Jamaican Till I Die!

They say water is life and if that is true then water should be our top priority. Instead we can borrow Billions to build new Vanity Parliament building and new Vanity Ministry of Foreign Affairs building thanks to the Chinese, 17 Million dollar sign but still no water. It is the Year 2019 and Jamaica is still suffering from the yearly drought even though all our Political parties declare that if we vote for them they will turn wine into water.  Before the 2016 election the JLP party delivered to the people of Jamaica their 10-point plan to prosperity. Andrew Holness delivered this 10 Point Plan, like he was Moses coming down from the Mount Sinai to deliver the 10 commandments to the children of Israel. Commandment number 5 reads: “Jamaica’s water infrastructure is inadequate, we will fix it. We will make strategic capital investments in water. Jamaica is not short of water; this government does not know how to manage our water. There are still too many house...

UDC 'Fireworks on the Waterfront' Watching scarce foreign exchange go up in smoke How does the Government decide what to tax and what not to tax and why? Are they just looking at their budgetary shortfall then look around the economy to see what they can make a quick buck from, in the shortest space of time? In my view Taxation should be strategically applied in order to protect local industry and promote growth both in the short and long term. One just cannot look at the productive sector, one that is adding value to our economy and society and gouge them out with taxes. Jamaica’s problem is well defined, we suffer from very low almost anemic productivity in almost all sectors and we suffer from a very large negative balance of trade. Jamaica imports in value over 5 times what we export in value and most of this over the top imports comes in the form of consumer goods, rubbish resulting in our Foreign Exchange problem. Any tax plan that is put in place should be targete...