http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/291604510588919.php

Even though The Bahamas is ranked one of the wealthiest nations in the Caribbean, there are many people in the country who live well below the poverty line.

Coconut Grove resident, 65-year-old Almond Stubbs is among that group. His only source of income is the monthly check that he receives from the
Department of Social Services. Stubbs lives in what can only be described as squalid and unsanitary conditions, and he has been unemployed since the early 1980s.

"I used to work in the tourism industry for a very long time," he said yesterday. "But now I have to wait for government assistance when they give me my $200 check."

For the past 20-odd years, Stubbs has lived in a four-room dilapidated shack that leans to one side. The windows are broken, the roof is torn and there is no indoor plumbing.

Stubbs' plight has been taken up by businessman and lawyer Paul Moss, and Sam Williams of the Bahamas Loving Care Association. They believe there is a direct correlation between people living in conditions similar to Stubbs' and the recent surge in violence.
Stubbs said he has two children who help him out but they are unable to give him the type of financial assistance he needs.




It's about food. It’s about your home. It’s about your life. The government is worried about all of the above.... Personal responsibility has now become government responsibility.Neil Cavuto,

Where is the personal responsibility?

I'm sorry but come again. Why can't a big man find a job for 28 years. This is unbelievable. Some of us are too lazy and want to sit down waiting on handouts. He can work, nothing is said about him being disabled.

This is not the government's responsibility!

I'm sorry but come again. Why can't a big man find a job for 28 years. This is unbelievable. Some of us are too lazy and want to sit down waiting on handouts. He can work, nothing is said about him being disabled.
This is not the government's responsibility!

I'm sure that many of you have lived and or worked in the US. wen I did I saw the same people there.Of course the housing is better...it has to be or they would freeze,but they hang out on da corner,in the shopsetc, everyday.They look healthy,why don't they work?:confused:

"I used to work in the tourism industry for a very long time," he said yesterday. "But now I have to wait for government assistance when they give me my $200 check."

What did he do with his money while working in the very lucrative tourism industry? Did he save, or like a lot of workers in that industry, did he squander it because it flowed so consistently?

[QUOTE=trubahamian;220762]I'm sure that many of you have lived and or worked in the US. wen I did I saw the same people there.Of course the housing is better...it has to be or they would freeze,but they hang out on da corner,in the shopsetc, everyday.They look healthy,why don't they work?:confused:[/QUOTe

Some of them don't need to work! A few years ago I lived near Jacksonville, Fl. There was a man who stood on a corner of an off ramp of 295 in Jacksonville, everyday. He held a " Veteran, Will work for food" sign. He averaged $1000.00 to $1500.00 A DAY! He ended up in jail charged with murder. It seems another homeless man made the mistake of moving in on the Vets territory at the off ramp and was murdered for "trespassing".

And he have children too? Where they living and why he aint living with them?

Too many people do not want to be held accountable for their deeds. Most people in situations like his never planned and when you dont plan, you plan to fail. If he was saving and investing and thinking about retirement then he would not have this problem. If he 'cared' for his children and invested time and proper values in them then perhaps he would be living where they are and not where he is.

Almond Go Get A Job!!

And we are supposed to feel sorry for this man, why? Is it because he "can't" get a job or does not want a job? Come on man, if you are willing to work there is work, and that is just what it is, WORK!

If Social Services wasnt giving him a check every month, then he would have had no choice but to go and work!

I blame the government for dishing out public funds unnecessarily!!

So he was 45 when he lsot his job?

Was he disabled? Sick? On drugs?

At 45 he was in his prime.

Now his Hip is ready ta collect old age pension....

This is not the government's fault!!
Im sure this is a hardy man they just had a job fair like 2 weeks ago in kemp Road all kind of places were hiring didn't he get the flyer?
Construction workers are needed everyday
Child in this country we live in
YOU BETTER HELP YOURSELF because no one is going to do it for you!
Can't blame the government because you don't want better for yourself!

So much for the PLP being for the poor man :hammer:

Anywho, is there not any organizations that can help people out that are in need? Nobody should be living under those type of conditions anymore in the Bahamas.

So much for the PLP being for the poor man :hammer:
Anywho, is there not any organizations that can help people out that are in need? Nobody should be living under those type of conditions anymore in the Bahamas.


So the government suppose to put money in your pocket every week , pay your bills, and take care of you while you sit on your ***** all day?!? well if the government could do all that for me I QUIT today!!

There's nothing wrong with this man. He is looking for pity and hand outs he had a job for years in the tourism industry what did he do with his money?? obviously he squandered it because he sure didn't put ot to use to fix up his house or anything... There are jobs in construction everyday im POSITIVE he can find a job.

So the government suppose to put money in your pocket every week , pay your bills, and take care of you while you sit on your ***** all day?!? well if the government could do all that for me I QUIT today!!

Thats what the PLP claims it is for, the poor man!! :hammer::hammer:

Thats what the PLP claims it is for, the poor man!! :hammer::hammer:


Buddy when you find a government for the poor let me know so i could quit my job and chill all day like the gentleman in the article!

You're poor and a political party tells you they are for the poor, you obviously have no common sense to know if you don't get out there and work dog will eat your lunch!

isn't the FNM introducing some sort of housing or repairing of dilapdated houses? they started in bain town didn't they?