You are right about the problems we have here, the piss poor management and deal making, the crime, the corruption.

But we are not slaves to tourism or the banks, they exist here despite our best efforts to sink them. Tourism, banks, new industry, new investments, and even oil are our hope to progress. What stands in our way is our attitude to accept the problems of our country and do nothing about them. We don't hold our politicians accountable for their corrupt actions. We need to take charge of our own future and push aside those who stand in our way.

So we should do nothing? The government work for us and is elected by us. It's time we demanded more of them so that we can further our country instead of the political leaders only furthering themselves. If a corrupt and inept government is standing in the way of our progress then we need to push them aside and continue on as they are only holding us back.

Well maybe we should be holding our politicians and leaders to a higher standard. Why is it ok that we suffer from corruption and mismanagement in this country? We have all the resources to be a thriving nation yet we do nothing because we just accept the terrible way things are. It's time we change this for ourselves.

Fossil fuels have given our planet infinitely more good than bad. Oil spills, these and air pollution pale in comparison to what we have achieved with fossil fuels. Flight, cars, modern medicine, the entire industrial revolution, none of that would have occurred with fossil fuels. I will take some damage to the environment any day over regressing 300 years.

So was there an attempted robbery on an armored car or not? Talking about how we are sons and daughters of a beautiful country has nothing to do with actually answering the question.

The amount of money wastes on the 'war on drugs' is astounding. We could reduce court costs, reduce prison costs and overcrowding. Police could focus on the violent crime that plagues our nation. Gangs would lose power and revenue derived from the sale of it. It could be taxed and could be used to even drive tourism. There is no common sense behind it. It's the same as alcohol prohibition and will soon be a thing of the past. Then we can look back and see how much money we gave up and how many lives we ruined in a failed attempt to controls people's private lives.

Somebody in the Planning Department or the Government didn't get their kickback and so now they are making this into a problem. Can they really be worried about the size of a development that sits 600 ft from Baha Mar?

I hope you realize that every tool or technology that allows us to live our modern lives is due to taking things from hundred of feet (up to miles) below the surface and using them. Where do you think the iron for the steel in your car, or the saw blades that cut the wood for your house come from?

You can thank the life you have now, which is far better than life 50, 100, 500 or any amount of years ago, on the things we have taken out of the ground, including fossil fuels.

Or the Norwegian model, or the Canadian model, or the Russian model, where the country has tight regulations and earns high royalties while letting private companies invest in the infrastructure and do the work.

Considering that almost our entire economy is bases on customer service (tourism) than this is a problem. We have so far to go in terms of customer service and it would benefit us all so much if we were able to improve it.