My father had me saving money from an early age, and I WAS a homeowner at 21 years of age with his help. One thing I was always told was not to borrow money for bills. My dad may not have been an educated man, but I bet he knew more about saving money and getting out of a hole than these guys do!! I think you’re calling the wrong person a dummy.

Until the PLP recognise that and address the real reasons that people made that decision, pieces like this will not inspire those people to go back to the polls.

Dunk: Arg! We plundered this ship and its booty from the infamous people’s liability party.

Bob: Aye Cap’n Dunk, but there’s no booty.

Dunk: No booty?!

Bob: Aye Cap’n, seems the booty was squandered on exotic hats.

Dunk: Exotic fattin hats?! Exotic fattin hats won’t put sails on this ship. Bring me deck swab Baron.

Bob: At once Cap’n.

Baron: y y y yes Cap’n, you summoned?

Dunk: Aye, Arg, aye, fetch me me flask of black **** rum, the one that hits deep in the throat. Prepare the men, today we go after the legendary manatee “Americ*cup*as.

To be continued

The haves and the have nots were, and are included.

With my dealings with Government Employees over the past 50 years (prior to young )……………………

Only a couple were “civil”.

Memories.

That is why I gave him up as a facebook friend.

You wonder where the green $800 million went?

Look north

Shalom.

1. Default (worked out great for Greece, huh?)
2. BORROW MORE MONEY and use those funds to pay down the debt coming due

PLP all dee way

This scares the s**** out of CF and the PLP and is why CF is addressing it now before it spreads up to the next election. Their success is based on higher numbers of voters, voting from emotions and lack of background education on where BDA is economically and why. I have always said as I am not rooted to any Party; “The PLP’s strategy for winning the next election is by default”. They have not shown their worth and only speak to throw mud at the OBA waiting to see what sticks, hoping to make the OBA look bad to voters and walking away with the Government. They need to try harder at proving THEY are the better choice; NOT the ONLY OTHER choice.
But hey, keep up the good work. I’m sure your Party will reward you well. Got a few constituencies that will need filling.
lol

2.1B is what we owe as a country.

Fast forward to today, and we are STILL paying for our debt.

You are correct, common sense does tell you that you do not borrow to pay off debt. Maybe you should have been this interested when the pie was being sold in the sky!!!

Take away whatever pin they have in their suit jacket, and it indeed feels the same to many.

You’ve managed to take what should be a compelling piece regarding the importance of the right to vote, into a bit of a propaganda piece to encourage abstainers to vote for Party X. That does a real disservice to what the right to vote should be about.

Earn our votes, don’t demand them by playing on our sense of duty.

Did you ask yourself, if the UBP had remained in Power:

a) Would Grand Atlantic Housing been built
b) Would There have been a Bda Housing Corporation Scandal
c) Would we have $800 million in unaccounted for money.
d) Would the Berkely contracted be given to Proactive a company with no previous track record – leading to 60Million over run
e) Would the Bda Cement company be snatched from one businessman and given to Friends.
f) Would Bda emmissions have been built without RFP and given to a family member?
g) would TCD have been built the same way?
h) Or the Dockyard Cruse Pier
I) Would we be Billions in debt from Overspending?
j) Would we have still have almost zero unemployment?
k) would we know where the cedar beams went?
l) Would there have been a faith Based Tourism scandal?
m) Would the GlobalHue contract be given to a Buddy, overpaid and then awarded again WITHOUT even going to RFP the second time?
n) Would there have been millions wasted on a $4M Beyoncé Concert aimed at bringing east Coast vistors here when she was touring those same East Coast cities?

Chris , I actually have a lot of respect for you and admire your loyalty, but this isn’t one of your better articles. Sometimes it’s better to let the flames die out instead of trying to blow on the fire!

“Many don’t fully understand politics, seemingly even some politicians”

According to your above quote – Why – then should I vote especially if even a few politicians are clueless??

I actually want to thank you for that quote because it just confirms to me that the only person who is going to work for me… is ME – by myself and not rely on people like you and/or any politicians. I stayed in school and ensured I got a decent education (never went to college)and am a Systems Analyst now. It’s called applying yourself. I by myself ensured I had the right qualifications to get a decent job to sustain myself for years to come. It’s called applying yourself. I by myself ensured I stashed a lil money aside for when the proverbial ‘sh!t hits the fan’ – as we are seeing now. I literally sat in my living room just yesterday and watched 2 of our politicians walk right across my house and never knocked. (actually glad of that).. the other group of persons will hopefully do the same.

I have become SO disillusioned with ALL political parties that I will ensure I do for ME and ME alone. The majority of them are like ‘things on a bull – USELESS’. On a daily basis I feel like I’m watching an episode of Rugrats when it comes to both parties. For myself who has been voting since 1981 it has become incredible to see how politics has turned into gutter crap today.

To you young folk out there – Do what grandma would always say, hide your money in your mattress – stay in school and at least get a high school diploma. You do not need all that fancy paper work from these prestigious colleges to get a decent job. It’s called applying yourself. I truly feel sorry for the younger generation if politics continue to go the way it is going today.

I wish my little island all the best for the future – YOU’RE GONNA NEED IT.

Ty

He writes like he talks.

Clearly only a small segment of the population reads what he writes. I for one scroll straight to the comments, as most times you can gather what nonsense he wrote from people repeating it in their replies.