Year 2000 the Govt pulls in around 1 billion dollars in revenue.....in 2019 the govt pulls in around 2.5 billion dollars in revenue an in dat wid VAT bringing in roughly 1 billion dollars whichinin used to be in consumers public pocket last few years.

Seems way past time the patient public aint in the wheelchair, da patient public crossing Jordon. All the regressive VAT taxes striking errybody and the elites, friends, cronies lovers benefitting most just jacking up prices and at the pig trough.

Govt just been shovelling money into Govt agencies, known paying hundreds of millions of taxpayers money into its cohorts politically appointed run entities like BoB, other agencies.....W&S one fella questioned on how many hours dey work for gettin paid, workers at Education gett paid an never show up at work, one half mountain get knock down Palmetto an no Clinic there, 18 million an no PMH computer, on an on.....jus like a continuous racketeering.

Public pushed into poverty VAT regressive mechanism effectively and expontenually cascading downwards driving erryone to make the most of the money even going to Miani. Govt aint figure it out that you can get the most from Miami.

Blah...blah ...blah....Isnt it that the Bahamas burst out with records in tourism that never had before...records from all the team workers.older ones..!!!! ...so why break up the team to now bring into argument that younger workers millienials fit the program..to appeal to young tourists...????

Big question is if the millenuals are better suited to appeal to younger demographics and be successful.....is using the same success plan... is that the older politicians be gotten rid of and younger millenials be made Ministers to need this millenial burgeoning nation..for success, lack of corruption, employment, prosperity for all etcetc........look at what happened after all dese years....!!!!!

The Bahamas Authorities need to find out these boat captains, the leaders of these Human Trafficking, there must be leaders of these illegal transporting, facilatilating, aiding, abbetting, sheltering...!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolute 900 in some three shantytown or 700 in one shantytown on this Bahamaland sovereign..!!!!! sovereign...!!!!!! soil....being here illegally, shitting polluting lands, harbouringvwhat diseases from haiti.......and to date the bahamian authorities never...never,...nrver yet catch one boat captain of illegal immigration boat.......all this repeated repeated hot air and bahamuan public jus plain tired vexation all yuck up wid all dese illegals ...jus caught an given jet plane ride back to haiti...!!!!!...and govt minister will jump up and say that these children must be sent to govt schools in andros...!!!!!...Minister Lloyd has to say to Andros the same he say whoever blocking these chillrens from Andros shantytowns going to school........

The old heads definitely needs to go. Just a few years ago BAIC finally put into place for a Market place to bring produce off of Potters Cay from rotting and pop up in number of locations making huge profits and taking produce to people. It seems that for decades there must have been old heads jus wanting to be lazy.

Never did understand why one Govt Agency located old Agriculture building east Bay and competingvwith another similar govt agency just nearby located on Potters Cay as being new direction tings improving.

Restore Court integrity ..??? Restore Court integrity...???

How can dere be a restore integrity when the last big boss jus jus before him did serve the nation with high honours, a State Recognized Funeral lots of well speeches and highest work standards, Marching Band, highest honours, well wishes by all the politicians, Judiciary, erryone turning out to watch parade and ceremony... .....

Mind you the current boss did first done already discover the buildings needin fixing up before the alleged tiefing found by Auditor.

Seems prior to this Tribune article days ago there was an article on this by CNN on Bahamas, Abaco and Grand Bahama situation. Seems CNN reaches some 384,000,000 households worldwide.

Important immediate work is to secure dat refriderated trailer with deceased persons inside to withstand possible Category 5 Hurricane.

Bey erry Politician mussey done saying that like headline...!!!!!...plenty times, just fill in the blank for the govt entity......... "_______________(fill in name of govt entity....) Cut 'Growing Taxpayers Draw'"

From ....year to year,...... decade to decade, ....blaming the previous ....Political Syndicate politican..and on...an on....looking with dead dead seriousness....very grim practiced look, ....looking very upset at this very heavy burdens on the gullible voters.

Burdend perpetually on the taxpayers, giving on grim serious face show...and should be realizing by now the knowing Public taxpayers while fewer an fewer in still belief, others trying politely to not burst out laughing at the often political show caliber oscar winning actors nominations.

Yes and No Birdie. You are correct that there were plans to go upwards on the StrawMarket which would have been beautiful and would have commanded top top rental fees. And the usual if done would have been rented to top cronies who would not have paid rents and sticking Taxpayers to upkeep all maintenance expenses.
Along the same lines was Papa discovering developer swapping swampland by Airport for good govt land off West Bay St and put stop to that..!!!! Much later land off west Bay St acquired by real estate developer and FMN official complaining that homes built were not discounted by land and sale prices were fullest costs to Bahamians....!!!!

Way to go Bahamianson.

Failures of politicians, wastages, massive costoverruns needed VAT levied the mostest neediest poorest known fact the regressive taxes now condemning majority population into misery, grinding poverty, more unemployment, chillrens hungry, misery.....and for those upper levels forced to close businesses, raise prices unreachable levels. The policies just festering poverty, misery, social ills.
Same political slackness, created massive importation chain fencing, razor wires, security cameras, car alarms, pit bull imports, triple security locks on doors, massive wrought iron grills, security doors billions of dollars peoples spending.

Now billions of spending for security devices because existing parties failing to slow crime down and address causes factors contributing to crime. Failures over past decades and stop gap measures got everyone in self imposed prisons and going out widdout wearing gold jewellry, handbag with strong handles, car with car alarm, dressing down, avoiding certain shortcuts using certain roads, even Church doors close until Sunday, being out by dark........really sadsituation looking where who you is todayknowing the political decisions makers for change for better all bin putting hand on Bible promising best of dere ability for decades........

The entire system must be revised, not the bandages stop gaps that endure for decades. Seems these actions just operate within bandwidth allows for some to have in comfort while majority cones to suffer down spiral, increased VAT Taxes imposed to provide new police cars, reburishing century oul Police Stations at old locations whole denograpicsv shifted.

Known data are the island are around 80 Square miles....lakes, swampland, unlivable areas are some 30 square miles, commercial offices, stores etc occupy sone 20 square miles......and the livable areas homes where people can be found are some 30 square miles. Really really really really for decades the Sovereign Commonwealth of the Bahamas cannot find tiefs, culprits, illegal immigrants, illegal dopers, previous illegally operating gambling houses...illegally operated hackers planes,....illegally Customs Merchants cheating Customs,....illegal sweethearthers making young girls pregrant........illegal anyting...anytime....anywhere....in Nassau...?????

Yes public done know that illegal anyting cant be found because the system is currupted by Pastors pleading for plain wutless, Politicians, influencers, lawyers, elites, friends, lovers, no prosecution or locating employers of illegal labour, pleading for wutless. The entire system cannot be changed by existing parties existing decades just wanting to tax an tax for more bandages stop gap measures. Cancer or surgery needs stronger treatment measures to make life living again, cant operate within same currupt bandwidth and see changes.