“Cooper: PLP not perfect, but still the best choice” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Admitting the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) every move has not been perfect, PLP candidate for Exuma Chester Cooper said the Christie administration has made the ‘difficult decisions’ to advance the Bahamas, making a case that the PLP is the best choice having laid the foundation for the ‘next evolution of the country’.

‘Over the past five years many have been critical of the PLP, and we know that every move we made hasn’t been perfect, but when you stop and take stock, you’ll see that what we’ve been doing is making the difficult decisions, doing the heavy lifting and laying a foundation for a new Bahamas’ said Cooper, who was given the nod for Exuma at the PLP headquarters on Thursday night, along with Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) senior executive Eva Bain for Central and South Abaco.”

It is indeed amusing and amazing the manner in which Mr. Cooper has over stated the obvious, “PLP is not perfect” but in doing so still arrived at the most illogical  conclusion; “……..but still the best choice.”

The truth of the matter is that he ‘heavy lifting’ was already done by the pervious Free National Movement (FNM) administration, and if the PLP had stayed the course and followed up on what had already been started, the country would be that much further ahead but instead we have been left with countless unfilled promises and initiatives that have either failed or are currently mired in deep controversy.

A prime example would be that of tax reform with the introduction of Value-Added Tax (VAT),many labeled this as a ‘bad idea’, with me being one of those persons and I still see it has having a negative impact on the country’s economy than positive, as promised.

This past week it was revealed that the government has collected $852 million over an 18 month period from VAT- this is about $47.33 million per month but yet the national debt continues to grow at an alarming rate as it seems that borrowing has not been curbed but rather seems to have increased, but yet Mr. Cooper would have us believe that the PLP is the best choice and maybe this one of those examples of where they have not been ‘perfect’.

Mr. Cooper says; “……..the Christie administration has made ‘difficult decisions’ to advance the Bahamas”, and all I can do is sit in astonishment as I try my best to see where this ‘advancement’ has taken place because I only see the quality of life for the average Bahamian in decline.

Indeed, Mr. Cooper the “PLP [is] not perfect” and to be fair to them who really is but they have proven themselves to be so far from perfect that it would be pure insanity to even consider them as the “best choice”

The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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