THERE ARE LOUD whispers that professionals at a critical institution in Barbados are very dissatisfied with the way things are going. And they are blaming their boss for much of the problems that have occurred.
They are hoping now that he was recently snubbed, that maybe he would recognise that despite being their creature, the high responsibility of their profession should always prevail.
At this place where facts and figures are supposed to matter more than personalities and political puppets, the word is that the professionals feel their research and analysis is being ignored on the altar of political expedience.
But while they cannot do anything about that, the talk apparently circulating among some of them is that they feel if their boss had not seemingly been in agreement with the options taken, maybe the situation would not have deteriorated to what it is, with prospects of it getting worse.
Cou Cou was told that the professionals are pointing to documents a certain international maguffy fellow produced which clearly show that their institution was doing the wrong thing, even though the political puppets welcomed it.
One of those documents two years ago clearly stated that the real danger to the country was the continuing actions of the institution on a particular matter.
The professionals therefore want their boss to find his spine and be the man they know he has the capacity to be and tell the puppets that enough is enough. They argue that he would regain the respect many have lost for him through the years if he does this.
The question though, is their boss man listening?
We shall see.
Where all de taxes going?
THE PARLIAMENT YARD and gallery may have been almost empty on Budget Day, but don’t let that fool you – people were listening.
Cou Cou realised this as we made the rounds to a few watering holes. Eyes were glued to televisions broadcasting the Budget, and muscular comments flew back and forth between patrons, in response to the different things the minister said.
But for many the only question they asked after the speech was, why another tax?
As far as most of those talking were concerned the new National Social Responsibility Levy was just a tax by another name.
We were told that at one bar a loudmouth fellow, whose tongue swings according to the political stance of who buys his drinks, asked if insanity is regarded as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, why does Government continue to impose more taxes and expect the economy to grow.
That opened the floodgates for more questions.
People wanted to know what Government was doing with all the money they have been paying as no new roads have been built, and given all the potholes and bush alongside the road, few repairs and remedial work seems not to be going on.
One man said no new Government buildings have been built either, so where the taxes going?
And another one chipped in that the only schools get built was through Maria Holder, so where the taxes going?
But Mr Loudmouth done up the talk. Our source said he reminded everyone in that particular bar that for supporting a particular man, they or their family were working in some Government job even though they does hardly be at work. And that is where the taxes going – on wages and salaries for people.
