Phil Davis has this fiscal plan...............To tax the Bahamians as much as he can.............And also de-man the civil service................'cept you know what is said about that fish?...........That a fish will rot from the head on down...............No one gonna be fired who wearing the crown.........Of crony appointment or to[ of the heap.....................Instead those who get fired will those who are cheap...................Probably the ones who actually work..................The ones who get pay without ant perk.................The perks demanded to just do your job...........The poor taxpayer always getin' rob...........An if you don't pay nothing gonna get done..........At your expense the bureaucrat have much so fun......Sigh....

About half a century after Pindling's Bend or Break speech and the suffering and pain it caused to Grand Bahama continue unabated.

Fill Up The Gravy Train,,, .....Broke out of he quarantine,,,,,,Boasted about it at the funeral , ,,,,Cried to the Press; .........“You giving me stress, .........So Don’t you be cruel.” .......”Jus cos I treat you like fool.” ... ..... ....”Don’t say what I say, and don’t say what I mean,”

Tribanot has it right unfortunately. Not only the political elites are responsible though but also the corrupt police officers, the bagmen, and the lawyers who gre rich defending the narcos in court. Mentioning no names though.

To the tune of The Sloop John B ; Fill up The Gravy Train......Get all the cronies on board........We're off to open the Cookie Jar..............Plenty to go round...............When that cookie jar's found.............We'll Build a stadium for more than it cost........

If I was smart enough to be a teacher then I would be running to join this union just to away from the confrontational gym class teacher that presides over the other union.

The question to be answered by the economic scholars............. ...Is How do we repay our debt of ten billion US dollars? ........ ...Perhaps we could borrow plenty Yuan from the PRC.... ... ;;; And pay that back much later by planting a money tree.... ..... ....Wouldn't it great if money grew on trees? . .... .... ...A whole more be farming; a whole lot less be thieves........

People just going to smuggle virtual drugs into the prison using the internet.

Tax the churches; they are the most prosperous businesses in the country.

The columnist makes a fair point but perhaps the thousands of people who give their money to the gambling houses could redirect a few millions of those wasted dollars? Likewise many religious people give large amounts to their pastors to buy expensive car, big house, even half a private plane. Forget trying to buy your way into Heaven and save and invest to create a little Heaven on Earth for yourself instead.