Awesome debate we’re having.

How about the government comes up with an unemployment insurance program to help out those who are having a tough time…oh forgot, the government is broke because they juiced all the money away and you as a taxpayer tolerated it – nice job.

Fact of the matter is you can probably get rid of 15% of the expats and replace them with Bermudians…get rid of much more and that big sucking sound you hear will be more jobs being moved somewhere else – probably time you accept this as reality.

PLP scares away all the high spending foreigners, and now Bermudians suffer.

Also, have I missed it, cause I don’t recall any convictions being make on any PLP representative stealing? Please enlighten me?

The PLP are great at soundbites, terrible at planning and executing! Am surprised that more did not resign from the party but its that tribal instinct again that plagues all political parties in Bermuda.

Someone with no experience turning the island in a terrible direction and when disaster struck those in charge would have no escape plan and the Premier would be the fist to save him or herself!

Bermuda is exporting jobs to other countries. The main reason is that companies no longer need to have a significant presence in Bermuda in order to benefit from the advantages of being based or having an office in Bermuda.

The PLP did not cause this, nor did they chase jobs away. The OBA is not causing jobs to flock back to Bermuda. While both parties blame each other, they conveniently ignore the reality in which neither can solve.

The fact is these jobs are not coming back. Gone are the days when a company had entire finance, accounting, back off and IT departments in Bermuda. The outsourcing or relocation of jobs to other countries happened before the PLP came into power and will not reverse with the OBA.

Even local companies are relocating certain functions to other jurisdictions as they look to streamline costs and increase efficiency.

Bermuda was a long beneficiary of companies relocating or establishing offices in other jurisdictions. These companies are still on the move and constantly looking at ways to increase their bottom line, and hence moving certain functions elsewhere. The PLP did not cause this and the OBA’s presence will not fix this.

Let’s face the reality and stop the false blaming as this will continually get us nowhere.

Please stop making things up.

Never are most of the regular OBA bloggers willing to make a critical evaluation at what the government is doing right or wrong. It is sad when such folks continue in such a blind fashion.

I look forward to the day, when I can read on the blogs, folks that have taken the time to gather a full spectrum of information about a subject, as it is crucial for critical evaluations of an issue. Folks would also ideally be objective, since a willingness to consider all viewpoints better equips them with the ability to evaluate the viewpoints. Perhaps most importantly, many would be at least a little more flexible in his or her thinking, because studying and challenging the issues often requires revising the individual’s own beliefs and incorporating ever-changing new information. I hope these folks will someday be capable of reaching such a level of debate. Maybe the level of debate on this site and others can raise up a nudge.

To defend the government just because you are a strong supporters in no way does them any good, more so the country.

Lets be honest and call the government out for what they are doing Right, and WRONG. it is called “TRANSPARENCY” something the OBA trumped pre-election. Now that it is smack in their faces they fall into Denial and dribble up nothing but pure nonsense.

When will these OBA fans grow up politically and mature. Debate the issues based upon facts and logic, rather than blindly defend their government. Who wants to defend a government in such a blind fashion, only those folks that will never willing to change their votes in the first place. Been that way for the past 40 years.

Hopefully, some day a mature discussion can be held on the issues facing Bermuda, beyond that of just supporting the OBA for the sake of supporting the government.

I expect many to “click dislike”, as when you write something that is unpopular or is smack in their faces, they are likely not willing to accept it. Hopefully, someday we will see a level of political maturity, someday, someday, someday soon.

I guess you’ve just ignored that little fact though. I’m not surprised it does tend to spoil your nice little stereotype.

What was that 2012? How selective the PLP’s memory can be when it wants to be.

……and we were singin……

Bye bye PLP and their lies
Drove my SUV to KFC for chicken and fries
And Chris and LV and the rest of those guys singin
PLP officially died
PLP officially died….

…Everyone on this island complains. Even our politicians.

Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

Don’t complain if you had a worse reign.

*cracks open an elephant*