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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Things I just don't get...
How is it, when the Prime Minister doesn't want to make a
decision, he holds a "waste our time voting session" aka a
referendum.... then still goes ahead and does what he ever wanted to do
in the first place... And this is called democracy? No its communism...
How is it, that information about how the government spends, operates
and uses funds is not available to public? In fact a lot of vital
information about the operation of this country is not available to the
public. Keeping people ignorant, in chains, shackled... Mental slavery.
How is it that the government would rather pay foreigners an arm, leg,
kidneys and lungs plus a heart....but would rather pay an educated
Bahamian with a brain, scraps from the master’s dog’s table. So young
Bahamians leave, go off to college, excel and come home to be told they
are over qualified, underpaid or no jobs are available. They stay away
in foreign countries and better
those countries. Then the people
of the Bahamas say we have "Brain drain". No, it's quite the opposite.
Having water but pouring it down the drain is called wasting. If someone
else took ya water - it's called stealing. If you gave ya clean water
away and prefer to drink dirty water cause that's what you’re use to -
it's called being stupid - not ignorant, just stupid.
How is it, that the government has millions of dollars to bail out
banks, can meet the needs (I mean greed) of various unions, can spend
frivolously on things that are of no major importance yet schools are
overcrowded, roads have potholes the size of craters, crime is
ridiculously high, there are no jobs for our high school graduates,
improper health care facilities, improper airport and police facilities
and poor government employee customer service. It starts with the head
and trickles down to the tail. A leader leads by example, a slack leader
leads a slack government, hence nation...
How is it that criminals make bail for murder, but if you steal
electricity you get one year no bail?? I guess money equals freedom, and
the bail is the price of a life. How much money is a life worth, what's
the bail??
How is it that people work for government, and are not paid until years
later, and in some cases not paid at all? Can one sue the government
after a given time frame for not receiving funds after due service,
records and documents were given? Yet if you owe them money, they are
faster than lightening to cut your pay and collect. The balance of power
is truly unequal
How is it that you spend, and the people pay? Yes, taxes are needed to
help with government spending and meeting the needs of the economy, but
the salaries of the people should be at the standard to handle taxation.
At this point in time it is not. The select few (the minority who CAN
afford to be taxed without feeling it) won’t. For the everyday man and
woman struggling to make ends meet, an extra 7.5% on food and bills will
be the difference between them working three jobs to survive or
struggling with two.
How is it that certain companies, light, cable, phone etc. want to
increase our bills and while their services are below standard? And who
decides if we should pay more? People that don't live here or even
experience their horrible service?
How is it that matters of national interest such as other governments
tapping our phone lines, monies owed by banks, MPs leaving office to go
work elsewhere, various unsolved murders, and other national events just
faded from news and hence from public memory but no answer is received?
I am the everyday educated Bahamian. I am fed up with what I see. I am
fed up with feeding the insatiable greed of the minority. I am fed up
with being passive and simply just bickering and complaining about what
needs to be done. Our leaders, businesses, neighbors and country belongs
to us. They are accountable to us. Their actions affect us. We are the
majority. And it's time they feared our opinion. It's time the
government feared the people. It's time these businesses feared the
customer. Our rights have been passively taken away from us as we've
become so comfortable in simple sticking our heads down as the world
passes us by. I say no more. It’s time. Rise Bahamas.
Sophia Butler
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