Hell no! Sharia law? They don't even have Sharia law in UAE. They are capitalists. They only care about money. My point is that they consulted with the right businessmen and created an economy that will last. (The only Muslim country to do so, the rest will be bankrupt when the oil runs out). I'm just an american interested in protecting one of the last pristine marine habitats in the world and I know the country can be wealthy if they accept that a businessman can serve a nation better than a politician can. Think about the crawfish trade. They get taken from Bahamian waters by a company and sold for $5. Instead, there should be NO commercial sale of any marine fishes or wildlife. How much will a tourist pay to catch that one lobster himself? 300 for a hotel, 500 for a plane ticket, 400 at local restauants,,, and so on. The impact of tourism and protection of natural resources will be lasting, but scoopig up all the animals in the ocean to sell for $5 each is an economic loss to the country and will deplete natural resources. The US already destroyed our coral reefs and now tourism suffers in South Florida because of it. Subsistance and recreational fishing can always be sustainable, commerical fishing robs the people of resources and money. I just think people need to think a little bigger and protect the country and create a sustainable economy in the process.
It is clear to me that the current economic and governmental system is not working for the majority of Bahamanians. The Bahamas has two of the greatest resources of any small country; tourism and banking. What other country has the same resources? U.A.E. The United Arab Emirates. But you say, “They have huge oil money”!! No they don’t. Look it up. They have used the small resources they have to plan big and draw billions in resources, borrowed from others, to create a perpetual nation of income from tourism and banking. They are planning for the next hundred years, not the next 4 or 6. Two men have run this country for the last 22 years! Are the Bahamian people ready for a businessman that is NOT from the Bahamas to SERVE this country and fix it, or are the people too fearful of an outsider? free and fair, isn’t that we all want??? Will the Bahamian people let an outsider serve and manage this country? I need to know….
economicproperity says...
Hell no! Sharia law? They don't even have Sharia law in UAE. They are capitalists. They only care about money. My point is that they consulted with the right businessmen and created an economy that will last. (The only Muslim country to do so, the rest will be bankrupt when the oil runs out). I'm just an american interested in protecting one of the last pristine marine habitats in the world and I know the country can be wealthy if they accept that a businessman can serve a nation better than a politician can. Think about the crawfish trade. They get taken from Bahamian waters by a company and sold for $5. Instead, there should be NO commercial sale of any marine fishes or wildlife. How much will a tourist pay to catch that one lobster himself? 300 for a hotel, 500 for a plane ticket, 400 at local restauants,,, and so on. The impact of tourism and protection of natural resources will be lasting, but scoopig up all the animals in the ocean to sell for $5 each is an economic loss to the country and will deplete natural resources. The US already destroyed our coral reefs and now tourism suffers in South Florida because of it. Subsistance and recreational fishing can always be sustainable, commerical fishing robs the people of resources and money. I just think people need to think a little bigger and protect the country and create a sustainable economy in the process.
On $550m owed in property tax
Posted 1 March 2014, 9:15 a.m. Suggest removal
economicproperity says...
It is clear to me that the current economic and governmental system is not working for the majority of Bahamanians. The Bahamas has two of the greatest resources of any small country; tourism and banking. What other country has the same resources? U.A.E. The United Arab Emirates. But you say, “They have huge oil money”!! No they don’t. Look it up. They have used the small resources they have to plan big and draw billions in resources, borrowed from others, to create a perpetual nation of income from tourism and banking. They are planning for the next hundred years, not the next 4 or 6. Two men have run this country for the last 22 years! Are the Bahamian people ready for a businessman that is NOT from the Bahamas to SERVE this country and fix it, or are the people too fearful of an outsider? free and fair, isn’t that we all want??? Will the Bahamian people let an outsider serve and manage this country? I need to know….
On $550m owed in property tax
Posted 28 February 2014, 8:15 p.m. Suggest removal