Of course Obie Ferguson and the unions find the current laws "totally inequitable" they don't pay employees they collect from them. Has Mr. Ferguson taken time to reflect on why many businesses have already failed? I'm sure it had nothing to do with non productive staff or union interference. Likewise I'm sure it had nothing to do with cronies plundering pension funds or governments playing games with duties on eggs and chicken or the fact that our government has systematically destroyed what little of our economy survived the recent recession.

It is strange how people who employ few, if any, presume to dictate to private business who they should employ and how they should spend their money. Please remember Mr. Ferguson that this will not just effect the hotel properties but will impact every Bahamian business owner who employs other Bahamians from petty shop operator to The Nassau Shop and Kellys Home Centre.

Its all very well for Ferguson to say why don't they create a redundancy fund for a rainy day when the business community already has a myriad of taxes being rained on them in the form of property taxes, business license, VAT, BEC fuel surcharge etc.

Many businesses are having difficulty even meeting payroll every week given our stagnant economy and greedy unions, their grasping advocates and sheep like followers must understand that sooner than later they'll run out of other peoples money to spend. If government caves in to this ridiculous proposition there will be more than a few additional businesses going belly up so they better be prepared to cast their social services net very wide.

But we also need a good con man like JP or we'll never get off the ground, PR is everything these days you know. Ya think he would work for us if we offered him more than Renward did?

This is simply nothing more than the government pandering to the union votes. The cost will be counted in the growing length of the unemployment line and the list of failed businesses.
Christie and Co have demonstrated beyond a shadow of doubt that even the few business minded among them will go along with this stupidity as long as they can keep their snouts in the trough.

" Have you seen the little piggy's (Bahamians) crawling in the dirt? And for all the little piggy's life is getting worse, always having dirt to play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggy's (politicians) in their starched white shirts? You will find the bigger piggy's stirring up the dirt, always have clean shirts to play around in.
In their lives there's something lacking, what they needs' a damned good whacking.
Everywhere there's lots of piggy's (politicians) living piggy lives, you can see them out for dinner with their piggy wives, clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon."

The nomination won't be yours either Georgie..................go back out to the pasture.

Beautiful Mr Cartwright. It is a shame that our government don't possess even a modicum of the noble and indomitable spirit of some of our people.
Illegitimis non carborundum.

Amen!
If Gomez is serious about tackling government corruption his very first step should be to tender his resignation from the cabinet.

"boyfrens of brave's front-sellers" LMAO
Dat mussy da ones what is be by Long Wharf aye?

"they will answer to the Public Accounts Committee. The people must know what has happened to the money. We are demanding transparency and accountability.”
Dr Minnis, I bin holding my breath so long waiting on the PAC report on Urban Renewal dat I done take wid da weakness an fall out.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and time runnin' out for Chippy and da boys to accomplish anything if that was ever their intent.

Right on point Banker.
Political tribalism, cannibalism and ego stroking is and has been the order of the day for some time which is why we are and will remain mired in the dung heap. LBT,Moss, McCartney, Rollins, Wells & Wells? SSDD.

Sharon, you mussy be sipping the wine early to suggest additional taxes and please don't ever associate the word accountable with either BEC or the tubby Minister in charge who has himself declared them insoluble.
BEC and their employees have been gouging the Bahamian public for generations without the benefit of us receiving reliable affordable generation in return.
We have been taxed for their fuel and ridiculous pensions for years so the very thought of paying additional taxes to dig them out of the 600 million dollar hole they have dug for themselves is repugnant to say the least.