Government is trying to squeeze every penny it can out of Bahamians to bail them out of the sinking fiscal ship they are in. This + the boat registration fee increase are only the beginning, things are going to get so much worse over the next couple of years.

None of this is new, anyone paying attention realized this a long time ago. Decades of budget deficits, reckless spending, and outright theft are now catching up and the PHellP/FNM are shitting their pants realizing that the government buffet is about to close down. They are going to expect us, the Bahamian people, to bail them out of their decades of stupidity without any ounce of concern for how hard they will make our lives in doing so. The Bahamian people are going to collapse from exhaustion, and the government shitheads will all flee to America or Canada to live out their lives in peace and comfort when the economy cannot take any more strain and they can't find a loan shark willing to front them the money to bail them out. God help the regular Bahamian people who are going to have to bear the punishment for the past 56 years of government stupidity, but the truth is we (as a collective) deserve it in a sense for voting these idiots into power in the first place.

Intelligence is passed down through genetics, and while it's true that the Bahamian educational system is a garbage dumpster on fire, the truth is that a lot of these students were not born bright in the first place. Difference between now and 100 years ago is that we are trying to force everyone to become a "college product" when, quite frankly, that is not the optimal path for a lot of people here. There is nothing wrong with trying to encourage those who struggle academically to find a trade, you will make a lot more than most white collar workers if 1.) you are very good at your work and 2.) you can have basic professionalism ie. showing up to projects on time.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" would be a good start. The problem that I have with rabid anti-clericalists such as yourself, and the vapid, shallow 60 IQ "shake your booty on the dance floor" "Christians" that make up most of this country, is that none of you have the slightest clue of anything that you talk about when it comes to Christianity. The Didache, which predates the Bible and was used by the Apostles themselves for instruction, opposes in no uncertain terms the uses of abortifacients that existed during the era. None of you are qualified to even speak the word "Christianity" simply because you have no idea what you are talking about.

I disagree with like 90% of this woman's views, but on this I can agree with her. I've said for a long time that we simply need to hang anyone guilty of first degree murder or rape (the real kind, not the "I didn't like the sex so he raped me" kind) rather than wasting taxpayer money feeding people (using that term losely) that are never going to rehabilitated. People need to get it through their skulls that some individuals are just plain evil and will never amend their lives, so why bother wasting government money feeding and housing them for decades. Give them their last rites and send them off.

I agree with your assessment that they are doing this to try and bail them out of their shitty fiscal situation, but there comes a point where once you overtax that people will just refuse to pay and operate illegally or just shut their business down entirely. There is a delicate equilibrium between additional revenue and the consequences of an additional burden that must be maintained, and this administration is veering off hard into the overtax side not considering that there will be consequences if they overdo it.

A lot of clergy do as you describe, but the truth is that it's not their responsibility (nor anyone else's) to take care of someone else's child. Anyone old enough to be grinding knows full well that there is a non zero chance of pregnancy, even with contraceptives, when having sex. People need to grow the hell up and stop blaming religious groups, the government, mommy & daddy, God, and whoever else for their own stupid decisions. Western society has been structured around a man and woman in a committed relationship with each other providing a stable home for their offspring simply because that it is the best way to do it. Don't be surprised when you get shitty results trying anything different.

That being said, I think it is in bad taste that they chose to prosecute the mother in this instance and I wouldn't have done it personally considering the extenuating circumstances.

The Bahamian luxury real estate market will continue to be hot as long as the Biden disaster continues in the United States. Rather than running these people off with extraneous fees and taxes, we should be encouraging more to re home here to be a big help to certain sectors of our economy. Abaco is a rare success story in this country because it understands this principle.

Abaco people deserve this since most of them are too afraid of being called "racist" to advocate for their independence. We could implement the very same tax regime we are dealing with from Nassau now and keep all of the money that we send to end up stolen/wasted on some stupid shit and not have to deal with asinine decisions like this one, but too many people let silly words have power over them and cower in fear as a response. Like get real, these governments are never going to improve and only see Abaco as a cow that they can milk for revenue to steal or piss away, therefore the only solution for better governance is to go on our own. We have the economy and power to do it, there is no excuse not to give it a shot.

You're wrong, Davis et. al. are not incompetent, they know exactly how dumb and stupid the electorate is and this is the BS line they sell them to cover up their malfeasance.