"Bad Minded" People

Growing up in Jamaica, I always heard about people having "bad mind". However, for so many years, that phrase has never been mentioned around me throughout my interactions in Jamaica and around Jamaicans abroad, so I completely forgot about the term until lately when the word appeared to have been resurrected. This resurgence of "bad mind" indicates that it is not a word that has gone out of style -- this term from the past is still alive and well nowadays. During the recent elections,  Andrew Holness's mansion saga brought this term back to life in the public forum as the then Leader of the Opposition indicated that some people, primarily from the opposing PNP, had "bad mind" about his ability to purchase a dwelling at such a exorbitant cost. From all indications, the magnificent appearance of the property made many wonder how he could have acquired so much money on his politician salary to build such a structure. However, another politician has caught the "bad mind" bug. Julian Robinson's intent to purchase a multi-million dollar home with his wife, a CEO of a bank, is under scrutiny, and ironically his personal business has been brought to the public not by the opposition ruling party but surprisingly person or persons from his own political party. It appears that these "bad minded" people do not seem to realize people who come from humble backgrounds can work hard to achieve academic  and professional successes that will subsequently lead to their ability to afford an expensive house in an economy with property values that having been increasing rapidly due to the unstable economy. It must be emotionally draining, unproductive, and a sad situation for people to waste so much energy worrying about another person's ability to succeed.