According to conservative estimates the Fed handed out 4 trillion to 5business and finance, to stimulate the economy. Woud the economy not be better served by giving it directly to consumers? A legitimate question in honest economics today. Of course they don"t teach this in schools. It is not in "their" interest.

Agree 100%.
Any leader with wisdom and dignity would speak to this matter immediately.

If people take to the streets when they're real mad, just wait till they're real hungry.
Banks should print money for people, just like they do for big businesses. But, they don't. Why not?

Why did god let them crash in the first place. Always a good god reason. And yeah, seems like bishop was serving himself first, his flock second. Maybe that was god's message.

That's the point. Type in "learned helplessness".

Agree with your points.

You are absolutely correct. Best observation of the day.

You mean like drilling for oil?

That is not the point joeblow.
The point is, without doubt, that there are things we can do to make things a little bit better. Possibly a lot better, for humanity and other life forms on this planet. Why isn't that enough? You are right that clinging to our consumption habits and going "green" will not change anything. We must realize that we must read the science and act accordingly. We, as a world, cannot even discuss the smallest change to our consumption habits for the benefit of our children. This is one of the saddest realities I have been faced with in my 60+ years. We just don't seem to give a shit. We are getting dumber and more callous, by any metric. What explains the explosive economic inequality facing humanity today? A fantastic economic system, or God's design that some people are just "smarter", like our web shop owners, and are destined to rule the world and heaven.
Joeblow, I read most of your comments. You can think this one out. We are under-performing, in this country, in almost any metric there is, be it education, health matters, economic security, honesty and transparency, child rearing, violence, theft, and on. At what point will we wake up? I am being honest here. You don't refine your NBA game by practicing with small children. Where are the thinkers in this country for the rest of us to hone our game? Clear thinking is little different from any other human endeavor. It takes practice, practice, practice. What exactly do we really practice in this country other than to tear our brothers and sisters down? Be honest.

This has been news for the last 30 years. There is nothing that can be done now. Why? Because we have not developed the brain power needed to cope with these issues. One misleading metric in Mr Johnson's interview is where "he indicated The Bahamas’ emission is 0.001 percent. “So obviously, we are not causing global warming and we are not causing climate change,” he said." This is simply because we don't have the population. But, to say that we are not causing global warming and climate change is extremely disingenuous. Our habits and lifestyles are precisely what needs to change. There is no debate here. Our mentality here in The Bahamas is exactly the same as it is in the countries that have caused the most emissions. Basically, it is this. Climate change is a hoax. Nobody will tell me what kind of car I can drive and they certainly won't tell me we need to change our economy. God has determined our fate and humans can't see it. It's fake news. If The Bahamas population were scaled up beyond that of a small city, we would be as culpable as any nation in the world in creating this situation and then, denying it even exists. This is the result of a country, any country, of largely uneducated, don't give a shit, uncaring people. Here, or our neighbor to the north. We are the same.
Quit thinking in 8 decades for a 3 foot rise in sea level. By the time our 5 year olds are 25 years old The Bahamas may very well be undone by the sea level rise, displacing tens of thousands, the collapse of our economy with no visionary leaders and no skilled labor force, the decline or collapse of our conch, crawfish and fin fisheries, the social disintegration that we are starting to see, even now. You don't have to be a genius to see what is coming. But, you do have to do a little reading and give a shit. We don't seem to do either.