This sums up Governments view and total misunderstanding of how a business runs. They see the air freight couriers charging $20 and assume that is full profit. with no idea that is used to pay staff, rent, BPL , Taxes etc. Therefore they see nothing wrong with government adding on a bit more, as you the consumer are already paying a larger amount. And when consumers complain Government will say we are only taking a little bit, its the merchant that is causing the cost to be so high (whilst conveniently forgetting all the extra costs Government has made the merchant pay from BPLs high bills, to more stringent requirements for business license). And unfortunately there are a sizeable number who will believe this.

There are no laws here, you can do what you want, so nothing will change for the better

If they tied the funds so they only went to countries that actually tried to protect their environment we would get $0. From the many vehicles that spout their fumes, to the destruction of wetlands and mangroves all over the Bahamas, we don't actually care about the environment, only the potential money we may make from it

Most people do not trust the government here to protect their IP, as such doing it overseas makes more sense, and until we have more trust in Government that will not change no matter what laws are put in place (as we also don't think they will be enforced against select people, like the disclosure laws for the MPs).

So the PLP under Christie twice and Davis now can't put back in place the removable property act?

Can Mr. Bastain now stop complaining about the mark up the gas retailers are allowed, as i am sure they don't need a mark up increase if paying for an audit is of no worry to him. Wonder if this is the proverbial singing for your supper move by Mr. Bastain. Also if a business person is highly involved in their business they know exactly where they are and do not need an audit to show that. Audits are beneficial for people to confirm what the business executives say is true.

So the PS admits the need for audited FS has nothing to do with the business license fee needs, but rather to give Government more ideas on what additional taxes it can levy. No doubt next week he will be saying how much easier it is becoming to do business over here. It is very scary to think that one of the most powerful financial persons in the country has no idea what goes into an audit and thinks that this country can magically audit hundreds of companies that have never had an audit in 4-6 months. Don't know why each year i expect any better over here, all the Government keeps doing is increasing costs and make it more time consuming to do business.

Why do we keep this idea that if there was no bail the murder rate would be almost non existent. People should have bail if the nation can not have them tried in a reasonable time. The idea should not be to get rid of bail but to have the court cases in a much quicker time frame. Its only been just over a year and SBF has already been tried and convicted. If that was over here we still wouldn't have had the first day of court yet.

Wait theres a company that is meant to maintain the navigational aids around Nassau? They obviously get paid whether they do or not, as the light by Sandy Cay is no longer there and hasnt been for months.

A bigger worry is that yet again the turnout was lousy. The parties need to realize that a growing part of the population has no faith that any party will do anything that will make a noticeable change and as such they are not voting (around 37% didn't vote, which is more then voted for the winner). Unfortunately as long as its FNM and PLP switching who wins they won't care (and no this does not mean i want COI to win, though for this particular election it would have been interesting if they had).