LARRY BURCHALL
OPINION
Payroll tax rollback won't put more cash in your pocket
The Finance Minister promises to "return approximately $50 million". The Health Minister raises premiums for HIP insurance by 28.8%. Ask yourself, what in heck is going on?
OPINION: SPECIAL REPORT ON TOURISM
Bermuda has to re-price itself into a niche market
Will Bermuda be able to return to its heyday Tourism of the three golden decades of the 1960s to 1980s? No. Too much has changed.
OPINION
Feigning non-interest while being deeply interested
Love, hate? More like love, hide. That's the peculiar and unique relationship the British seem to have with part of their national heritage and identity when it comes to the Royal Family and Royal doings.
OPINION
We underestimate international business at our peril
Larry Burchall: Every so often, someone does something that terrifies or embarrasses me. This time it was Kim Wilson, Minister for the Economy, and Kevin Grant, president of the BPSU.
OPINION
UBP disbanding makes sense - so why all the trouble?
It makes sense for the UBP to disappear and for a new political party to form, said Larry Burchall on Wednesday. He wants positive action to beat our economic and crime woes.
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OPINION
Toe-dipping voters unwilling to take political plunge
Larry Burchall: The UBP has finally - almost - died. A new party, the OBA, has arisen. With that, many Bermudians will dip part of their big toe into the waters of the future.
OPINION
Do small signs of decay on Front Street signify a larger problem?
Larry Burchall: If you look close enough you can find small signs of decay and neglect among the buildings of Front Street, our most important thoroughfare.
OPINION
Revenue's flat but we're borrowing more: who's running this shop?
Larry Burchall: I know that I’m not running the shop. But who are the decision-makers? What are they considering? What are they thinking? Are they thinking?
As black men we must take responsibility for our actions
Larry Burchall: 'Men who sit in corners crying and wailing are men who are denying their own manhood.'
It's misleading to take our figures out of context
Larry Burchall: Bermuda must always be analyzed first in Bermuda context and then in ordinary context.
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NATIONAL FINANCE
Our revenue and spending figures are not state secrets
Larry Burchall: In any well-run corporate entity - and Bermuda is simply a billion dollar corporate entity - by this stage everybody should know what the real figures are.
Government has led us into a classic debt trap
Larry Burchall: Government's 'clipping' process, to service National Debt, is heading the wrong way.
Yanking work permits hurts us in the long run
Larry Burchall: In pulling or denying work permits, Minister Kim Wilson may be satisfying narrow party political needs but she is making a huge strategic and national mistake.
OPINION
Economic growth is impossible without expats
Larry Burchall: Bermuda’s national economy will only turn around when the inflow of intellectual and dollar capital exceeds the outflow.
OPINION
Tax relief for retailers - a reality check
Larry Burchall: No Payroll Tax for retailers and their employees. It sounds good. It is good. Good for the business person in retail. Good for people working in retail.
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