Dear Editor,

The
ineptness of the team responsible for collecting and managing the
finances of The Bahamas government was quite evident in Minister of
State for Finance Zhivargo Laing's feeble attempt to "clarify" a notice
published in The PUNCH newspaper on Monday, March 28.

Clearly,
this was an effort by Laing to control the potential damage that an
article published by Bahamas Press (BP) could have on the FNM's
re-election efforts if the notice was interpreted as Bahamas Press
suggested. In its article, BP noted: "If you fail to renew your
business licence on time, the FNM government is going to slap a $5,000
late fee fine on you. Now that's what we call murdering the businesses
in The Bahamas..."