There is a a very clear understanding for civil servants: you will have far more job security and work much less harder than private sector workers along with a lower salary. This is the pact, I have no problem increasing the salary of the civil service if it is downsized to an appropriate level that the govt can afford and if there is a commensurate increase in efficiency and productivity. Of course this will never happen which is why this country is facing a very real fiscal crisis in the near future. We need legislation that mandates a balanced budget. Every dollar of these increases will be borrowed adding further misery on the heads of already suffering taxpayers.

This is so true, they FNM has disappointed in many ways: where is the FOIA, there is no promised travel expenses accounting, BPL is a mess, and the list goes on. But the alternative, the PLP is far worse, the same corrupt dinosaurs, who of us have ever called someone and asked them if they had any “ shingles” for us?😜 They may have blundered these corruption cases but we all know how the former govt operated, and w the same faces who would expect anything different from them. So we have the choice of the bad (FNM) or the terrible (PLP).

In large part our immigration department can be characterized as a group of ignorant, civil rights violating thugs. They are so unprofessional!

In large part our immigration department can be characterized as a group of ignorant, civil rights violating thugs. They as so unprofessional!

Margin loans are convenient and can be a valuable way to leverage ones portfolio. The interest rate can be considerably lower than consumer loans ( royalfidelity offers 6.25%). It is important to manage them properly however, and in this case the doctor took out the maximum loan possible offering no cushion in the event of a downturn in the market. Also it helps to have a well diversified portfolio, with the best quality stocks.

An invasion which you so ably assisted by hiring a Haitian for decades (which you freely admitted) on low wages rather than paying a
fair wage to a Bahamian.

Birdie he has had people living in his home with him, how many persons have you sheltered?

That’s a double negative which is a positive. We gonna be rich😁

He is correct but the answer to our economic malaise is growth, growth, growth. We have been meandering for the last decade with little to no GDP growth all the while wages have stagnated and the cost of living continues to increase. We need to get rid of government red tape, it takes far too long to open a bank account or get a business license or get plans approved by ministry of works. The delay and red tape is endless and costs money.

Secondly we need to privatize all possible govt corporations and stop the drain on the public purse. This will reduce inefficiency and corruption. The NAD model works BPL does not. We need to privatize BPL remove govt influence and incompetence, crush the terroristic union there and reduce the cost of electricity for the entire country. The list goes on....

I feel the same way about Jeff Lloyd. Taking the Bahamian public for a fool. No one is buying his CYA act. We know just what a D average means and we know grades are worse under his tenure. He should accept responsibility and make positive changes or resign and make way for someone more competent who can.