Ministry of Finance is appearing to be extremely lazy. Halkitis talks here about comparing a charter in the Mediterranean to one on The Bahamas. Is the Mediterranean really our competition? Or is it Bermuda and the Caribbean. And this completely sloppy statement about we did a check, what he mean? Someone did a google search?how about, *here's our report with the data we used along with our analysis and conclusions, our predictive models says that while there will be initial hesitation we expect patronage to increase within...*

It is easy to do because it has basis in truth. Foreign criminals for decades have had free reign as long as they "contributed" to the ruling party, at the party level or personally to select individuals. Nygard just gone but I see the carnival back. I wonder how much they pay off this year.

I hear this argument about *who those reprobates is to fix their mouth to talk about us?* And I gave it some thought coming to the conclusion that it doesnt matter in the least how *trogloditish* or *reprobatish* they are, the question for us is, "Who are we"? Are we satisfied to compare ourselves against tax evading Delaware, money laundering Belgium, mafia ridden Las Vegas and say *we doing good cuz we not as bad as them*, or do we instead, march on to glory our bright banners waving high, seeing how the world marks the manner of our bearing as we strive for a common loftier goal? We have problemos, muchas grandes problemos in this country, least of which is corruption in high places. Maybe if we acknowledged that accepting payment for awarding contracts is wickedness and corruption and rampant in The Bahamas, maybe if we tarred and feathered the guilty we could have nice things, like paved roads

LOL

"*One Bahamian attorney, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US Justice Department’s (effectively the federal government) intervention meant that the prospects of The Bahamas leading the way on the crypto exchange’s restructuring and winding-up have become even dimmer.*"

Only delusional people thought the story would die or the Bahamas would lead the narrative.

Brave Davis made a statement about "*prioritizing*" Bahamian investors when he gave his speech in the House. At the time It certainly sounded illegal. But our Prime Minister said it in the house of assembly surrounded by senior lawyers and NOBODY said a word. Shareholders by their sgare ownership are typically first in line for repayment to just announce that you gonna bypass all the rules to benefit your country was **weird**, but noone said anything. I fear the unravelling of this thread will make us look dumber and dumber

"*So, what you is do? You could help me invest this 100 dollars? How much I could make? Whats tge best crypto on the market? You selling your car?*".

-interrogation

It is somewhat remarkable

Sam lives in Albany, what angry locals does he come into contact with?? And if he's so aftaid, call the US Embassy Im sure theyll be happy to give him a first class ticket back to the US, Full military escort if he wants

somehow this just dont make sense. *We cant afford to help the people trying to reconstruct from devastation because we need them to pay us that money*. Could somebody PLEASE just get a meeting with the insurance companies, island administrators people with knowledge on who has to rebuild, what they need, how much it costs and jist allow them a tab for a specific set of items. Anything they import outside of those rebuild items you can tax.