Exactly right.
Better question.
When have we ever admitted mistakes?

We certainly do not need anyone sullying our reputation, especially no foreigner.
The integrity of our institutions is sacred.
Take BPL, for instance. Oops.
Take Princess Margaret Hospital, for instance. Oops.
Take NIB, for instance. Oops
Take Bank of Bahamas, for instance. Oops
Take Water & Sewerage, for instance. Oops.
Take Batelco, for instance. Oops
Take Road Traffic, for instance. Oops.
Take Fox Hill Prison, for instance. Oops.
Our judicial system, for instance. Oops.
Our crime statistics, for instance. oops.
Anyone mind continuing?

The one thing that the interviewed said that indicated he has no grasp on the realities here is this; “My view is that the biggest challenge for us here is that people have got to work hard and stop looking for the easy way out,” he pronounced. “Work harder and save. So much is in our control."
What percentage of Bahamians can save a dollar at the end of the week, once they pay their bills. Savings is at an all time low. And, it is not necessarily because people act fool.
If we are honest, and educated, we would see that the main drivers of economic inequality are structural in nature. This is a fact. The well to do get a free ride on most everything. Taxation, interest rates, access to capital, political access, and on and on.
Blaming the vast economic disparity on gambling alone is ignorance at its finest.
Gambling is merely a symptom of a malfunctioning economy.
While I agree that gambling is a scourge on our country, we have done nothing to fix the real problems. If you remember correctly the Bahamian people voted no to legalizing the web shops.
If we want to place blame on acting fool, take your own politicians and those who fund them to task.
You may be good at making money, sir,your arguments fall flat to any thinking person..
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What can we believe anymore?
Anything?

Sadly, you are probably right, Tal.
Trump is still walking free too, hey?
Just like here. Have a few connections, or a few million in cash, and you are good.

And worse, they don't even see the error in their ways.
Suggesting, it is going to get worse, before it gets better.
They are allowing power to go to their heads and are willing to take the Bahamian economy down to satisfy their egos.
A sad time.

Banks should be a public utility.
Money is to be used to grease the wheels of trade.
Banks and bankers produce nothing of value.
They suck money out of the real economy.
Too bad they don't teach this in school.
They don't even teach this in the best universities.

I don't know the answer. Others around the world seem to have arrived at the answer. We, here in The Bahamas wear our ignorance as a badge of honor.
I just don't get it.
Look around. The Bahamas is failing its people. We the people, are failing our country.
This is a national tragedy.
The writer of this article must realize that this issue must be talked about continuously, and this paper must insure that this message is broadcast at the highest levels.
Unfortunately, we do not have enough educated politicians in this country to make it a true priority.
Thank you for telling it like it is. Until we start reading and writing, our Bahamas hasn't a hope.

This is the most important article of 2022.
I have lived on a Family Island for 20 years now.
I do not know of a house that has another book, other than the bible, and rarely used school books.
Worse, the number of pastors, and local politicians, that cannot read is distressing, given that the bible is a work of literature, and we are supposedly a nation of laws..
I cannot think of anything else that is so substantial in keeping our country down, than the level of ignorance directly attributable to lack of reading.
Many of us use the term "lack of exposure" to explain why so much of our adult, national thinking is so adolescent in nature.
But, this article posits in no uncertain terms why our national mentality and level of social debate is so immature.
We do not read. We do not encourage learning. And we despise those who come back home with knowledge. But, damn, we are down on our knees when someone with money steps foot on our island.
Our politicians, for the most part, are proud of their ignorance. This is why they buy votes. This is why they don't worry about being held accountable by their constituents. Their constituents do not read the papers.
Reading does not guarantee that a person is well-meaning, or honest.
But, without reading, we are lost.
Without reading, we are at the mercy of every lying, hypocritical pastor.
Without reading, we are prey to every semi-literate politician.
Without reading, we cannot navigate the endless amount of information necessary for helping ourselves, as well as, building a good, decent, intelligent and caring nation.
If I were to try and put my finger on the one singular issue which holds us back as a nation, this would be the issue. A national failure to educate our people.
So, how best to communicate this imperative?
By writing articles that few will, or can, read?
I wish I knew.
Having been raised in the US, I can attest to the fact that every immigrant family I knew of, sacrificed everything to make sure their children received a good education.

Before I listen to someone spouting off about God, I want to hear their take on other, less complex issues such as; economics, or biology, or social sciences. If we cannot master, and explain our understanding of simpler subjects, why would I want to hear what one says about something much more complex, like God?

Mr. Bodie,

I've read your letters for some years now.
With all due respect, you have lost your grip on reality.
About PM Davis, "He’s been like a whirlwind traveling all over the globe to attend and contribute to climate change conference up in New York; over in Scotland and most recently in Egypt. He is now recognised as one of the world’s leading advocate on climate change."
Come now, Mr. Bodie. You are not serious. What are you reading? What have you been reading that allows you to make such crazy ridiculous statements. We don't need to be listening to anyone who makes a statement like, "Like climate change, to which I am a recent and reluctant adherent, age and aging are real phenomena."
What the hell does that mean? A reluctant adherent?
Mr. Bodie, your god may have given you a certain number of years on earth. But, Jesus, he certainly didn't guarantee sanity.
And, Davis as one of the world's leading advocate on climate change? Mr. Bodie, get real. Nobody who has followed climate change for the last 40 years would know Mr. Davis name.
Davis is a politician with virtually no understanding it seems, like you, of the science that supports the realities. Both of you should stick to being lawyers. Where you can twist words and strip them of their real meaning. In the same way you do the bible and any sensible Christian message.
We have some real cognitive problems in this country. You seem to be leading the pack.
Mr. Bodie, I think you need to seek help.