The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I recently came across a piece written by an anonymous author which the electorate would do well to pay close attention too when next given the opportunity of evaluating the present government’s performance, particularly in light of their continued excessive and unnecessary spending, bungling of tax reform, gender discrimination, freedom of information and “no horse in the race” web shop legislation.

The wisdom of our forefathers, passed on from generation to generation says that, “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.”

Currently in government in the Bahamas, more advanced strategies are being employed, such as:

• Using a stronger whip.

• Changing riders more frequently.

• Appointing a committee to study the horse.

• Visiting other countries frequently to see how other governments ride dead horses.

• Lowering parliamentary standards even further so that dead horses can be included in government.

• Reclassifying dead horses as living-impaired.

• Hiring foreign consultants to ride the dead horse.

• In the case of the Cabinet, harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed and productivity.

• Providing additional and excessive funding to increase the dead horse’s performance.

• Declaring that as dead horses do not have to be fed, they are less costly, carry lower overheads, are VAT friendly and therefore contribute substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.

• Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.

And of course....

• Appointing dead horses to positions of leadership.

IAN MABON

Nassau,

May 2, 2014.