I signed up to tribune242 just to respond to this article. I’d like to first say that there are some great points to be considered. Outside of the few points, this article is a classic example of the petulance and wanton attitude most Bahamians have adopted. It’s sad that in the midst of a global crisis someone is chastising the government for “putting the needs of the people before the needs of the man”. Even worse, the writer has asked the government to make provisions for the parents to be parents. Think about it. Where was the feminist policy with family planning. Where was this same policy when people were living paycheck to paycheck? Arguably and agreeably some of these children are on the lunch program so obviously there is a need for provisions. To this I ask, “Should the government intervene in and do the actual family planning for these people prior to them having a family? Should there be a checklist or criteria for people to be allowed to have children? Or, should we trust that feminist policies will take care of everything?” Then, as if the article wasn’t implausible enough; the writer suggest that the government do meal drop offs, give a stipend for caregiving and laughably have medical personnel visit the homes (in the middle of a pandemic where there will be a shortage of health care workers). For argument sake, let’s just say the government decided to enact these feminist policy initiatives; where will the money come from? Are these things free? Or do we believe that the government just says “poof!” and money appears? Maybe the writer is suggesting that the government increase taxes and tariffs and duties to finance this suggestion. Let’s see how much support this gets. We are talking about a people, that despite the likelihood of getting hit with a catastrophic hurricane, scoffed at and rejected the thought of paying taxes for hurricanes. It’s easy to come up with ideas and opinions but we should be realistically discussing plans and strategies, especially with such a forum to speak to the masses. On the verge of dystopia you choose to use your forum to discuss fantastical utopian ideas. Now more than ever we need Bahamians to be more responsible for themselves and parents to be more wholly vested in the wellbeing of their child/children.
itsTRU says...
I signed up to tribune242 just to respond to this article. I’d like to first say that there are some great points to be considered. Outside of the few points, this article is a classic example of the petulance and wanton attitude most Bahamians have adopted. It’s sad that in the midst of a global crisis someone is chastising the government for “putting the needs of the people before the needs of the man”. Even worse, the writer has asked the government to make provisions for the parents to be parents. Think about it. Where was the feminist policy with family planning. Where was this same policy when people were living paycheck to paycheck? Arguably and agreeably some of these children are on the lunch program so obviously there is a need for provisions. To this I ask, “Should the government intervene in and do the actual family planning for these people prior to them having a family? Should there be a checklist or criteria for people to be allowed to have children? Or, should we trust that feminist policies will take care of everything?” Then, as if the article wasn’t implausible enough; the writer suggest that the government do meal drop offs, give a stipend for caregiving and laughably have medical personnel visit the homes (in the middle of a pandemic where there will be a shortage of health care workers). For argument sake, let’s just say the government decided to enact these feminist policy initiatives; where will the money come from? Are these things free? Or do we believe that the government just says “poof!” and money appears? Maybe the writer is suggesting that the government increase taxes and tariffs and duties to finance this suggestion. Let’s see how much support this gets. We are talking about a people, that despite the likelihood of getting hit with a catastrophic hurricane, scoffed at and rejected the thought of paying taxes for hurricanes. It’s easy to come up with ideas and opinions but we should be realistically discussing plans and strategies, especially with such a forum to speak to the masses. On the verge of dystopia you choose to use your forum to discuss fantastical utopian ideas. Now more than ever we need Bahamians to be more responsible for themselves and parents to be more wholly vested in the wellbeing of their child/children.
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