Mr. Allen shows his ignorance in this letter. Although i agree with increasing property taxes, that is all that can be increased. Also to say the only benefit is the Fillipnos and maids and gardeners, misses the fact these people will live in homes built by Bahamians, eat in restaurants staffed and owned by Bahamians, shop in supermarkets owned and staffed by Bahamians, and on and on. If you are going to write a letter at least be honest in it.

Its is false to believe that the privy council is stopping the country from hanging. What they have done is say we must say what the worst of the worst is. If we do that then the privy council will not stop a hanging. In reality our Governments do not want to hang due to the publicity. If they wanted to we would.

And they made a profit of $1.9 billion in 2019 whilst we made a loss

Of course they do. ITs just another idiotic thing our Governments do. Lets make sure only those who don't do what they are meant to are rewarded, whilst the others well tough. Then they will promise to get strict on all delinquent taxpayers form now on but we know they are toothless.

Thats because most left the country due to mismanagement by PLP and FNM

Initially they say they don't provide much, then mention all the constructions , landscaping, etc that they use. Yes they can do more business here, but if it wasn't for them construction would have serious issues, so would landscaping, and all those high end restaurants out west. As one commentator mentioned, if you want them to set up more businesses here, make it easier for them to bring in who they want. Over time more and more Bahamians will rise through the ranks to get those higher jobs. But if they never bring them here initially they never will have the chance.

The 40% was on income tax, not property.

What the coalition should do is buy out Emera and then run the company as a not for profit. If it makes a loss they can pay the difference. That way they can make sure prices don't increase

We do tax property, at least in Nassau. I do agree they should extend this to family islands. On Income tax we would need to be sure that we would raise enough to fund what is needed. So lets say anything over $20,000 is 10%, and then it increases as you go up, say 40% over $100,000. At a guess most people who may earn over $100,000 are the offshore banks, so they are gone. Yes the second home owners will still stay here, but they wouldn't be paying income tax anyway. So basically it will be up to those middle class Bahamians to pay. Will be interesting to see if they are able to or not. There are many other ways to raise revenue which would be easier, one no real property exemption, 2 RPT in Family islands, 3 increase yachting fees by a lot. Those 3 alone should bring in 10's of millions and won't decimate a whole industry.

And yet nothing will happen. I feel sorry for the auditor General, for years and on both parties he has reported wrongdoings, and yet nothing happens.