1 Response to Ayittey on the colonialist mentality

1. Tradewinds says:

   November 28, 2013 at 12:12 pm

   The admission of failure has become a kind of “blame game” mentality as it is never the fault of those that are responsible for failure.. Ever notice how progressive liberal socialists are always point the figure at their predecessors to blame them for errors that they commit or continue themselves.. Obama, for example, applied this radical tenet very well, as for the first five years of his presidency he blamed every fault and error on his predecessor George Bush.. Never has the complete absence of personal responsibility and accountability been more self-evident.. In distinct contrast, when Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter as President, he never accused Carter for a misguided foreign policy or the terrible state of the economy his administration inherited.. Reagan only blamed government as being the problem and not the solution..
   The same can be said for successive governments in the Bahamas where the “blame game” has become common practice.. Successive governing parties always are blaming predecessor governments for the very political sins that they are perpetuating themselves, again with no transparency or any accountability.. Even today the Prime Minister seems to be seeking an escape hatch from the distinct and real possibility that VAT will lead to significant economic decline.. With massive, public opposition building, so many can not be so wrong.. Failure eventually can be blamed on the IMF, IDB as well as other outside expertise that misguided his administration to implement a VAT policy that was destined to failure before it even began.. Only this time, despite the finger pointing, the economic failure of the VAT fiasco will be the historical legacy of the Christie Era of Bahamian governance..

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