Jamaica is socialist country?

[Assasin]

I saw a forumite ask if Jamaica was ever socialist country.

Think on these things

Which Capitalist country you can just go and capture people land?

Check the amount of people who don't have title or ownership to their land.

How many capitalist country can people representing political parties or themselves can stick up stick whole neigbourhood for payoff or extortion?

yet we make all these big companies come in and not even a share for the people of Jamaica and make their profits and ship it back to the US, Europe and Japan.

How many capitalist country have a productivity rate lower than the 1960s?

Not to mention the huge goverment giveaway to friends and supporters without even been questioned. Thank god fi Mr. Christie.

Jamaica is not a pure capitalist country and neither is it a pure socialist country but we do look for the worst of both systems and not the best.

[Jawge]

You seem to disregard some
glaring facts. One: Although Joshua leaned to the left and meddled heavily in global politics, his social programs were ahead of it times. These programs (whith education at the forefront) would have made us ready for the info age.

The world is changing right before our eyes; Ja is set to be damned because we continue to use the system and policies of slavery. Why most countires can come in and acquire land, dictate terms? We simply lack the expertise. Our whole system of education needs to be revamped; it's set up to short change the populace and educate a chosen few.

Look at crime and our inability to stop it. Why? We are use the system of a hundred years ago , where the police force was created to keep the slaves in check (until help arrives from the british navy, if any trouble) whilst the planter class sits above the law. This is why most Jakans try to acquire wealth by any means to join this class; hence they can sit above the law and disrespect the police. Our police force is limited in resources, they cannot effectively police the island; hence the raping and pillaging in certain sectors.

We continue with policies from the colonial and slavery days and expect to be competitive in the info age.

[Willi]

Leaned to the left?

The man was a flaming Socialist in the 1970s...no ifs ands or buts!

[MdmeX]

Leaned to the left?

The man was a flaming Socialist in the 1970s...no ifs ands or buts!

or MAYBE (S)

[Jawge]

Okay willi and thanks.

[Islandman]

It is all well and good to have social programs, but it would be nice if there is also some plan to pay for them or at least have some accountability in terms of what works and what doesn't!

That is always the problem with big government solutions.

[Jawge]

Give me your thoughts on
the present GOJ of Ja and its plans to pay for its "social programs". Thanks.

[Islandman]

Is there a plan?

My only thought on the present govt is that they are no worse than the previous one so far. As to wether they are measurably better, well I am not sure yet.