Ah the ritual starts again, more rounds of promises, plans and thinly veiled smear campaigns. More glorious talk of of the wonders that have been done in our name; and promises of more to come. We are at a unique point in history, never before has our nation stood over a chasm so fraught with peril than it is now. Political scandals, gross negligence, corrupt officials and Federal investigations to boot, looking more like a first world country every day.
Allow these thoughts to cut through the merriment and political fog;
Barbadian citizens do not have a say in who becomes Prime-Minister (a party gets voted)
Whom ever gets voted in past the 15th, doesn’t control the Central Bank
Whom ever gets voted in past the 15th, still has to clear the national debt and honour existing contracts for work to be completed
Our officials still swear allegiance to a foreign power
The government has the ability to to ease the lives of the citizens of this country but have actively refused to make the necessary changes to policy. The bed of the Prime Minister is filled with political fleas (big businesses) and whom ever lies there has to contend with them. So the government cannot actively (of effectively) compete with its “contributors”.
What is our big plan when the tourism bubble bursts? population export?
Can this place really take a natural disaster? its grid lock even after a heavy rain.
Not sure who’s going to “win” but I’m sure we the people still lose.
