So Foulkes forget where ha pa from ay. Bahamians y’all better open y’all eyes and monitor the budgets and actions of your government over the past consecutive years. Their actions are making it more and more difficult for average, working Bahamians to survive while the tax exempt resorts and gated communities continue to silently encompass the country. Bahamians compared to foreigners you own nothing in this country. And the man who control the purse strings controls the power. Anyone with some sense can see that this budget has foreign influence in it. The Bahamians get all the taxes and the rich and non Bahamians get all the benefits. What do you call a government that rather see it’s pe homeless t rather than come up with a long term plan to get them housing? What do you call a government that rather have its people on welfare than have gainful employment? There is no reason why any Bahamian should be enduring the hardships they have been going through since 2008 and losing everything they own. Do you realize that every single government quasi entity is now foreign owned or managed?

Control

Even with us. Then what?

As long as the drug war continues without interruption, Bahamians will never be free. Our drug war is fueled by our greed, and that curse fuels that war.

Foreigners aren't to blame for our issues. We as black people or just any Bahamian overall following Lynden should had known better from that deal that secured Norman's Cay. We've pushed ourselves to this situation, and we must undo it.

Bulldoze them and arrest the landowners and fine them for all the rent they ever collected. Take that fine money and build high density housing for these people and charge them rent for it. Also confiscate the land from these landowners too.

Government’s own attempts to provide low cost rental units failed. Simply because the maintenance on these properties are high and above average and the rental income is low and below profitability. While build a duplex in Bain or Grants Town to rent at $500 a month with maintenance cost of $5,000 a year, when you can build similar units in Stapleton or Carmichael and rent at $700 or $800 with a maintenance of $2-3000 a year.

Well . . .go and sue. . .doing nonsense is why he have Rony Jean in trouble now in the Supreme Court! That lawyer is a big bluff. . .GO AND SUE!!

HadHatter, you hit the nail right on Mr. Smith's head. Unbelievable the nonsense he spews from his lips!

Be consistent with criticism. If we criticize the FNM administration over the controversial OBAN deal in large part due to the environmental impacts it will have, why are we afraid to support it now that it has taken this course of action to clean up the environment, enforce building codes and hold to account land owners who avoid taxes and prey on the poor. A lot of illegal immigrants hide out in these communities as well until they can assimilate into society. This initiative addresses so many issues in one fell swoop. This is the level of thinking I encourage cabinet to employ as it makes strategic decisions in the national interests. One of the tenants confessed that he knew this day would come. What was done to prepare? Little to nothing. #LongRopeHasItsEnd

REPOST: @TheMadHatter

**"There was never talk about working to properly regulate these communities, ..."**

Correct Sir. I'm sure neither was there any talk of "regulating" bank robberies.

*....Anyone who thinks Mr. Smith cares about human rights can ask why doesn't he bring lawsuits against the government for the INHUMANE conditions that BAHAMIANS are kept in at Fox Hill.*

--- HMMMMM!?! No additional comment needed, Mr. Smith has just been baptized by fire from TheMadHatter, I Gone!

Best I take inventory my Brownies Box see if Comrade "King's Counsel," hasn't been helping himself my Homebakeds?

Smith thrives on controversy and drama. I bigger idiot you cannot find.

the answer to the problem is to build some shanty towns next door to Mr> Smith . Then
he will have a different story. You see a whole mass of black people all packed together

does not matter to him. Out door toilets and bush toilets are all right for them, even if I

bought my property and obeyed the laws it does not matter . the other folks do not

have to obey the law. I say some shanty towns right next to Smith beware of the dogs
though.

Reminds massa too much of the plantations aye #pigstailand bean soup

Creole Fred may have a point if the shanty towns are on private property ....... but cannot tell the Government what not to do with those squatting on Crown Land ...... This sounds ridiculous

I understand and appreciate your points... but, you lost me at 'towel-heads'.

Probably the folk from the Middle East and Africa that wear various types of head cloths?!

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Neimuller.

Governments the world over are no longer properly constrained by the laws they should uphold, often acting above and beyond while imposing extraneous laws on their citizens.

In the end, everyone will suffer as they did nothing, until it was too late.

It does not means that one can do whatever the hell he/she likes and we "must" not allow our government to take action. . .it means that we know our governments are doing wrong. . .are contrary to our laws and we stand by and do nothing to prevent injustice!! "Justice is giving one what he/she is entitled to by virtue of ownership"-Socrates!

They are not entitled to what does not belong to them. . .or they are entitled to!!

Smith will never sue. . .he said he was going to in the Oban matter. . .plus he has his hands full with that mess he created with the Rony Juan case!!

Maybe this man should try a reality t.v. show for a while, or a drama series like Game of Thrones!