Not only do we need to give Bahamians the same investment incentives but to eliminate the brain drain we will need to encourage sensible FDI.
BTW the WTO will require us to offer the same incentives to Bahamians.
There is nothing here for our smart Bahamians to come back to. Old minded thought process, complete resistance to change, feeling that young MUST respect their elders even if that stupid elder is holding them back.
The point is, why should he have to fly to Florida? At the moment The Bahamas is our only market. And we can't even sell our products here for lack of internationally recognized certification.
We have all these tourists. Try getting a Bahamian grown or made food products into the hotels.
The successful Haitians are not coming to The Bahamas. Only the poor, who our Bahamas Defence Force openly allow to come in by the thousands.
The population growth in Haiti far exceeds the ability of any country to expand economic growth to absorb their ever growing population.
It is sad when people, like Mr. Roberts, who should know better are so arrogant with their ignorance.
The biggest food wholesaler in The Bahamas is already foreign owned and has been for years. Foreign companies are not and will not be knocking down our doors to come here. We have a very small insignificant market.
Publix was in The Bahamas and pulled out.
We have a unique market so it is unlikely anyone of the big companies will be here soon.
Also look at Shell and ask yourself why they decided that this market was not worth the trouble to them?
Going into **the WTO will open the rest of the world to young entrepreneurial Bahamians.**
Yes Mr. Roberts, those young upperty citizens that that you would like to remind to remember their place.
We must learn to take responsibility for our actions or failure to act.
This has nothing to do with open boarders. If the Bahamas Defence Force (Bahamian manned) had done there job we would not have all this foolishness in the first place.
Interesting how quick some people are to blame the foreigner and conveniently let the biggest offenders (Bahamians) off the hook.
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I agree with you MadHatter.
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Not only do we need to give Bahamians the same investment incentives but to eliminate the brain drain we will need to encourage sensible FDI.
BTW the WTO will require us to offer the same incentives to Bahamians.
There is nothing here for our smart Bahamians to come back to. Old minded thought process, complete resistance to change, feeling that young MUST respect their elders even if that stupid elder is holding them back.
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So where is the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority in all this?
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I agree completely.
Further, our immigration policy is designed to make it uninviting for smart minds to set up here. Smart minds are the ones who create jobs and wealth.
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And The Bahamas wants to control its airspace.
This is why most airlines are against us doing so.
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The point is, why should he have to fly to Florida? At the moment The Bahamas is our only market. And we can't even sell our products here for lack of internationally recognized certification.
We have all these tourists. Try getting a Bahamian grown or made food products into the hotels.
The successful Haitians are not coming to The Bahamas. Only the poor, who our Bahamas Defence Force openly allow to come in by the thousands.
The population growth in Haiti far exceeds the ability of any country to expand economic growth to absorb their ever growing population.
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Clean up the wastage $100 million a year) in the Ministry of Health first.
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It is sad when people, like Mr. Roberts, who should know better are so arrogant with their ignorance.
The biggest food wholesaler in The Bahamas is already foreign owned and has been for years. Foreign companies are not and will not be knocking down our doors to come here. We have a very small insignificant market.
Publix was in The Bahamas and pulled out.
We have a unique market so it is unlikely anyone of the big companies will be here soon.
Also look at Shell and ask yourself why they decided that this market was not worth the trouble to them?
Going into **the WTO will open the rest of the world to young entrepreneurial Bahamians.**
Yes Mr. Roberts, those young upperty citizens that that you would like to remind to remember their place.
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Let's see. Min of Health Audit shows Min of Health can't account for $100 million each year.
Clean up this loss and you can pay for the $500 million in just 5 years.
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We must learn to take responsibility for our actions or failure to act.
This has nothing to do with open boarders. If the Bahamas Defence Force (Bahamian manned) had done there job we would not have all this foolishness in the first place.
Interesting how quick some people are to blame the foreigner and conveniently let the biggest offenders (Bahamians) off the hook.
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