DNA for Government? You are not living in a third world...you are living out of this world!

What you should get right is that the phrase "3rd World Country" is defined by being a non aligned country, i.e. not democratic, and not communist!
As far as the level of development of a country is concerned; one thing is certain and that is that vocabulary and use of language around the world has drastically declined despite the "improvements" that come along with development, thus the constant miss use of the "3rd World Phrase".
Think we'd all have to agree that the Bahamas has come along way development wise, with regard to some infrastructure anyways. Ultimately most have access to cable, tel, cell phones, air-conditioning and health care, quality food, hardly undeveloped on the world scale. In fact not even close to the low standards found in any impoverished country....so get a grip.
Unfortunately the "Elite Pigs" of our society having had such a head start with their grand wealth advantage; its thereby allowed them to all but eliminate any chance of the missing development of the middle class to succeed! Nothing like being born on 3rd base!
Instead we have seen the quick dash to modern slavery via financial rein! Where else in the world can a business man with a handful of employees make millions, while he starves this same handful of employees with a couple hundred dollars a week pay.

I agree. The DNA cannot be any worse than the two that we have been recycling every five years with nothing much to show for it.

I agree, may as well see if the DNA can do any better. Based on the last 5 years or so that should not be too hard.

No one knows who the DNA really is beyond a self proclaimed leader - Bran. We know that a motley crew of candidates were put forward in 2012 .......... some of which were dubious at best ............... it would have been hard to imagine a 10-15 member Cabinet from that bunch.
Bran is the greatest impediment to the DNA right now .......... he has to be transparent about the what is the real structure and functioning of the DNA ................ until then????????

What we do know about the DNA is that they get all of their economic ideas from Dr. Jonathan Rodgers the eye doctor. The wannabe economist who has written several vanity-press, self-published bricks on the Bahamian economy promotes his ideas in every venue possible. He found a ready listener in Bran. Having Rodgers as an advisor on the economy would be disasterous, as Rodgers has pretty much failed at every business venture that he has tried from a pizza franchise to the Mango card to money transfers to Haiti. The DNA has no subject matter experts on anything. At least Minnis is a millionaire from his business ventures. The government needs to be run like a business.

I agree with general sentiments on our downward spiral. But the country started the journey down that black hole the day Joe Leader's plane landed, long before Mr Pindling died. I completely disagree with Bran as the answer. I don't think he's an all around thinker, he's a lawyer that's it. we need someone like Dr Sands who is hands down intelligent. (Not necessarily him but someone like him)

I REALLY REALLY REALLY wonder, why is it that every Caribbean country, other than ours, gets leaders with all kinds of academic merits while the only thing ours can boast about is "how dumb I was in school" and "I'm the PM". let's start choosing intelligent men, like Mr Pindling. At the same time noting their character and ethics.

(yeah I know, technically the Bahamas is not part of the Caribbean, but we are part of a grouping of black developing nations in this region, who for all intents and purposes, consider all of us, part of the Caribbean)

The country needs patriots and we have none. Everyone is in politics for self advancement. The populace is in such a dismal state of enlightenment, that the concepts and ideals that would be required to pull the Bahamas out of this morass of degradation, would constitute a platform on which no one would get elected. Instead of promising turkeys, hams, liquors and $200 for your vote, the upright, honest patriotic candidate would have nothing to offer except sacrifice, hard work, and long term plan with little visible results in the early goings. That would be vote-getting anti-matter among the majority of Bahamian vote-holders.