List of items no longer zero-rated for VAT

[S_2NR]

When is the protest. I they. I rel serious.

[Habit7]

lol ....first they stop kids from getting free books in schools

Stop getting your news from posts in UNC fb groups

[Chimera]

i not even on any unc fb groups

but from what i heard in the radio, ent the school textbook program was cut to only specific years?

[bluesclues]

i havin a sit in today with a politico-corporate faction whom i provide oracle services for once a year. from corporate, energy and political sector contacts. i will promote the idea of the luxury tax and see what their feedback is. i advised many things over the years which they doubted and rejected but now have to admit i was right. with a scary level of accuracy. giving me a bit more weight in drawing my points for solutuons.


note im not an advocate for luxury tax. but i have to work with what imbert puts in place to negate the sore effects as im not your prime minister to fully negate any of his ill conceived moves. this is the only way that i can say will begin to compensate for unfairness in the taxing scheme.

[Redman]

lol ....first they stop kids from getting free books in schools

now they want to tax books being imported........

like they really want trinis be dotish or stay dotish

taxing computers/tablets fall in the same thing


computers are key to education nowadays.....


RED AND READY!!!!!

i was going to say it but stopped myself. but now that u say it. it seems that pnm have a problem with a population of intelligent and educated citizens. because those move do certainly seem aimed at hampering growth and advancement on a personal level.

for all the ole talk I eh looking for you there..

The facts are that there is a significant amount of wastage and corruption in the program....and this needs to be corrected.

You all sound like you would prefer that the wastage continues....

smh

[Chimera]

redman be realistic

the wastage will not change

just the beneficiaries of it will change


Justify to us why they would impose vat on BOOKS though

[bluesclues]

lol ....first they stop kids from getting free books in schools

now they want to tax books being imported........

like they really want trinis be dotish or stay dotish

taxing computers/tablets fall in the same thing


computers are key to education nowadays.....


RED AND READY!!!!!

i was going to say it but stopped myself. but now that u say it. it seems that pnm have a problem with a population of intelligent and educated citizens. because those move do certainly seem aimed at hampering growth and advancement on a personal level.

for all the ole talk I eh looking for you there..

The facts are that there is a significant amount of wastage and corruption in the program....and this needs to be corrected.

You all sound like you would prefer that the wastage continues....

smh

what wastage in not taxing books. schoool books, novels, science books magazines doesnt matter.

what corruption is there in not taxing computer systems?

u realize these are the two most important factors to intelligence growth in a society nowadays? the foundation that these should be made as easy as possible to acquire should never be changed.

im not talking about the school text books issue. i know those are only for the upper forms who already have their books. the earlier forms will get their books. i didnt get my report from unc facebook page lol

information and technology came together to form information technology. as ive said before.. many think its about the technology. but it never was.. only for tech enthusiasts. but the real purpose of technology was for faster and efficient information collection and access. books by themselves can do the job. but coupled with technology u gain faster growth.

slow down your IT growth and you slow your populations productivity for intelligence gathering. we now cannot seperate the book from the technology. the two are a pair. making them more expensive is the same as making them more difficult to acquire.

[teems1]

for all the ole talk I eh looking for you there..

The facts are that there is a significant amount of wastage and corruption in the program....and this needs to be corrected.

You all sound like you would prefer that the wastage continues....

smh

Why the need to reintroduce taxes? Can't they just weed out the wastage/corruption?

[88sins]

wait for it. it have worse comin.

[10-01]

wait for it. it have worse comin.

[Spitfir3]

you know it bad when not even the pnm activist can defend these new found taxes
Habit try a thing but he fail miserably
a very small vat reduction on cars won't make up for this bs sorry

[S_2NR]

wait for it. it have worse comin.

It could get worse than taxing books?

[Habit7]

i not even on any unc fb groups

but from what i heard in the radio, ent the school textbook program was cut to only specific years?

No.

The free text books students receive are recycled every 3 years due to wear and tear. Although they were due to be recycled last year, the govt added an extra year to the cycle except for 1st year and Form 1.

you know it bad when not even the pnm activist can defend these new found taxes
Habit try a thing but he fail miserably
a very small vat reduction on cars won't make up for this bs sorry

I know eh, ah trying ah ting.

I waiting on baliser house for some more talking points but they sticking

[johnny123]

now we hadda lose d weight by force...all dem weight loss programs gonna bust!!
we red and ready people!!!

[Redman]

for all the ole talk I eh looking for you there..

The facts are that there is a significant amount of wastage and corruption in the program....and this needs to be corrected.

You all sound like you would prefer that the wastage continues....

smh

Why the need to reintroduce taxes? Can't they just weed out the wastage/corruption?

I hope they can
As to why???
See oil prices and revenue.

the days when the gortt can afford these general benefits.....might be done.

[88sins]

wait for it. it have worse comin.

It could get worse than taxing books?

Yup. But all I gonna say is this.


A lot of business places gonna increase their prices soon & not by small amounts, & a substantial number of jobs are expected to be cut from both the private & public sectors. Couple this with our current shortage of foreign exchange, our high food & raw material resources imports, & many analysts projecting that oil prices will maintain their current downward direction & bottoming out at USD 19-22/barrel by Nov. 2016 & you will soon see how much worse it could get.

wait for it. it comin

[johnny123]

all a allyuh who for the increase...dont lemme c allyuh buyin out d groceries this month eh...wait for 1 feb

[RASC]

Nearly all items on list can be sourced or made locally at a lower cost.

[Habit7]

all a allyuh who for the increase...dont lemme c allyuh buyin out d groceries this month eh...wait for 1 feb

But you just join tuner? how you will point out me in HiLo line?

[Chimera]

we guh see yuh in yuh pnm jersey but looking vex vex when the bill reach but not complaining

must recognize yuh!

[The_Honourable]

When prices do get passed on to the consumer, it would be interesting to see who the public is going to blame.

[Chimera]

but in all fairness is kamla fault eh lol

is she put them in this position as well as the oil prices firetruck them up real bad

[Habit7]

we guh see yuh in yuh pnm jersey but looking vex vex when the bill reach but not complaining

must recognize yuh!

But didn't you accept the 34% increase in all food prices under PP? http://m.guardian.co.tt/business-guardi ... five-years

So then I can accept the 12.5% increase on some items while enjoying the decreases in soap, toiletries, cosmetics and other household items.

If you think PNM making responsible decisions to save our economy would propel Kamla et al back into office then you are surely deceived.

[bluesclues]

buy out all d food and computaah now and sell after feb 1st LEL. produce a spike in the chart sustained by carnival before the next quarterly report. 3rd quarter saw positive growth.. problem solved.. recession done.

hahah brilliant.

[The_Honourable]

but in all fairness is kamla fault eh lol

is she put them in this position as well as the oil prices firetruck them up real bad

Kamla would have to take some blame no doubt but not all of it. The Manning administration have to take some heat also because during the oil boom, that was the best time to diversify, focus on savings, and reform laws to better fight corruption and waste. Kamla had that chance too but she blew it royally.

OPEC exposed our weaknesses raw for all of us to see. Let's see if we can laugh and wine our way out of this.

[K74T]

all a allyuh who for the increase...dont lemme c allyuh buyin out d groceries this month eh...wait for 1 feb

Or else what?

[Chimera]

we guh see yuh in yuh pnm jersey but looking vex vex when the bill reach but not complaining

must recognize yuh!

But didn't you accept the 34% increase in all food prices under PP? http://m.guardian.co.tt/business-guardi ... five-years

So then I can accept the 12.5% increase on some items while enjoying the decreases in soap, toiletries, cosmetics and other household items.

If you think PNM making responsible decisions to save our economy would propel Kamla et al back into office then you are surely deceived.

fortunately for me, some of these changes benefit me greatly

is allyuh i worried about

would love to see different comparisons of what a month to month grocery bill is for the average household from before these changes to after

[10-01]

now we hadda lose d weight by force...all dem weight loss programs gonna bust!!
we red and ready people!!!

I waiting to see who Rowley winein on for carnival ....

[Habit7]

we guh see yuh in yuh pnm jersey but looking vex vex when the bill reach but not complaining

must recognize yuh!

But didn't you accept the 34% increase in all food prices under PP? http://m.guardian.co.tt/business-guardi ... five-years

So then I can accept the 12.5% increase on some items while enjoying the decreases in soap, toiletries, cosmetics and other household items.

If you think PNM making responsible decisions to save our economy would propel Kamla et al back into office then you are surely deceived.

fortunately for me, some of these changes benefit me greatly

is allyuh i worried about

would love to see different comparisons of what a month to month grocery bill is for the average household from before these changes to after

I worried about me too. I am stereotypically Afro-Trinidadian, low skilled, low wage, living in a depressed community, kinda like all 370,000 who voted PNM. We are sufferers who got fed up of PP hand outs, free laptops CEPEP/URP and legalised squatting and demanded that we pay full price.

If I could have only gone back and vote PP...then we would not have been in recession, just as Howai said.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

fortunately for me, some of these changes benefit me greatly

how?