The union fools need to grow up. Many people lost their jobs and they complain they didn't get a raise?.They were among the few ones that were getting paid "working from home" . Their jobs seem to be secure for life,not to mention that for a lot of them their only qualification is voting for the "right" party.

I am afraid,and hopefully I will be proven wrong,that the government will have a hard time collecting these loans back. Unfortunately many Bahamians feel entitled not to pay loans received from the government. When will people realise that the government can not solve everyone's problems. The worst part is that if these loans are not being paid back ,we the taxpayers will pay the bill,as usual.

It is sad when supposedly educated persons make fools of themselves just to try to score some cheap political points. If we are in financial trouble now is because for almost 50 years politicians did an excellent job in mismanaging the country's finances. And really the PLP should be the last to give financial advise to anyone,unless of course the advise is how to enrich yourself at the expense of the public.

Salaries of the politicians do not create billion dollar deficits. It is the mismanagement of the country's finances that got us there. My point is they don't even make a symbolic gesture that show that they are too into this difficult times. Not only this but they mention that will not have free breakfast and lunch in the HOA,like this is some kind of big deal. Many leaders around the world took a pay cut around this time, not that it will save their economies,but at least shows something.

And yet despite the massive debt,none of the parliamentarians of both pollitical sides had the decency to get a paycut to their salaries and perks. However,they made a point of mentioning that they will not have breakfast and lunch at the HOA at the taxpayer's expense.With such drastic cost measures,the economic outlook of the country looks bright indeed.

While unemployment hits 50% union leaders complain because they won't get a raise. They should be thankful because they are dealing with spineless politicians that won't even reduce their salaries or sent them home.

Interesting,none of the politicians found it proper to reduce their salaries even by a small percentage. I guess we should be thankful to them for borrowing more money,which will be paid by all Bahamians. Not to mention of course the huge public service sector that continues to get paid in full.

Just because they didn't prepare enough and have enough tests for massive testing the whole country(except politicians,consultants and civil servants) suffer. There was no proper planning from the beginning and continuous lockdown is the only way they know now. But why should worry, NIB has 1.7 billion in assets,an economic recovery committee and sub committes have been established,we have medical experts that are the envy of the region.

Try calling or email any government agency and by the time they even answer the phone or respond to the email you don't care anymore. On top of that a doctor has to be found,and who knows what else in order just to get the card. The most amazing fact is that the card does not even confirm positively that you are Covid 19 free,just low risk individual. By the time the politicians and "experts" figure out what they are doing Covid19 may not be your bigger problem anymore

Although it makes sense for travelling to the family islands having some restrictions at the beginning ,knowing the "efficiency" of government departments by the time someone gets his "travel card" will be after a vaccine has been developed and widely available.