So Birdie, I guess the downgrade to junk status and the state run corps, and rumors of kickbacks for contracts, doesn't sound familiar. How about a way over-budget mismanaged billion dollar project? Hmmm sounds very similar to Baha Mar... Hmmm sounds very similar to our economy... Hmmm

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If you're that naive to think the PLP did not do anything corrupt I urge you to watch the video that was on 60 minutes last night, on the governmental corruption in Brazil. 34 senators and numerous cabinet ministers are being jailed. One minister has admitted to 97 million in misappropriations. Just watch.....

Good job police! Seems like we have one of these every other week... Kinda crazy.

Well said! Complete Bullshit..

yup

Agreed on never borrowing to pay wages. I don't think the FNM would go down this road in the future, but it is about prudent planning. Why Perry and the PLP would ever make this commitment without the funds is just wrong.

That's a great question! Do you want me to tell you what I think happened? Well I will tell you anyway. The PLP realized they would at least lose the vote of the police force, so they promised to pay the overtime by May 29th, in the hope that they would get the vote from the police force, and at the same time drum up some good PR, meanstwhile Papa was on the campaign trail telling voters facts that the sitting government didn't actually have the money in the treasury to pay the police officers during the fiscal period, so they basically made a pledge for money they did not have after their government was already dissolved. Now the FNM have to go in a pick up the pieces. They are demonstrating that to us that the PLP left us with nothing in the treasury, this is why they are saying they will pay the overtime but they will have to borrow money as their is none in the treasury. If the PLP had gotten in they would have had to borrow the money, because it is not there so don't go blaming the FNM Tal, Well, Reality, etc.

The PLP never said that's how it would be funded no they didn't...

I think this will be great. Let's find out who the bad debtors are. We can then decide to freeze their assets and liquidate, and recoup some of BOB's funds that the tax payers are subsidizing.

Tal that's like saying if you have a serious medical like cancer don't deal with it, because you are scared what they may find and how much more it may cost. Why would you sit ideally by and let bad loans that tax payers are subsidizing just continue to grow more delinquent? How about investigate who owns the bad debts, publish it, and recover whatever funds you can towards the debts. That may mean some individuals may end up having to declare bankruptcy. Do you think that it may be some PLP henchmen and this is why you are suggesting to 'leave the politics out of it.'