Agreed.
It is easy to imagine a small country such as The Bahamas work to ensure that all members of this society shared in the prosperity that has visited the few. More equal, and more prosperous.

Yes Tal.
Just a document.
We lacked the honest, educated, nation-building leadership required.
Now, the time is late, and we risk losing it all.
Greedy little men were there at the outset, and continue to punish this country.
The police are a joke.

birdie,
My new years resolution is to not respond to idiots. So, you may not be able to enjoy my responses next year.
But, do you realize how ignorant your above comments are?
"Going elsewhere" is what destroys jobs, reduces economic activity and reduces collectable fees and taxes.
Obviously you've never run a business, nor studied economics, nor completed basic math.
We produce nothing here in The Bahamas and rely on tourism for a majority of our GDP. Meaning that tourism provides jobs, food on the table, gas money.
Do I really need to say how anti-Bahamian you sound?
Do you not care that losing a significant amount of money to our nation further imperils starving children and stressed out parents.
Do you not care? Or, do you not think?

This is rather disheartening for the Bahamian people and the future of this country.
Secrecy, bribes and dishonesty, collusion, nepotism and the collapse of our justice system rule our nation.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I forgot wholesale ignorance.

Generally, business people hire the most qualified applicant. They want value for their money.
While we continue to stand in the way, all of us using word salads, the truly and exceptionally qualified are focused on doing their jobs, Perhaps, one would think that doing the same thing over and over is a recipe for failure, as well as, the definition of insanity.
We have to, at some point in our short Bahamian history, quit blaming foreigners for ALL of our problems.
We continue to elect third world politicians expecting first world results.
Why would we be surprised by these outcomes?

Why is having one of the worst work ethics in the western hemisphere not discussed?
The Family Islands have few skilled, educated, nor honest workers. This is a fact. The good people have left for Nassau. The best ones have left for the US and other countries that treat them well, and pay them better.
Educated and decent kids are not coming back to The Bahamas.
Why?
Spend time on the Family Islands, study the mentality, and you have your answer.
Sorry. Harsh, but true.

You are rather ignorant in your analysis and writing. Disgusting is the better word. You don't see the four other fingers pointed towards yourself, do you?

This sums up the entirety of what is called justice in The Bahamas. From top to bottom, from our politicians, police and pastors, shame and disgrace disgrace does not even register.

The descent into ignorance, cognitive diminishment and utter moral helplessness is nearly complete.

We have a government that is uneducated, and corrupt to the core.
They have no understanding for anything other than their personal greed.
The average person in The Bahamas will continue to suffer. This will undoubtedly occur for at the very least, the next few generations.
The educated class is, and will continue to flee this country, just like the boaters.
If you are Bahamian and cannot see this, your government has succeeded in your poor educational outcome and your inability to critically think.
And Christians? My God!
The numbers don't lie, for those Bahamians who can still read and do math.
The Caribbean is up, The Bahamas is down.
No business person is OK with this. No business can borrow, borrow, borrow, and tax, tax, tax, like this administration.
There are almost no honest leaders in this country. This is a criminal enterprise which will leave the vast majority of Bahamian people destitute.
This boating imbroglio is only the tip of the iceberg for what is coming.
The chickens will soon come home to roost.
Actually, they already have, yes?
We continue to elect the worst among us to lead this nation.
And expect different results.