I'm just spitballing but I think that COVID pushed a good bit of the older workers into retirement, know of a couple such cases personally. That + emigration of young workers would be my guess as to where the drop came from.

These people are delusional, the only plan government cares about is the dinner plan that will be financed by Bahamian taxpayers. I don't know what more it takes to realize that these people don't give a shit about us.

It's all great and grand that we are hearing about the corruption here (something that everyone already knows about), but are we ever going to see those campaign donations from SBF to American politicians returned?

Truth. I know of a case where a business will even pay their work permit holder's rent while refusing to give their Bahamian employees a raise for years. I lived overseas and had this thing called a salary which used to pay my rent. Bahamians get treated like second class citizens in this country.

I haven't "celebrated" independence in years and certainly don't plan on celebrating it this year. What are we supposed to be proud of: a failing power grid, blatant unchecked corruption, governments that demean native Bahamians for foreigners (whether white or black)? If it weren't for immediate proximity to the United States, we would be a Haiti tier failed state (for what it's worth, our treasonous governments are trying to turn us into that anyways). The Bahamian people need a real come to Jesus moment to get rid of both the FNM/PHellP because the truth is the future is very grim for this nation barring a major political shakeup. The "same old same old" recycled political faces and families are not going to cut it when it comes to fixing the problems that this country has. Tbh part of me doubts that the problems can be fixed, they have been neglected too long and are out of control at this point.

We need to start revoking certain citizenship from certain people in this country, not giving more out like candy.

I'm still trying to find this "21st century" Bahamas that I keep hearing about.

Cheapus they just come out and say that Bahamians are second class citizens who need to ride the back of the bus in this country.

Nah, the only summer that power never went off on Abaco was 2020 and that was because there was no electricity to shut off in the first place. This has been a problem ever since I was a young boy, not a new occurrence by any means. Abaco would have been far better off as an independent nation but people let words have too much power over them and got scared of being called names. Today, we are suffering for it.

A certain demographic is responsible for the vast majority of gun violence in the United States, which by coincidence is the same demographic responsible for virtually all of the gun violence here. Funny how nations like Switzerland don't have a problem with gun violence despite widespread proliferation of firearms. The real problem is low impulse control + high time preference + below average IQ + access to a deadly weapon (knives, guns, whatever). Magically getting rid of every single firearm in this country wouldn't reduce the murder rate a single bit.