Why does no one point out that there are numerous Bahamians working in the financial sectors overseas, being the same foreigners that people here hate. Based on the number of Bahamians i know personally who work overseas i would say that there are more professional Bahamians living elsewhere then ex-pats living here. If every country did as some above wish happened here, these Bahamians would be out of a job and only adding to the unemployment line over here. If we want to be able to do business in a globalised world, which is what the financial sector is, then we have no choice but to allow those people here to do business . Otherwise lets close up shop and have the financial sector for us only, of course this would mean less Bahamians employed in this industry as most of these banks would just pack up and move.
We have to have a sensible immigration policy, which benefits both the company coming here and this country. What we have now does neither and only contributes to our continued decline.

Any nation with heavy IMF involvement means they are at the end of the line as the IMF is the last option for a nation to use. We thankfully have not had to go down that route, yet. The problem is these entities will come in a say what needs to be done to sort the finances out in the long run, without consideration of the people and the struggles they will have. This is the way they were set up. If we don't want to go down these routes we should stop spending silly amounts of money as we have been doing for 40 plus years, with little to show for it. I would understand if we had first class schools or hospitals but we don't.
My point is the only people we have to blame our ourselves, we did not have to get so in debt but we were ok with doing so, it is only now that we have to take responsibility for this that we complain.

Every Government for the last twenty years has said this and then done nothing. Don't see any reason to think this will be any different. All whilst the financial industry continues to contract

I agree on this. But the only way not to cut spending or increase revenue and do what needs to be done is by borrowing. Unfortunately due to complete mismanagement we are coming to the end of us being able to borrow with no consequences. If we continue as is, we will soon be told to either cut spending dramatically or increase revenues. If we choose not to we will then only be able to borrow from people like the IMF and that will be on their terms and they will insist on the cuts.
I had hoped that this new Government would make the decisions needed to ensure that doesn't happen. However it is a mammoth task and i am not sure they are up to it, but i hope they are.

Thats right blame the IMF and all the other foreign entities. It can't possibly be us Bahamians that are responsible for the position we are in today. It's not just the highest levels of civil service that is corrupt, it is all levels. And it is all of us who are to blame. We turn a blind eye to it, or participate in it when it benefits us. This could be not fully declaring all items we bought when shopping in the states, or buying a cashier lunch at a Government corporation for "quicker" service or a reduce fee. But thats OK for us to do, as we are beyond reproach. It must be the foreigners fault we are in the position we are in.And while we are at it, lets get those same foreigners and foreign entities to give us more money so we can go ahead and waste it and then blame them again as we continue to decline.
Until Bahamians are willing to stand up and demand the Government takes some serious decisions in terms of expense reduction and or revenue increase nothing will change apart from us being one day closer to the day of reckoning.

The Government has a couple of choices. It can do what is being advised and have to deal with the political fall out from the increased unemployment. If can not do it and then be forced to raise revenue by increasing taxes. This will also lead to political fall out. It can stick its head in the sand and hope things will get better somehow (being doing this one for a while).

I favour reducing the civil service as it is grossly overstaffed. Yes this will mean jobs will be lost, but how many jobs have been lost due to the private sector having to divert money to pay increased taxes, or losing sales as potential customers buy less as the Government takes more of their money.

The idea that crime will stop if we enforce the death penalty is farcical. How will the death penalty act as a deterrence if we can't even find the people who committed the crime? Or do people think that the criminals will just give themselves up if we enforce the death penalty?

The Bahamas economy is about $9 billion. Dominica is around $800 million. They are also more reliant on farming which has taken a large hit due to the storm. How would we be ahead if we swapped?

Ahh so you're quick to take when you don't think you may one day be asked to be the one giving, however as soon as it may be you, you then change your mind. Must be great being your neighbour.

That's why i said go after those that are hiring them. But no, they are connected and maybe one day we will get our cut. So easier to make a whole group of people out as the scapegoat rather then our own who have caused the problems.