Can these elected officials really be so ignorant of the workings of a market economy that they think that they can mandate a utility company to sell the electricity that they generate for less than the cost of generation? Now remind me how that worked out with water production in Eleuthera a year or two back?

"We will put these foxes in the henhouse to protect the hens."
What could possibly go wrong?

To suggest that the rest of the world's industrialized nations are responsible for the rising CO2 levels and the consequent rise in atmospheric temperature, climate change, and sea level rises, while the Bahamas is not is just silly. We have maybe over 100,000 vehicles , and power geration based on bunker C fuel for decades, tens of thousands of homes burn AC, hundreds of thousands of us possess cellphones. We contribute to climate change in a bog way when measured per capita. To believe anything else is to simply deceive yourself.

Thought provoking and grounded in life experience.

Adding 10% value added tax onto breadbasket items will result in a higher than 10% price increase to the grocery shopper. The increase will be somewhat compounded; 20% vat on the original cost and the shipping costs, then the wholesaler must pay an additional 10% on his selling cost while claiming back the Valued Added Tax paid on the import, then the retail grocery store must ad 10% to the selling price while claiming back the 10% paid to the purchaser. The bottom line is that the cost will rise by more than 10%.

A cabinet minister advocating for appointing a committee to prepare a report is a great low risk way to do nothing and achieve nothing while appearing to do something.

And here we have the problem; ."It’s going to be commensurate based on the person’s commitment and dedication,”. So the pay rises will not be based on the need of the force for higher ranking officers but rather it will be based on two vague subjectively measured opinions.

i am still waiting on the report on decriminalization of medical marijuana. I wonder if any of us will still be around to benefit when it is finally released. These reports are just jokey. Cheaper you buy a Florida lottery ticket and expect to win.

Didn't someone else say these exact words a few years ago?

Something else that must never be allowed to happen again is for any of out tens of thousands of state employed workers to refuse to take his or her annual vacation and then demand payment for all that accumulated vacation upon retirement. All state employed workers must be mandated to take all their entitled vacation each and every year. If they do not need that annual vacation break from work then they are obviously not working very hard.