{"id":17051,"date":"2012-01-19T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=17051"},"modified":"2012-01-19T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T14:03:21","slug":"dna-a-change-to-more-of-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/01\/dna-a-change-to-more-of-the-same","title":{"rendered":"DNA – A Change To More Of The Same"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Democratic National Alliance (DNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have today listened to Mr. Wallace Rolle, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate for South Beach on Issues of the day.\u00a0 The gentleman appears to be a Utopian of the first order.\u00a0 He gives the impression that he and his party have all the solutions to our ills; like with a DNA victory – all lights will be turned on, unemployment will be eradicated, no one would lose their house, and the hurting that we the people are experiencing just now will be no more.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rolle stopped short of promising that the tears from every Bahamian eye will be eliminated under a Democratic National Alliance administration.<\/p>\n

He says that we need to diversify our economy.\u00a0 What does this mean?\u00a0 Agriculture and fisheries are already on the move, the Bahamian craft industry has received a major boost with the new straw market policy, and opportunities galore exist for young and the not so young entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

We need to legitimize the numbers business to enhance the nation\u2019s revenue base.\u00a0 We need to look at the LNG question with a view of making a final decision; it looks like a new and potent income stream that could propel our country\u2019s ambition to bring every brother and sister in the fold of economic prosperity.\u00a0 Our problem today is that we are not collecting enough income to pay our national bills; so our hands are tied when it comes to new initiatives right now.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rolle spoke of the unemployment concerns of his young constituents, but his status quo and politically correct position is that they will fill every vacancy with a Bahamian who is qualified to perform the job.\u00a0 How will that position solve our unemployment challenges?<\/p>\n

If a Democratic National Alliance government borrows funds from a foreign bank for capital works, and the bank insists that XYZ Company from Brazil has to be the general contractor with its hundreds of employees; what will they do?\u00a0 If every international bank relates the similar requirements, where would that leave the country?\u00a0 We would be drowning in our own inanity.<\/p>\n

If an international business comes to The Bahamas with tens of millions of dollars in investments and they want to bring in their foreign CEO and comptroller, what will a DNA government do if they feel that Bahamians could fill those positions?\u00a0 Here is where a Bahamian first policy becomes dangerous and counter-productive to national economic development.<\/p>\n

We need to personally and collectively take control of our destiny.\u00a0 If we are profoundly divided as a people, then there is nothing a new politician or representative could do for us.\u00a0 Lingering and deep-rooted disunity are holding back our progress as a people, and we must find our respective love button and come together for the common good.<\/p>\n

A monumental policy was instituted in our straw market recently, where all goods must be Bahamian made.\u00a0 This decision alone could indirectly employ thousands of our people as the craft market is a forty million dollars a year plus industry.\u00a0 Every young talented Bahamian could take advantage of the opportunity by creating one great Bahamian souvenir item to sell to straw vendors; but opposition politicians would have none of it.<\/p>\n

As far as they are concerned, the governing Free National Movement (FNM) is simply good for nothing; and they insist on being their constituents employment agents.\u00a0 Yes, even the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) wants to control the people of whom they seek to represent.\u00a0 It\u2019s called the change of more of the same.<\/p>\n

Dennis Dames<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) wants to control the people of whom they seek to represent. It\u2019s called the change of more of the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[168],"class_list":["post-17051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions","tag-politics-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}