Vexed Bermoothes

Politics.bm has an important post on the Southlands fiasco.  I encourage you to read it, pass it on, post it to Facebook, and most importantly start asking questions about the actions of the Bermuda Government.

In the past 10 years our Government budget has doubled yet still runs at a deficit, our national debt has metastasized like a cancer, and more than half our public sector audits have shown dangerous lack of controls.  We talk of Platinum and Gold Standards, but accept Rust.

We have a hurricane of money, whether misspent, misdirected, or just plain missing.  You have to ask if this is due to incompetence or negligence, or is it due to ethical challenges?

The global recession did not cause the trainwreck facing Bermuda.  It simply removed the fat and pushed all the hijinks to the surface.  We can now feel the money that has been removed from our pockets.  The jobs that have been lost.  The comfort that has been eroded.  The future that has been damaged.

The economy may turn around, but Bermuda is now carrying a burden that will span generations.  It was a great party for an elite.  But you have to pay the bill for it.

While it is convenient to blame a distant and impersonal recession, I think even the most steadfast booster must realise with great disappointment and pain that the blame lies closer to home.

Much of the Bermudian population has allowed the excess to occur because they want the PLP to succeed.  But when will the PLP put the foot down to say that this situation is metastasizing and will destroy our economy?  Is the PLP Government even the PLP of popular memory any more?

Every situation has a tipping point, and sooner or later Bermuda’s population will turn its back on the PLP if it cannot get its house in order.  They’ve had several second chances … but all signs are the orgy is continuing.

You can’t afford it anymore.  It’s time to clean house.