Why Is a Small Nation Borrowing So Much, Yet most of the People See No Growth?

 

Let’s cut through the polite silence and address the real elephant in the room.

Why is a small nation, with limited landmass, limited industries, limited resources, and limited global clout, borrowing so much money, yet the people trying to keep their heads above water?

The infrastructure crumbling, and the nation still looks like it’s decades behind?

Something is not adding up. And it’s time to talk about it.

🔍 Where Is the Money Going?

Billions borrowed, projects proposed, grand announcements made, headlines filled with optimism.

But on the streets? Poverty, broken roads,  jobless youth, failing healthcare, sky-high prices, schools without proper resources. 

And the public is forced to accept crumbs while being told to “tighten their belts.”

So where exactly is the money going?

• Is it being funneled back to foreign contractors and consultants at inflated prices?
• Is it disappearing into over-budget and under-delivered projects?
• Is it padding the pockets of the connected elite?
• Is money laundering involved, hidden under the disguise of “development”?

From where the people stand, there is no visible transformation that matches the magnitude of debt being accumulated.

📉 The Lie of “Growth”

They keep telling us the economy is “growing.” But growth for whom?

• Not for the small business owner who can’t access a loan.
• Not for the mother working two jobs and still can’t afford school supplies.
• Not for the farmer pushed out by foreign agribusiness.
• Not for the youth with a degree but no opportunity.

This isn’t “growth” this is a shell game, a carefully orchestrated illusion where GDP numbers and international praise disguise the reality on the ground.

 Wealth is consolidating in the hands of the few while the masses sink deeper into debt, disillusionment, and despair.

🧾 Debt = Control

Every loan signed is a leash tightened, the more debt a nation owes, the less sovereignty it truly has.

Foreign banks and global financial institutions now have a say in policy, cuts to public services, and national priorities, because when you're in debt, you dance to the lender’s tune.

You’re told what to cut, what to sell, what to privatize, and which strings to pull.

And the people? They never voted for this, they never signed the loans, yet they’re the ones carrying the burden, through taxes, inflation, and a degraded quality of life.

💸 Money Laundering Under Development?

Let’s stop pretending corruption doesn’t exist.

Let’s stop pretending that it’s “unpatriotic” to ask questions about how public funds are spent.

If there is no transparency...
If audits go missing...
If billion-dollar loans lead to half-finished projects and no accountability...

Then yes, we have the right to ask, Is money laundering happening under the name of development?

The math doesn’t lie, and the math isn't mathing.

And when massive debt yields minimal impact, it’s not just inefficiency, it’s either criminal negligence or intentional theft.

✊ The Awakening

It’s time to wake up and speak up.

• No more blind trust in flashy announcements.
• No more staying silent while the nation drowns in debt.
• No more celebrating ribbon-cuttings that lead to nothing.
• No more letting borrowed billions be turned into hidden bank accounts and overseas mansions.

The people deserve to know, the people deserve to see real development, real progress, and real justice.

And if the leaders can’t provide it?

Then they need to be held publicly accountable, without excuses, without delay, and without mercy.

🗣️ Debt should not be a death sentence. Aid should not be a disguise for robbery, and leadership should not be a license to plunder.

If a small nation keeps borrowing and the people keep suffering, then something foul is happening behind the scenes.

And it’s time for it all to come into the light.

No more illusions, no more lies.

Truth is the only currency we should be trading in now.