal stages of money creation. First, a central bank introduces new money into the economy termed expansionary monetary policy…. by purchasing financial assets or lending money to financial institutions. Secondly, the new money introduced by the central bank is multiplied by commercial banks through fractional reserve banking; this expands the amount of broad money (i.e. cash plus demand deposits) in the economy so that it is a multiple (known as the money multiplier) of the amount originally created by the central bank.

Mr.Sinckler  by your government’s mid-term fiscal policies, you all have successfully choked up the country’s monetary plumbing real good. The system needs an enema, and real fast….to release some frustrations and anxieties the hard working and unemployed people are left to bear.

Come Budget Day, we need A GOOD RELEASE…”something proper”…for some of us are daily riding the “Brumswick Schooner”…and that is no lie.

75 responses to “CUT US SOME SLACK MR. SINCLAIR”

  1. The People's Denocratic Congress Avatar
    The People’s Denocratic Congress

    Now is the time and more than ever before for many patriotic nationalistic politically driven coalitional building Barbadians to resolve to getting up and starting their own political parties and movements, with a clear unobstructed view to winning governmental office in this country, and whereupon acceding to power and authority in government, organizing and managing rational, sound and far reaching social political material and financial policies, strategies, and programs for the betterment of the reactivation of the growth and development process of Barbados.

    Both these intellectually and politically backward, bankrupt and discredited DLP and BLP disorganizations MUST go or be FORCED to go in the forseeable future in this country.

    PDC

  2. Vincent Haynes Avatar
    Vincent Haynes

    David

    Why are gas prices going up…..where is the logic?

  3. David Avatar
    David

    @Vincent

    The logic is NOT for you the taxpayer to understand.

  4. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    Don’t mek muh laugh Vincent. 1 cent?

    “Effective midnight, the retail price of gasoline increases slightly by one cent from $2.83 per litre to $2.84 per litre

  5. ac Avatar
    ac

    well that is like counting chickens before they hatch. in politics it is any one’s game, depending…………..///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    if she wants to remain relevant a fact and burning issue mia has to address is what does she and her crew have to offer

    my clue is that unless she has a viable alternative, the private sector would give her plenty of lip service while keeping an eye of any meaningful gains in the economy that would satisfy their pockets and those in charge would be the benefactors.

  6. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Hants March 8, 2015 at 8:46 PM #
    ……………………………………………………..
    Not just 1 cent . Since we have abandoned the Cent, in practice it is moving from $2.83 per litre to $2.85 per litre.

  7. ac Avatar
    ac

    so wait what wunna blp misfit thinks on tuesday when mia returns to parliament after a month of not doing the people business that she is deserving of a heroes welcome or giving the keys to parliament next election after not completing the job as “promised” ( btw not a good word for an up and coming aspiring leader to use)of throwing mr carrington out of the chair.
    this is what is call lousy timing and bad bad bad leadership,

  8. Artaxerxes Avatar
    Artaxerxes

    Onions, it appears as though you’re not the only one who is begging “Cut us some slack, Mr. Sinckler”, Dr. David Estwick seems to be expressing a similar sentiment as well. According to today’s Nation newspaper, Estwick wrote Stuart to complain about Sinckler.

    “Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick has again written to the Prime Minister, this time complaining that his colleague Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is behaving as though he is the Cabinet.”

    “In a letter dated February 27 addressed to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, Estwick charged that officials of the Ministry of Finance, on Sinckler’s instructions, bypassed his office and issued instructions to the general manager of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) that were not in keeping with Cabinet decisions.”

  9. old onion bags Avatar
    old onion bags

    Yeah Artex,

    Man it seems like these moojans are hell bent on earning the name Banana Republic for this 11 x 14 rock.

    From have our lil boys @ Gold Cup decked up as Green Monkeys all for whitey entertainment …..to increasing gasoline willy nilly by ONE CENT at the fuel ATM, our Barum n Bailey Circus buffoons are doing the gorilla nowadays. Tekk it light my friend doan forget Essee always carrying his irons and by now D Kung Fu Panda musse done revise his grasshopper techniques, he used to profess about Up on the Hill…….Just now it gine be war.

  10. millertheanunnaki Avatar
    millertheanunnaki

    @ Artaxerxes March 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM
    “Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick has again written to the Prime Minister, this time complaining that his colleague Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is behaving as though he is the Cabinet.”

    Come on son of Xerxes, are you going to fall for that piece of pantomime shit again that can only get attention in some skit in Bajan Bellyful of Laff- it- off.
    The politically winded Estwick is just a load of gaseous crap that could generate more heat than the hot promises of a WTE and co-generation sugar factory made by the current administration.
    Sinckler is indeed the de facto PM and whatever Sinckler wants to do he has been given carte blanche to do as he pleases and to whom. Just wait and listen to the bull of lies that would be ringing in your ears with the upcoming Estimates.

  11. loyal bajan Avatar
    loyal bajan

    ac
    It is one thing to be a partisan DLP but wasn’t it true that the late P.M Thompson and his team also walked out of parliament and promised never to return until general elections were called? was that then the DLP doing the people’s business?

  12. Artaxerxes Avatar
    Artaxerxes

    millertheanunnaki March 9, 2015 at 8:39 AM #

    “Sinckler is indeed the de facto PM and whatever Sinckler wants to do he has been given carte blanche to do as he pleases and to whom. Just wait and listen to the bull of lies that would be ringing in your ears with the upcoming Estimates.”

    On the contrary, Miller, I’m not one to fall for anything Estwick does or says. He has proven time and time again he’s just a “blow hard”.

    You can guarantee that, during the estimates debate, this same Estwick will get up in parliament, endorse the comments of Sinckler, justify and support the estimates. This is the type “sanctimonious hypocrisy” Stuart was referring to.

    How can a man who, by his numerous public out bursts, has demonstrated he has problems with his DLP colleagues, yet he is prepared to compromise his integrity just to tow the party line?

  13. loyal bajan Avatar
    loyal bajan

    Come on let’s face it, there must be a total revamping of governance of this and other regional nations. We need to stop supporting either party lock, stock and barrel and call a spade a spade. Both major political parties in Barbados have lost their way and they are taking this nation into dark/black waters. We are their managers and we must take the blame if we don’t do something about it. Let us stop complaining and do something about it.

  14. Fractured BLP Avatar
    Fractured BLP

    International Women’s Day and not word from Mia Mottley…….the leader of Her Majesty Loyal Opposition.

    What a shame!

  15. Artaxerxes Avatar
    Artaxerxes

    Fractured BLP March 9, 2015 at 9:37 AM #

    “International Women’s Day and not word from Mia Mottley…….the leader of Her Majesty Loyal Opposition.
    What a shame!”

    Good observation, Fractured, and I could not agree with you even more. As a woman and leader of the opposition, it would have been of significant importance for her to comment.

    However, surely you must agree it is also even more shameful that despite the myriad of difficulties confronting Barbados and Barbadians continuously beseeching the PM to say something ……… after 7 years, not a word from Fruendel Stuart……… Prime Minister of Barbados.

    Has he invoked his right to remain silent?

    What a shame!!!!!

  16. old onion bags Avatar
    old onion bags

    You want shame Fractured

    What about those PENSIONERS who awaiting their cheques from the NIS?

    You want shame Fractured… what about the CLICO pensioners who also suffering and Mona Lisa dey not sayin a word…

    You want Shame Fractured

    What about the people up at the QEH that cannot get drugs?

    What about the poor people Barrels that getting taxed?

    Wha bout Carrington?

    Man all wanna is BARE SHAME !

    …………………David Ellis cud really HUSH….impartiality my ass…some balance !

  17. Artaxerxes Avatar
    Artaxerxes

    old onion bags March 9, 2015 at 10:09 AM #

    “You want shame Fractured…”

    Onions, Fractured mentioning ‘bout “What a shame”, but I got a few more to add:

    • The retrenched government employee, including those from Transport Board, National Housing and Drainage Unit, had to wait almost 9 months before being paid severance.

    • The DEMs are the first ones to break the law under the new employment rights bills, by making the above mentioned former employees wait more than the stipulated 3 months before being paid severance.

    • NCC not adhering to the “last in, first out” criteria to retrench NCC employees, which resulted in individuals from Denis Lowe’s constituency, who were hired prior to the 2013 general elections, remaining employed.

    • Almost 1 year has passed and the former NCC and Beautify Barbados employees are yet to receive severance.

    • The PM recommending the former NCC employee fiasco to a non-functioning employee rights tribunal.

    • Richard Byer charging the Caves of Barbados $766.855 to give a legal opinion on a loan contract; a similar service that was provided by another lawyer for $17,000.

    • Constant confusion with Dr. Estwick.

    • An inept Minister of Finance, who got on radio a few weeks ago to say there was no “vote buying”, when he was one of the chief culprits to engage in the activity.

    • Donville Inniss talking shiite every weekend.

    • The $3.333M fraudulent invoice.

    All this shiite gine on and not a word from Stuart.

    Now that is a SHAME.

  18. Knight of the Long Knives Avatar
    Knight of the Long Knives

    Did anyone notice the “partisan rhetoric” from Onions has toned down significantly. Its almost like its a different person. But as I have said from the get-go on this site and elsewhere the increase in taxes was counter productive and resulted in a net loss of tax revenues along with losses of jobs causing a downward spiral in the economy. I am not convinced any one there knows what they are doing. I think Sinckler will likely lose his seat in the next election as he is one of the most hated men in Barbados… for good reason. He continues to fatten his bank account and waistline while ordinary Bajans struggle.
    On another matter I have been hearing this silliness now coming from the mouth of the increasingly arrogant PM (previously heard from Owen Arthur) criticizing Bajans for buying a wall house and/or owning a car. Should we not strive to own assets to care for ourselves and our children? Should we leave that to the political class exclusively? Enquiring minds want to know. Perhaps AC can answer??

  19. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Knight of the Long Knives March 9, 2015 at 12:00 PM #

    On another matter I have been hearing this silliness now coming from the mouth of the increasingly arrogant PM (previously heard from Owen Arthur) criticizing Bajans for buying a wall house and/or owning a car.
    …………………………………………………………………………………..
    Even the Plantation owners during the time of slavery, provided their slaves with ‘wall houses”. Some of which are still standing and very much in use.
    Talk about kicking down the ladder. These bastards have pots of boiling oil poised above.

  20. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Ronald Jones has backed up his Get more children appeal, with a Lower the voting age to 16 suggestion. He intends to turn this country into a welfare state where young mothers with a string of children and no jobs, will be queuing up outside his constituency office begging for hand outs,which will ensure that he stays in office for a long time,as no one with any experience in life, will ever honestly cast a vote for Ronald Jones.

  21. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    FINANCE MINISTER Chris Sinckler launched the 2015 Estimates debate in the House of Assembly this morning laying out what he described as clear cut, undisputed evidence that the Barbados economy was on the rebound

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/64896/economy-rebounding-sinckler-leads-estimates#sthash.UV5cn6pf.dpuf

  22. old onion bags Avatar
    old onion bags

    Wait…..did I hear right from Chris that D country Debt outstanding is $11 BILLIONS……$11,000,000,000???…and that when Joe Clarke n friends assumed office in 2007 is stood at only $6 BILLION? A whopping $5 Billion increase in debt…..that works out to approx $15Million being borrowed each week…..What D brassbowl. Wait so where all D Assets for this great expenditure?

    ……Cunty turn which corner Chris?…doan mekk sport!

  23. Bush Tea Avatar
    Bush Tea

    LOL @ Onions
    boss man … don’t go and burst a blood vessel now yuh know..

    You ain’t hear the man Stinkler say that we now have a surplus (if you don’t count the loan repayments)..so we looking up …ha ha ha
    Looka … he don’t know head nor tail what he talking ’bout hear …. sound more like he was talking bout the “physical deficit”…

    Think bout it Onions…
    If a fool and his money are soon parted….
    what would you expect to happen with a fool and OUR money…?

    wunna lucky that de debt aint $100 BILLION already…..those jackasses will find some more situations where they can…
    ..buy an abandoned hotel for $100m
    ..pay $$millions to knock it down
    ..borrow $500 M to build a new hotel…then..
    ..GIVE it to a Paradise-beach-pisser…and..
    ..give him tax exemption till he and his children die..

    Meanwhile…he sells Jamaican rum exclusively in Barbados …as he goes about pissing on the best rums in the whole world…

  24. old onion bags Avatar
    old onion bags

    Why D ask these people stop fooling people doa……one we turn the corner..which corner the one behind the stadium leading to Two Sons?Why even a 11+ school boy would tell you that if U borrowing all these BILLIONS….in 5 years to prop up the peg…..and ya sending home all des people ..and withholding money for Income tax repaymnts and to the QEH……the deficit would give a false movement

  25. old onion bags Avatar
    old onion bags

    CORONER……oh I now get Chris….Chris means we waking he up….LOL

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