EDITOR, The Tribune.

We, the Alliance of the newly formed committee named All for One and One for All, after searching far and wide have made the following discovery, except for Atlantis and the government, the web shop cafes do the following:

1) Hires more Bahamians than any other business

2) Makes an annual contribution to NIB of $14,438,193.

3) Have a higher water bill than most businesses.

4) Pays more to BTC, BEC and Cable Bahamas than any other business – $12,277,650 annually.

5) Capital improvement $7,340,550 annually.

6) Has a higher rental bill $2,296,816 annually.

7) Annual Business License $125,198.

8) Tens of thousands of dollars are shipped out of the country on a weekly basis to purchase the Florida lottery.

9) Annual sponsorship $1,557,000.

10) Annual donations $4,121,250.

11) Annual rent $2,296,816.

12) Annual other operating expenses $8,756,580.

13) Annual payroll $14,438,193.

14) Because of the web shop cafes thousands of young men and women are now employed.

15) Because of the web shops these young men and women are now able to feed their children giving them levels of education and a higher standard of living, never dreamed of before.

16) More than 170,000 adults play the local numbers daily and share in the winnings of $265,845,762 per year in the not too distant past we too scorned at these web shops, but after having the scales removed from our eyes we say to all and sundry that we deem it necessary the numbers be legalised forthwith.

We say this not only because of the aforementioned, therefore we beg your indulgence to see the benefits to be derived from the legalisation of the numbers as follows:

1) decreased unemployment.

2) millions of dollars in taxes towards sports and education.

3) millions of dollars that would no longer leave the country to play the Florida lottery.

4) taxes in the following amount:

• at 10 per cent $10,412,174;

• at 15 per cent $15,618,261;

• at 20 per cent $20,824,348;

• at 25 per cent $ 26,030,435

5) These increased revenues will enable government to lower taxes in other areas.

As we leave you we the Alliance of All for One and One for All will be bringing you more revelations in due time, until then may you continue to dwell in the land where winners live and every one wins.

TONY PRATT

Nassau,

June, 2012