Many jobs will be replaced as the years go by.
Real estate agents should be looking for jobs that machines and AI can't do.
A lot of money goes to real estate agents, for doing exactly what?
Let's be real.

Don't waste my time with your feigned idiocy bird brain

"The Laffer Curve illustrates the relationship between tax rates and government revenue. It suggests that there's an optimal tax rate that maximizes revenue, and that beyond this point, further increases in tax rates will actually decrease revenue. This occurs because high tax rates can discourage economic activity, such as investment and work, leading to lower overall tax revenue. The curve is often depicted as an inverted U-shape."

If we wait long enough for justice in this country everyone will die and we won't need to deal with justice anymore.
Is this not the strategy?
Do any serious lawbreakers ever get held accountable, or do they just get elected to Parliament?

So, even if government revenue increases, is that really the objective?
What if, as ALL indicators suggest, we lose a significant amount of business for our People. Less money in the Bahamian economy does not bode well for the job of looking out for Bahamians.
So, the government wants more revenue, perhaps for travel expenses for the Prime Minister's office, and they are willing and able to cripple different segments of our already fragile economy to achieve this.
Imagine a bunch of lawyers and academics who have no business education or experience making these laws without intelligent consultation, as they are doing now.
They are clearly harming our nation's economy for their lust of getting more money into government hands.
Is there anyone out there who doesn't believe that with every dollar going to government, there is a high likelihood that that money will be stolen, mismanaged, or misappropriated.
Does anyone think we are getting our money's worth when it goes through government hands?
Are we really this clueless?

"Instead, the main issue has been the zero consultation with boaters and industry, coupled with the lack of notice and time to adjust, as well as the scale and breadth of the changes and how they have been implemented in practice. This has led to significant uncertainty and confusion, with The Bahamas not providing a timely or coherent message to its visitors."

Mr. Hartnell reports "However, despite the outcry, the Government is forecasting the reforms will more than triple annual revenues generated by this earnings stream compared to the old fee structure."
I would like the names of those who speak for "the government" Mr. Hartnell.
Only then can we begin to attribute the idiocy of the government to an actual human being.

"The Laffer Curve illustrates the relationship between tax rates and government revenue. It suggests that there's an optimal tax rate that maximizes revenue, and that beyond this point, further increases in tax rates will actually decrease revenue. This occurs because high tax rates can discourage economic activity, such as investment and work, leading to lower overall tax revenue. The curve is often depicted as an inverted U-shape"

Yes birdie, it is important to ignore all crimes in The Bahamas because nobody is without sin.
Are there not any school kids in your neighborhood who can help you write your comments in English?

Ok Warrior,
You say, "And let’s not pretend public funding would magically fix this system. The cronyism will continue. The political favours will persist. And the elite will still protect their own. The entire structure needs radical change—not just campaign financing."
What does "radical" mean to you?
Are we capable of a radical change? Any one of us?
Best bet, bring in foreigners to administrate the nation.
We've already admitted that the cronyism and corruption run too deep.
Have we lost our imagination for what is required for a decent country?
Are we all part of the problem now?
We have gotten to where we are, despite the system we have, or because of it?
See, the problem we really have is that we call ourselves Christians, but no few Christian values.
Accepting, even cheer leading for Capitalism also helps destroy any notion of Christian values and democratic mores.
I know we have a long way to go.
The truth tellers will always be the first to get crucified. Always.

On the contrary good people, I would maintain that all political parties should be 100% publicly funded.
Anyone, or any entity, giving any politician ANY money at all would be subject to life in prison.
While I agree with the present distaste for doing anything to encourage the present group of gangsters who are undoubtedly destroying The Bahamas, I find the current way of campaign finance to be part and parcel of the degradation of supposed leadership in this country.
I believe, that we need a complete and radical revolution of values which will turn this country around. Nipping at the edges just won't do.
We saw what happened in the US with the Citizen United case as ruled on by their Supreme Court. The ruling class was entirely captured by the billionaire class.
Is this where we are heading here? Read the recent Tribune articles, hint, hint.
From my point of view, there should be NO private money in politics. Nobody gives money to a political party without expecting something in return.
We still have in this country, political operatives who hand out cash to voters near the voting stations. Does this help our beloved Bahamas?
We need to change the whole flipping system. And, get rid of the entire present political class.
Are they are not pulling these treasonous shenanigans right in front of our face?
Sorry to disagree, but until we have fully funded public political campaigns we will continue to get the crap for leadership similar to that currently in place.
We concurrently need a more informed populace and greater incentives for our youth to stay home.
The present political apparatus is poisoning this country from top to bottom. Not only are they mismanaging our financial, natural, and human resources, they are making it impossible for our kids who go off and get educated to come home to a level playing field.
We have for a few generations now, continued to hire people for our government jobs according to WHO they know and are related to, rather than to hire people who are educated, qualified, competent, honest and hard working.
Do we not think this has also contributed to the continued degradation of our social fabric? The daily murders, the epidemic of NCD diseases, increasing crime, collapsing infrastructure, rising inflation, low wages.....
Does anyone really see things getting better anytime soon?
And, we still don't see that just as the bible says, the love of money is at the root of all evil?
Keep letting the millionaires and the billionaires have a say in politics and you are expecting a change?
LOL

Mr. Laroda says, "Other countries in the Caribbean want to get into this market, but we believe that our product is always superior and we have proximity. But, again, when talking about North Americans and Canadians, they tend to not purchase Caribbean spiny lobster and go for the Maine cold lobster because of cost.”

Is it just because of cost?
Have you ever sat down at a picnic table at a Maine lobster pound, and tried their lobster fresh from the tank to the pot?
Is it just about price?
No difference in taste, hey?
We need to get out and about a bit more.