Comment: I say to all these Bible quoters: an eye for an eye; bring back slavery; hold women in contempt and beneath men; have wars and genocide; black people are white people's inferiors; shall I continue? You stupid fools, don't you realise your names, your cultures, your beliefs are the living remnants of your former OWNERS, that you no longer have true identities as African persons, that you are came from nations of "pagans", sold into slavery by your own black chiefs, that you are still slaves to your new black "owners", that if it weren't for slavery, and the blood sweat and tears of your ancestors, you'd still be living in African countries where you'd be poor, oppressed, backwards? Shake off all these relics of ignorance and slavery, people, and think for yourselves; if you believe in God, God talks to you personally, and you do not have to subscribe to some crazy notions and ideas written by foreign persons to control and enslave you...Straight, gay, whatever: God's children...Did your God forsake you when He/She let you be slaves? poor? suffer disease? When a child is born with two sets of sex organs, who allowed it? blind? crippled? Religion and politics are your modern enslavers...whomsoever submit to these are willing slaves

Comment: Truly happy 4 u Dexter, we need more officers like u. Keep up the good works. I'll keep watching ur back and my prayers would forever be with you. God takes care of his children

Comment: Please do your research before you comment. Consumption tax is only one of 12 taxes being replaced by VAT. All the others are small percentages like 5 and 6% but now jump to 17%. Consumption tax is the only one that will come down. So mr harris is very correct. Dont believe everything you hear from politiicans. Check it out yourself! You will see the difference in your pocket come November!

Comment: Jan 25, 2010 was gen elections, Dr Douglas won 91% votes in his constituency, are you aware of this. Harris is like an empty vessel just sounding off, whats his agenda, so big and fat with ideas why he did not advise the US, UK and Europe and the other countries that have high unemployment rate etc etc. Its easy for Harris to curse his own, our country is small but developing,,whats his positive contribution to the country?...talk, talk, talk empty talk.

Comment: Some people just believe everything Douglas tells them, here the man trying to explain the realities of the serious state the economy is in and this person is saying that its nothingness. Well I find it impossible to believe that Vat will not cause an increase in the cost of living. And if the country was doing so well why would the government have to borrow so much money to meet its expenses. The double salary he paid in December could have gone towards bringing down the national debt.

Comment: well done scottie u truly deserved it

Comment: The article is a good and clear indication of the state of affairs of the federation, however how I understand it is that the consumption tax will no longer be in effect so the cost to consumer will be 17% instead of 221/2 persent as in consumption tax. Vat is to put in placea catchment to include persons in our society who make millions and do not pay any taxes the tax is less but has a wider catchment effect. So Mr. harris please tell the truth.

Comment: To CORN...you can't be serious with your comment about Grant and PAM. WRONG IS WRONG NOT MATTER WHO SAYS IT'S WRONG. As you feel GRANT and PAM criticize everything the gov't does, so does every Labour supporter criticize Grant and PAM when things are not in Labour's favor. So you are a case of the pot calling the kettle black. WRONG MOVE by your 10-man-in-1 PM...YET AGAIN. The money ain't coming out of Dougie's pocket, YOU as a tax payer are paying for them so I guess you are okay with it.

Comment: YOU HAVE SAID A BUNCH OF NOTHINGNESS. What are you really trying to do here? What is your agenda Mr. Harris? As an economist, I would think you have some very educated suggestions as opposed to being a highlighter. Tell me something we don't know already. Is Douglas GOD? Furthermore, look at ALL the countries in this world, We have been doing extremely well to have only NOW introduce VAT. You talk about the national debt,isn't VAT a way to generate funds?ECONOMIST please to get yourself together

Comment: Whether by design or by accident, Page 132 of the Draft VAT Act exempts the application of VAT on all insurance policies. The Tax Reform Unit are very tight lipped on this and will not respond to repeated queries on this topic. As a result the Insurance industry is now about to inform all of their customers that VAT on insurance is exempt. This is as it should be as Insurance is an investment and should not be taxed as outlined in their pamplet that states "Promotes investment..."