LARRY BURCHALL
CENSUS/THE UNEMPLOYED
Only private sector growth can fill jobs void
Larry Burchall: The critical underlying fact is that Bermuda's economy needs about 40,000 filled jobs if it is to function for everyone's benefit.
OPINION
Falling car sales another sign of a broken economy
Larry Burchall: Any Bermudian who still does not understand the link between key guest workers and himself should have a coffee and a chat with a car dealer.
OPINION
The vital role of our guest workers in boosting GDP
Swan and Burchall: One area requiring further clarification is why international business and the foreign workforce are a vital and integral part of Bermuda's economy.
OPINION
How guest workers put money in all of our pockets
Swan and Burchall: As stated in previous articles, in order to have a viable economy our National Workforce (NWF) needs to be at minimum 40,000.
OPINION
Official figures don't tell full story of our money woes
Swan and Burchall: According to the current Auditor General, we are not getting the entire picture on where exactly Government stands financially.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
Great wars have gone but terrorist attacks are here to stay
Larry Burchall: In 2011, some 93 years after the end of WWl, and 66 years after the end of WWll, it does seem possible that the era of huge global shooting wars is over.
OPINION
Maybe this is what the next Cabinet should look like...
Larry Burchall: If the PLP is a shoo-in for the next election, the Government will have to be formed from the group of PLP Candidates that have been established by PLP constituency processes.
OPINION
The writing was on the wall for young black males
Larry Burchall, 1992: We have in our midst a large, strong, but hidden army of mostly male Bermudians which has a strong impact on all our lifestyles.
OPINION
We need long lasting solutions, not quick fixes
Swan and Burchall: The Regeneration of Bermuda's Economy project is to provide suggestions that benefit Bermuda, can be implemented quickly and are of no cost to Government.
OPINION
Finance, not tourism, is the key to our future prosperity
Swan and Burchall: Bermuda and Bermudians must forever abandon the idea of reviving tourism to the state and status that tourism occupied between 1920 and 1990.
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OPINION
Our love affair with tourism is over, we must move on
Larry Burchall: A variety of social, demographic, and technological changes have forever altered Bermuda's tourism product and Bermudian relationships with tourists and tourism.
Government's payroll costs have to be cut
Larry Burchall: This issue will not go away. Government's personnel costs must ultimately and quickly be reduced.
OPINION
The battle goes on
Larry Burchall:Tourism seems to be looking up. For 2011, overall arrival numbers are up. So is income.
We can only partly blame world events for our economic woes
Larry Burchall: The main driver for Bermuda's continuing economic wind-down is the decline in Bermuda's resident [working] population, accompanied by an overall and general (except for government) non-increase in pay and incomes.
A shrinking head count explains our money woes
Larry Burchall: If a politician [says] Bermuda is affected by the Great Global Recession, remind yourself that some people's world view is from the bottom of a deep, narrow, self-dug hole.
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