Like the Laptops sent for HOD' in government High Schools, half of which disappeared with the teachers you can be sure that any warehouse will be stocked using a PLP supplier and much of it will go "missing" before it even gets to those that need it. Nothing new as cronyism and inefficiency go hand in hand with all governments.

If we as citizens ran our finances like government ministers we would all be bankrupt in no time.
The PLP has no magic covid wand and cannot force people to be vaccinated. As for new hospitals and lowering taxes with a GDP debt of 80%, downgrading by Moodys just where will all this money come from. Politicians tell you what the public want to hear then get in power and reality hits home.. Bet you there will be no new hospitals built. How about paying for patient care at private clinics like the one in Palmetto Point which has clean modern facilities, emergency generator (that works) and several items of modern equipment. Got to be cheaper than building new family island cliinics that will suffer from lack of maintenance, equipment that is damaged, broken or not maintained.

In that case do not let any nursing officer on a family island handle the charter costs. In Eleuthera emergency flights (Not lifeflight) seem to have no bearing on the distance, time or type of plane , cost and rarely are official reciepts given .

It really is simple maths>The Bahamas is deep deep in debt with $80 out of every $100 going to repay external debt. With the further downgrading any further loans may attract higher interest rates. To reduce government revenue by even 2% may please a few loyal supporters but will contribute to an already sick economy. Collect all due revenues and make property taxes payable every year unlike many expats who simply do not pay until the property is sold. Add 10c to every bottle of liquor or beer sold, reduce the number of meaningless flights by various officials to the islands, clamp down on the few corrupt employees who steal and sell government property. Stop all these useless seminars especially on the family islands where a few officials dressed to the nines fly in ,have breakfast, hire a car, have a meeting , have lunch and fly back-especially true in education. Like any business cost cutting, reducing waste is a first step. As for all the wild PLP plans only comparable with Minnis wild offerings many unpleasant policies will and must be taken and taken now.

Frightening to witness all the borrowed and wasted money over the last 40 years.

These politicians think were back in the late 70's and 80's where there was little or no. Easy media access. Basically the general public is tired of wealthy politicians promising the earth and not delivering. Look at the PLP line up ,mostly the same old school of old men.

This is reality Mr Davies and your idea to reduce VAT to 10% may be a lie or a vote pleaser but it is utter madness to decrease your limited budget income at this time. How about not hiring all those who were promised a civil service job for election victory, Make everyone with any property of reasonable value pay and pay now property taxes, add 25 cents to every bottle of liquor and $1 on cigarettes. It is a fact that many expats selling their houses after 20-30 years of ownership never paid their taxes because their reasoning was take it out of the proceeds of the sale. That means taxes due say 15 years ago but not paid till 2021 have lost their purchasing value whilst the government continues to pay interest on loans. Make all politicians pay their electricity bills. Sell unused rented or owned government properties. God knows as individuals we have to balance expenditure versus income and evaluate whether a loan is necessary.. There are so many ways the PLP and FNM could save money but refuse to face up to reality. Go ahead Mr Davies , placate the great unwashed with rewards and meaningless tit bits but devaluation looms. and that will make todays cost of living seem cheap.

What don't you get about this virus.It doesn't discriminate , people can be carriers with no effects but can pass it on, Healthy people get infected and die. So many anti vaxers in the Bahamas and abroad have died often citing their dying wish that they had been vaccinated. Why this reluctance to get vaccinated. when smallpox, polio and a host of other diseases have been defeated with vaccines. Vaccination works and whilst you can still catch covid it reduces your chances of hospital admission and ICU dramatically. Look at the statistics which in the Bahamas UK and other countries clearly show that out of all hospital admission for covid the vast majority are unvaccinated. Remember might be to late when you have covid as many have realised. I seriously doubt that now Brave has the position of PM that he has a magic solution to this terrible virus, but wish him well in trying. Time will tell.

So let us assume that Covid reads the media and is aware that it can infect only during the stipulated hours and not during curfew hours.

Minnis made desperate last minute unaffordable promises in the hope of re election and had the FNM been re elected none if any would have come to pass. However anybody who thinks Brave Davies has a magic wand to solve the financial, hurricane and covid crisis is also living on another planet. Stupidity is not relegated to FNM or PLP and the same stupid people who defied common sense rules re vaccination, social distancing and wearing masks will continue to do so . Watch when the old PLP's surface to feather their nests and face the exact same problems as the FNM ,unless Gay Fred has magic money seeds.