Politicians everywhere are useless.
Politics now attracts the sociopaths, where everyone grabs what they can and is in it for power and money. It is happening everywhere.
Those who would object to this editorial are enablers.
Blind to the realities. Both the FNM and PLP have attracted the worst of the worst.
People who support the hypocrisy of the PM seem unable to discern the truth and be decent judges of character..
Our politicians have neither. They are hot air bags that cannot tell the truth.
The politicians in The Bahamas are harming this country and the vast majority of its people.
That our education system has failed is no accident.
Read the comments by Birdie above, or any Birdie comments and tell me we are an enlightened nation.
My God. It seems as if there is no reason at all for our children to stay in this country.
We have, and are, failing on an epic scale.
Just listen to the words of our lost Prime Minister.
And, he went to law school? My God.

All we do is wait for honesty and justice.
It never comes, does it?

More muddying the waters.
Simply impose a corporate income tax, a personal progressive income tax, and fund our health care system accordingly.
The pirates don't feel that the public is entitled to a penny of Their hard earned money.
This is the basic problem.
The pirates run our government, and have no moral compass.

Kevin, by your own analysis, the damage has been done and this is where we are.
The problem is that sociopaths don't care.
They don't care.
There is no relation, or truth to the words that come out of their mouth.
This is the overall tenor which has left the Bahamian population in the dire straits of present.
It will not get better.
The I don't care attitude has infected all of society.
This is more than evident on our streets, in our government offices, even our churches.
We just don't care.
The economic situation that The Bahamas finds itself in will not change until The Bahamas produces political leaders who have the brains, the moral stature, and the community spirit that allows a whole people to prosper.
If change is even possible at this point, which I don't think it is, it will require a complete rewiring of the psyche of those at the top.
It would require them to act like Christians, instead of the selfish, greedy, gang leaders they currently act like.
Good luck wishing and praying for better.
True, or not?

So why, pray tell, could Bahamians be losing hope?
And, what do the trends suggest, Bayman?
An increase in honesty and transparency from our government officials?
A positive trend in Christian attitudes from our populace?
An increasing efficiency and concern from our public employees?
Stellar intellect and proven track records from our national security leaders?
Adequate resources going to education and social services?
Less poisonous political interference from the FNM and PLP?
A positive result from our country implementing new technology, resulting in an ease of doing business here?
Less taxes on the working people and more on the rich?
Just what possibly, could be the real reasons Bahamians are losing hope?

Who, looking at the performance of The Bahamas government, wishes that their educated child, upon graduating, stays in this country?
Is there any future for a country led by a political class such as we have had here since independence.
I would argue that the downward spiral continues unabated, and our educational standards help solidify this trajectory.
I think that is why so many of us put all our hope in God.
He / she is the only one who can help us.
Our political / business / religious leadership class has utterly failed.

Dear Editor,

This is a structural issue that needs a collective response.
We champion a system that produces homelessness.
Is this acceptable to you?
We must move from Bandaids to actual policies that fix the problem.
Are our leaders capable of such thought?
I would argue, no.

We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that Capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant work ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was build on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor, both black and white, here and abroad."
Martin Luther King Jr.

It is important to keep these true messages from our people.
Otherwise, we may have a 10% income tax on our wealthiest.
And, our political leaders and financial geniuses may be exposed for the charlatans they truly are.

Tribune headline reads, "Gov’t ‘disagrees’ on IMF’s ‘top 10%’ income taxation"
Perhaps the government should do a referendum to see what Bahamian citizens think.
I suspect that in a functioning democracy a referendum would be appropriate.
Greed has overcome our minds and thoroughly taken over our politics.
A sad state for a country that calls itself Christian.
Are there any Christians in government in this country? Seriously.

Is it not clear who Mr. Wilson wqrks for?
is it not clear who owns this country?
Is it not clear that there is no transparency, justice, morality, fairness or honesty present among ANY of our leaders?