Aside from, in my opinion, being by far the worst leader the Bahamas has ever seen. I believe Mr. Christie to be one of the worst leaders this world has ever seen. His most annoying attribute is his inability to understand that Bahamians are intelligent enough to see his nakedness and abject failure at progressing the Bahamas to the next level.

I now realize I will be old and gray before change happens in the Bahamas, so why bother. The majority of educated Tribune readers are looking for white leadership, based on Eurocentric ideals of logic and equity. The majority of Bahamians, however, still want African leadership by way of a tribal cabal, where the chief does as he pleases and corruption runs rife. Why bother. We are, indeed, wasting our time.

Thst is not the correct question. The correct question is who in the PLP, including the Attorney General, made money as a result of this deal and at the public treasury's expense.

Even using the VAT money to pay out Bahamian creditors, as admitted was the case in today's paper, is corruption. It is taking public funds and putting them in a few private hands.

The danger of arbitraily exempting companies from paying taxes is that it leads to a quid pro quo breeding ground for corruption. Instead of the public trasury being paid the tax funds, the money often finds itself into private pockets. For example, I forgive you a 60 million tax bill, but you pay me 10 million dollars etc. Etc.

Oh please. Wake me up when BOB has been liquidated.

What's so great about a majority of educated people deciding what to do? Would you want to use a bank run by these grass roots people? Would you want to buy a car from a dealership run by these grass roots people? So, why would you celebrate these grass roots D average people deciding what happens to all your taxes, land, currency and services. Makes no sense if you ask me. One thing I would celebrate is the Best Rule Day. If we were ruled by the best people for the job: smartest, honest, honorable. That would be something worth celebrating.

What we need is an honest discussion and to place all the cards on the table face up. If majority rule was so great for us, why is crime, corruption and junk bond status the new normal. Surely, majority rule cannot have been that great if these are its fruits. When the UBP left power, there was apparently a thirty million dollar surplus in the treasury. In my opinion, the problem lies not with majority rule but with independence. Bahamians did not have the capacity for self governance at that stage. What is needed is for the swamp to be drained, much like Turks & Caicos, the Bahamas requires the Queen's oversight to enter and despose with corrupt officials.

You put a gardiner at the controls if a jet, it ga crash. What you expect? Majority rule = majority fool.

Yes. I would agree. It's obvious he bought the lights in bulk from China. At most the decorations could cost $50,000 and that's being very generous.