They aren't even spending money on things that we need. They are literally wasting the majority of what they spend. All of the government run corporations that are bleeding money, waste on BAMSI because they couldn't be bothered to do paperwork, money on Carnival that just didn't need to happen when we are in a deficit, flights all over the world for our politicians that don't give us any economic return, RBDF boats to catch one Dominican fishing boat a year. And while spending wildly on things that make no difference, our education system is entirely underfunded and is a national embarrassment, crime is through the roof yet the police are underfunded and equipped. If the government could find a way to get kickbacks and favorable contracts for 'friends' in educating people, then we would be the most educated nation in the world.

The spending needs to stop. It's not hard to see when the average Bahamian's own household finances are in such shambles. Look at how our leaders spend money our country doesn't have. They are setting an example that we will all follow to the poor house.

I know, sometimes I just can't help myself.

So the Gambian government had to pay Alimenta $11.2 million for nationalizing their peanut plant. So they were in the wrong. Now why do you hate them for running a successful business that dominated the peanut market? Why do you hate them for setting up shell companies so that their investments are protected? And according to this State memo, Sarkis is a Bahamian national. Then why are we not trying to support our own?

Does Paul Major have any economic or financial training what so ever?

*- whatever is spent directly there is some multi-plier effect that translates that into a GDP impact. It’s somewhere between 3 and 7 per cent as a multiplier effect. Whatever the foreign input is is multiplied by as much as seven times*

What?! 3-7% does not mean 3-7x. This is some basic math. This is aside form the fact that most tourism GDP calculations rely on a 1.4 or 1.5 multiplier of direct input. This man has no idea what he's talking about.

Is the Tribune so strapped for stories that they have to publish every comment that these idiots make? It's basically just a back and forth of poorly constructed insults from one person to another. 'What he said was unprofessional' - 'Well he should mind his own business' - 'He doesn't know what he's doing'. It's like a grade school playground fight.

This government has proven time and again that you can't trust a single thing they say. I'm not saying Baha Mar' side is telling the truth, but the government is absolutely adding lies to theirs.

So if this dock is so illegal, then who trampled on Bahamians rights? Sarkis, or perhaps the Bahamian government that approved it. Don't hate Sarkis because the government screwed Bahamians. Hate the government.

Tal is just a troll. Don't feed her.

Sell it! We pay crazy rates and still have to pay more at the end of the year through our taxes. Even if a private company was ripping us off like a bandit we would still be saving money over the government run BEC.

Of course VAT won't be helping out debt ratio, our government doesn't know how to stop spending money. They spend money like it's going out of style. We have a problem with fiscal responsibility in this country and our government sets a terrible example.