I agree. screw the web shops!!! web shops are a disease to this country, and, what is more, the Bahamian people voted against them. I approve 100% of the Government taxing them into the ground. If not adressed, the web boys will own this country and its politicians like Jamaican Dons.

Idiots. My idea is to make Grand Bahama and only Grand Bahama a legal marijuana zone. The US Federal Government is on the verge of legalizing weed (or letting states choose) nation wide. With the removal of the Federal ban, the Bahamas has no reason to criminalize marijuana. Use Grand Bahama as the platform for Bahamian entrepreneurs to legally sell pot to Bahamians and tourists alike. This lead to a huge boom in GB, as everyone flocks to its "high" shores.

Re Licks2. Nobody is perfect, but I believe Juan deserves a national award. The important contribution he has made is that he has brought "critical thinking" to the masses. I have lived here for ages but never seen a person that has been able to instill a modern mindset in our population. He is a huge asset to our future as a nation, and we should be very grateful that he came along.

Of course he has an agenda. He wants to make this country better and so do I.

Re: Well_mudda_take_sic

In response to your assertion that I am likely not black, you are wrong. I am a big fan of Juan McCartney's The Revolution. I believe in order to do better, we must deconstruct ourselves and fix our weaknesses. I love The Bahamas, but I hate that this beautiful country has reached junk bond status and that politics has been hijacked by the race card. I want the best for this country only. Nothing more or less.

For Real. They might as well start catching jitney home, cuz the writing is on the wall. Minnis is finished!!! Never seen a man squander his political currency so quickly.

It's the people's time!!! If this is the people's time, we should have been consulted on VAT. Does Minnis even know what his words mean? He seems to be one of the most secretive PMs ever. Good Sir, keeping secrets from the people is the diametrical opposite of it being the people's time.

It's the people's time!!! If this is the people's time, we should have been consulted on VAT. Does Minnis even know what his words mean? He seems to be one of the most secretive PMs ever. Good Sir, keeping secrets from the people is the diametrical opposite of it being the people's time.

The problem is that Bahamians don't know who they are, that they are Africans. Because they don't know their true identity, they are repeating the same mistakes impoverished Africa has made -- tollerating corruption and allowing the guilty leaders to run free. If Bahamians realized who they were, they would realize the propensity for corruption to destroy their country and take massive steps to prevent this from occuring in The Bahamas.

Question: Why is it that many African leaders are unpatriotic and corrupt? (https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-that-ma…)

I'm not sure whether all of them are unpatriotic, but I know for a fact they're all corrupt. No exception whatsoever. I'll leave the argument for patriotism for another day. For now I'll focus on corruption which is endemic and is on the brink of destroying the continent.

One of the reasons African leaders are very corrupt is because they are afraid of going back to being broke or becoming average citizen after they leave power, which set a precedent for them to embezzle. The corruption is prevalent that they steal so much wealth that their next five generations can't exhaust. The sad part is that vast majority of the stolen wealth is kept in the western world. Many of them never live old enough to enjoy their stolen wealth. Or they end up in exile never to see much of their stolen wealth again. In order to curtail this particular sentiment, this award was created. The biggest award of its kind in the world. Yet, they've gone 2–3 years consecutively without having a winner.

Another reason is because corruption is condoned by average citizens, especially within tribal lines. Nigeria is one good example. If a Yoruba leader steals from the nation’s coffer today, some people of his tribe will defend him on the ground that leaders from other tribes do the same thing too. In essence, it's justifiable. Ignorance and poverty have imprisoned our minds that when giving a bag of rice and a few thousands, we're willing to lay down our lives for a politician or leader. I know a lot of Africans who strongly believed that if you become a president and you did not become very rich after you leave office, you're forever cursed. Everyone is in line to get their turn to steal when opportunity arises.

I personally believe African leaders are corrupt because the people are indifference to their actions. In other words we allowed them to be corrupt. They're not going to change and will not anytime soon. It is only in Africa that we turned to God to change our country or leaders because every problem for us deserves spiritual solutions. Sometimes I wish we could leave religion aside for a while and held our leaders accountable for their actions. But I don't see that happening anytime soon. So why are African leaders so corrupt and unpatriotic? Because Africans allowed it.