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Here are some. I will give you more later but here is a start.
Proposals for Ja.
First is to make prime minister election independent of party. This allow anybody to enter the race without party backing and majority party choice our leader. This will allow more candidates to enter and you could have run offs if too many are in it. There is no reason why Peter Phillips, Greg Christie, Butch Stewart or any Jamaican who think they can lead has to join a party. This will give us the chance of getting better candidate and for people to vote for MP who perform instead of voting for Daryl Vaz to vote for Bruce Golding. Can you image if we had a Prime Minister who is not interested in either party how it would shake up Ja. It would also be easy for coalitions.
Jamaica needs to make laws to track and publish the names of parents who leave their kids and not supporting them. Mexico have a system that tracks legal and illegal immigrants in America and pull money out their checks to send home if family back home complain about no support. The government should take 20% of that money and provide support and community development for the kids and the rest go to the family member who is supporting the kids. This alone would raise the standard of living in JA. And fight poverty.
Over the years there has been big investment in Ja but all the profit goes north. Government have to legislate or promote that all major investment over a certain amount should post 20% on the stock market/government buy it and resell it on the market/workers be given shares. This will make Jamaican workers more productive and less strikes as they become a part of the company. It would also provide an avenue for Jamaicans to invest and get returns instead of in Ponzi scheme. Imagine if Jamaicans owned 20% of Digicel, the major hotels etc. This would also make it harder for the monster unions to shut things down.
It is full time we reward communities that have no crime. Highlight them and give them something to talk about. Let them continue to do what they are doing and others will look at it and follow since we are very “follow fashion”, and encourage competition in this area of crime prevention, like “best kept community” “Model communities’ etc. Give the citizens a reason to participate and encourage each other.
Set clear margins for success and failure in the medium term. This is all the IMF trying to do for us. Why don’t we do it for ourselves? It shouldn’t be set by parties. The PIOJ, Bank of Jamaica, Private sector Organization, Financial expert from both parties(experts only) and economist and budget specialist. There is a need to map out a debt strategy, budget strategy, inflation, dollar, inflation, GDP growth and put it forward that the public can see. They can simple use a colour coded system to make it easier to understand and this will not allow politician to twist the record. This must be published every year.
Let me say that the future lies in what TSA is doing. Let me say I have no inside knowledge but it will take qualified, trustworthy professionals in Jamaica working with others overseas to build companies and non profit organizations. Trustworthy is key. Jamaica is a very small market and in order to get economies of scale you have to produce a product that at least 200,000 like. Now in a bigger market of 6 million or 8 million it is easier to get 200,000 to like it and the company have a better chance of staying afloat. There is too much divide in the diaspora and Jamaicans living in Ja.
Proposals for Ja.
First is to make prime minister election independent of party. This allow anybody to enter the race without party backing and majority party choice our leader. This will allow more candidates to enter and you could have run offs if too many are in it. There is no reason why Peter Phillips, Greg Christie, Butch Stewart or any Jamaican who think they can lead has to join a party. This will give us the chance of getting better candidate and for people to vote for MP who perform instead of voting for Daryl Vaz to vote for Bruce Golding. Can you image if we had a Prime Minister who is not interested in either party how it would shake up Ja. It would also be easy for coalitions.
Jamaica needs to make laws to track and publish the names of parents who leave their kids and not supporting them. Mexico have a system that tracks legal and illegal immigrants in America and pull money out their checks to send home if family back home complain about no support. The government should take 20% of that money and provide support and community development for the kids and the rest go to the family member who is supporting the kids. This alone would raise the standard of living in JA. And fight poverty.
Over the years there has been big investment in Ja but all the profit goes north. Government have to legislate or promote that all major investment over a certain amount should post 20% on the stock market/government buy it and resell it on the market/workers be given shares. This will make Jamaican workers more productive and less strikes as they become a part of the company. It would also provide an avenue for Jamaicans to invest and get returns instead of in Ponzi scheme. Imagine if Jamaicans owned 20% of Digicel, the major hotels etc. This would also make it harder for the monster unions to shut things down.
It is full time we reward communities that have no crime. Highlight them and give them something to talk about. Let them continue to do what they are doing and others will look at it and follow since we are very “follow fashion”, and encourage competition in this area of crime prevention, like “best kept community” “Model communities’ etc. Give the citizens a reason to participate and encourage each other.
Set clear margins for success and failure in the medium term. This is all the IMF trying to do for us. Why don’t we do it for ourselves? It shouldn’t be set by parties. The PIOJ, Bank of Jamaica, Private sector Organization, Financial expert from both parties(experts only) and economist and budget specialist. There is a need to map out a debt strategy, budget strategy, inflation, dollar, inflation, GDP growth and put it forward that the public can see. They can simple use a colour coded system to make it easier to understand and this will not allow politician to twist the record. This must be published every year.
Let me say that the future lies in what TSA is doing. Let me say I have no inside knowledge but it will take qualified, trustworthy professionals in Jamaica working with others overseas to build companies and non profit organizations. Trustworthy is key. Jamaica is a very small market and in order to get economies of scale you have to produce a product that at least 200,000 like. Now in a bigger market of 6 million or 8 million it is easier to get 200,000 to like it and the company have a better chance of staying afloat. There is too much divide in the diaspora and Jamaicans living in Ja.
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