Boy JOHN...thats some reality stuff from back in the day. I was able to figure out your age range from that one paragraph. Take it easy senior citizen.
These statistics are not surprising, we are a happy go, lucky go people who like to party, smoke, drink, Live like the jonese's and flim flam each other. Financial literacy is not thought in the public school system. The majority of Bahamians lack the discipline to pick up and read a book after leaving the school system, i wont mention doing online research to improve their personal financial knowledge. We go in the Banks for loans and max out our pay checks with salary deductions. We put our signature on what ever the Bank manager tells us to sign with out reading the fine print. We try to impress fake friends who 90% of the time we wont see or hair from if we get in dire straights. We want easy money to fall in our laps so we gamble with falls hope. Retirement planning is something we think the government should take care of. We need the latest cell phones, Name Brand this, Name brand that and we let our kids dictate the name brand they want to us.instead of teaching them the value of sacrifice, and we take out loans for vacation parties, and other pleasurable needs and then we seek to consolidate the loans when the depth gets to high and the cycle continues until we reach fifty and the bank say we cannot borrow anymore. Untill we dissipline our selves the percentage us who can't make ends meet will continue to rise.
"Rights Bahamas" should be renamed to "Rights Haitians" .....The principals in that group sure does not have the interest of This country at heart. They anti everything true true Bahamian in this country. We need to pass laws on who or what can use the word Bahamas in their name. Certainly not deceptive groups with take over intentions..
When we strike Oil in the Back of Adros our dept problems will all be solved ....then we could let the PLP back in power to so they could continue to party like drunkin sailors.
Parliament can go on the old Ministry of health property just across the road from the general post office. That vertical ceiling law must be done away with if the plan to make Bay street a living city is to be realized.
realitycheck242 says...
The middle 40% you speak of have been reduced to 20% since the recession began in 2008. The bottom 40% have also expanded to 60% .....real talk.
On Near 50% of Bahamians 'cannot make ends meet'
Posted 20 May 2018, 5 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
Boy JOHN...thats some reality stuff from back in the day. I was able to figure out your age range from that one paragraph. Take it easy senior citizen.
On Near 50% of Bahamians 'cannot make ends meet'
Posted 20 May 2018, 4:55 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
These statistics are not surprising, we are a happy go, lucky go people who like to party, smoke, drink, Live like the jonese's and flim flam each other. Financial literacy is not thought in the public school system. The majority of Bahamians lack the discipline to pick up and read a book after leaving the school system, i wont mention doing online research to improve their personal financial knowledge. We go in the Banks for loans and max out our pay checks with salary deductions. We put our signature on what ever the Bank manager tells us to sign with out reading the fine print. We try to impress fake friends who 90% of the time we wont see or hair from if we get in dire straights. We want easy money to fall in our laps so we gamble with falls hope. Retirement planning is something we think the government should take care of. We need the latest cell phones, Name Brand this, Name brand that and we let our kids dictate the name brand they want to us.instead of teaching them the value of sacrifice, and we take out loans for vacation parties, and other pleasurable needs and then we seek to consolidate the loans when the depth gets to high and the cycle continues until we reach fifty and the bank say we cannot borrow anymore. Untill we dissipline our selves the percentage us who can't make ends meet will continue to rise.
On Near 50% of Bahamians 'cannot make ends meet'
Posted 18 May 2018, 4:04 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
The Video shows that countries around the world are experiencing the same poblems . The immigration issues can certainly be applied to the Bahamas
On IMF’s bitter pill - find extra $240m
Posted 16 May 2018, 6:01 a.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
"Rights Bahamas" should be renamed to "Rights Haitians" .....The principals in that group sure does not have the interest of This country at heart. They anti everything true true Bahamian in this country. We need to pass laws on who or what can use the word Bahamas in their name. Certainly not deceptive groups with take over intentions..
On Shanty town evictions ‘ethnic cleansing’
Posted 15 May 2018, 2:49 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
When we strike Oil in the Back of Adros our dept problems will all be solved ....then we could let the PLP back in power to so they could continue to party like drunkin sailors.
On IMF’s bitter pill - find extra $240m
Posted 15 May 2018, 2:04 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
Enough talk .....put the darn thing in place before the PLP get back in power .and lets see it working for the next four years.
On 'Financial Council' will oversee gov't finances
Posted 14 May 2018, 2:43 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
Agreed....i am sure those MP's could get something right and have a design competition at two levels. One for students and one for the professionals.
On Winning design for new Central Bank building revealed
Posted 12 May 2018, 1 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
Parliament can go on the old Ministry of health property just across the road from the general post office. That vertical ceiling law must be done away with if the plan to make Bay street a living city is to be realized.
On Winning design for new Central Bank building revealed
Posted 12 May 2018, 12:42 p.m. Suggest removal
realitycheck242 says...
The Money from Dormant/inactive accounts can go a long way in financing this Building.
On Winning design for new Central Bank building revealed
Posted 12 May 2018, 12:19 p.m. Suggest removal