Our ancestors lived through depressions, wars, famines, storms, and pestilences .......... They did not QUIT ................. why don't we step up in this "pandemic" and honour their courage???? ........... #Bahamasstrong is more than words, it is action ............ There's no crying in Paradise

FOOL aka JokeyJack .............. Do you live in NP? ............ Do you have 242 citizenship? ........ Do you need official ID for various everyday purposes?????? ........ Do you have a valid 242 passport? ............. Did you pay for your 242 passport??? ............. If any of your answes are YES, then wear the title (fool).

Myers and Bowe are in that 5% as well ............. Go figger

So Cobalt ........... you are of the opinion that no matter what or who is in charge of the Government, the masses are always responsible for their lot in life? ......... Who is responsible for the fact that the inner city (or Cat Island) doesn't have running water in their homes ever since 1967? Can the people do that? ...... Or if their schools are run down and poorly staffed as compared to other suburban schools? ......... Should I go on???????

Claude Hanna is writing this letter of concern ......... Did any Govt MP or Opposition MP or Ind MP or retiring MP raise these issues????? ............ But most of our so-called "accountability and transparency" laws are written like this ......... Old political trick that both the FNM & PLP endorse ............... Just a facade, but no real change to the underground corruption in high places

The political elite (like Janet Jr) should weep for what they have done to this country since Majority Rule ....... Weep and beg forgiveness from the grassroots communities who face hunger, poverty, ignorance, crime .................. and have little chance of getting out of that hellhole

We have a narrow and low tax base ......... About 16% of GDP is collected as taxes in The Bahamas as compared to Jamaica with 27% .......... Words from the mouth of MOS-Finance (Kwasi) .......... He is correct, and we don't seem to want to change our regressive tax system.

So, we collect little, dont collect much what is on the books AND borrow a whole lot .......... Now that the tourist dollars are not coming, we are in serious financial trouble.

It is hard to crack the nut on our rigid toxic facade of a parliamentary "democracy" .......... either you lightly tap it with a feather OR you drop the hammer on it .......... So far, its as hard as titanium to crack ........... The Cabinet & party political establishment since 1964 is holding strong

True Tal .............. Must add at least another $3 Billion to take into account Govtworkers/retirees' pensions .......... and SOE guaranteed loans (Bahamasair, bpl, zns, wsc etc) ........... and uncollected taxes & IOUs from SPVs

Our Government Budget accounting system hides a lot of debt from the public records

Hold your breath for that .......... If every FNM or PLP voter in a given constituency was to move a petition against their MP after two years of a term for dereliction of duty based on "quality of representation" nothing can remove them from the House of Assembly except the reasons listed in the Constitution