Ha ha don't worry plenty new taxes coming after the election, and then a huge give away again before the one after. At some point it will end, but then they can blame the IMF for the drastic reductions in Civil service and the sale or closure of most state owned entities. Also the previous Governments who got them into it, but under no circumstances will they be the ones to blame.

I am trivializing it because any nation that can not run a power company for profit, when the customer pays some of the highest fees, and new developments must buy the transformers that BPL uses, is a joke and obviously unable to run anything with sense, and as such i don't hold much hope for us to do what is necessary to get out of the mess we are in.

This is obvious, but this has been said for at least 20 years and still whoever is in power is unable to manage to even get remotely close to this. But don't worry, i am sure they will be thinking of some new taxes to help deal with any shortfalls.

So they want to make it seem like they are legalizing it as election is coming, when in reality nothing of the sort.

Well they worked in China, but thats because they really locked down and people followed the rules,

Yes it is your choice whether to take the vaccine, bit if you don't you don't get the benefits. Its also your choice not to take a drivers license test, but if you don't you cant drive a car (well legally). Also since when is someone who has had Covid unsuited for the vaccine? This is only the case if you literally just had it. Finally no, the EU does not allow people to travel who have had Covid, though they are implementing travel for those vaccinated, and the US is as discussed in the comment above.

Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants. it is the organization that regulates accountants over here, and there have been a number who have had to leave some of the big firms and yet are still able to practice.

Or they held out hope that things would get back to normal and they wouldn't have to let anyone go and have now realized that won't be happening for a long time so have let the people go.

We are a pathetic country. This has been going on for over 5 years and still not resolved. Can anyone in Government run companies actually do anything. Can our government do anything with sense? Also why in the world would you place a bond with over 8% interest for the foreign investor when they can't get anywhere near that interest rate in the US? Does the Government realize that interest rates are at historic lows at the moment so they don't need to pay rates that were paid out 10-20 years ago?

Yes we have a regressive taxation system , however why only ever talk about increasing taxes?