The Statutory Boards are sweetheart deals for political friends, families and lovers ....... Once in a while there is a lovers' spat

step now ............... to the new frontier 2.0

Most of the average Bahamian financial woes is lack of planning and misplaced priorities ........... You must cut your suit to fit the cloth.

You cannot be a school dropout .... have 2 children (or a criminal record) by 20, with no skills or training and expect to have a good standard of living. Too many young Bahamians (U-30) find themselves in this mess, and make excuses without personal responsibility.

Just dangling a carrot ................ shifting the chairs on the deck of the Titanic

VAT was introduced out of desperation ......... and ineffeciency in GOVT revenue collection

Nothing has really been done to CHANGE the basic tax revenue base of the Govt under PLP or FNM since 2012

So ............. this not innovative .......... this is changing from one dirty shirt to another.

I do accept your point of view that the modern Bahamian society is more classist than racist ........ I also accept the idea that there are still many "poor whites" in our country ....... But colour continues to be used as a social passport vehicle for more light-skinned Bahamians than dark-skinned Bahamians .......... That is a FACT

Also, FrustratedBusinessman raised the idea of WHO founded the PLP ..... That was in keeping with the popular West Indian movements at the time ...... Sadly, Pindling and the more influential US Black Power movement forced the light-skinned PLP leaders aside and used a few token "whites" for the next two decades ......... That is where we still are today (including the Symonettes & Holoweskos in the FNM)

Brother Man ....... you want to have your cake and eat it too ....... Define what "white means to you as compared to what the world/US calls white. We have mostly potcake whites.

How many "white" Bahamians are robbed & raped as compared to black Bahamians????? ....... If so, these cases surely are kept out of the media.

How many Government tax incentives actually benefit the rich "white" enclaves as compared to the poor black majority???

How many "white" Bahamians have the hookup in Government with the politicians and senior government officials that most ordinary Bahamians still do not have?????

How many "white Bahamians" will continue to have their children well placed in the better private schools and top earning professions due to legacy wealth and connections ....... and maintain many glass ceilings in this economy????

So ......... **if you are "frustrated" ............ exercise your "whiteness" power** ...... Move from the boardrooms and backrooms in political party circles and come to the front and stand for nomination and election ......... Long Island has had its share of "white" Bahamian MPs (on both sides), so we are the pacesetters (the island is still predominantly racially black/mixed).

Renward Wells is theoretically correct ............. but he is reinforcing the stupid House rules that the PLP created under Sears & Mitchell (2002-2007) ........ What Wells should say is: We need to reform the Parliament rules to ensure that the Government and Opposition have a balanced, transparent, and fair participation in governance.

As it stands now - the Opposition has its say & the Government has its way (not democracy)

Where are you getting this information about Bahamian post 1973 history from?

To be honest, most white Bahamian people "withdrew" after 1973 and became enclaves ...... the native Conchy Joes, the Jews, Lebanese, Greeks etc

The "white Bahamians" do have a disproportionate amount of the wealth of this country ....... and they do use it as a weapon against the black politicians (plp & fnm) ......... That is a fact

Look at how integrated the white West Indians are in other caricom countries ...... we welcomed two white Jamaicans to invest in our tourism industry (Sandals & Breezes) while the rich white Bahamians do very little to build and OWN our Number One industry (hotels & marinas) and prefer to sell off their tourism investments and sit on their money in "safe" consumer/import based businesses

So, if you are "frustrated" ......... search yourself and DO better

NIB has been abused and ravaged by both FNM & PLP administrations ......... We are in a sad state of affairs with this Goose that had 9 Golden Eggs ...... The eggs are beginning to addle and the political snakes are stealing them one at a time ..... 3 are left

Tribanon .......... you have a vendetta ......... you cannot be serious.

Look at HOW international ratings agencies and other bodies view The Bahamas pre/post 2017 .......... Cannot compare Christie & Minnis and their supporting casts ........ Minnis is (hands down) better than Christie .... One word that separates them (NYGARD)