How the Jamaica Govt can raise 1.8 billion for education

[Sir X]

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How the Gov't can raise $1.8 billion annually without taxing a single Jamaican
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DAVID MULLINGS
Sunday, May 01, 2011

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THE president-elect of Haiti, Michel Martelly, recently visited Miami to engage the sizeable Haitian Diaspora in the rebuilding and development of the country. My fellow board member, Marlon Hill, the representative for the Southeast USA on the Jamaican Diaspora Advisory Board, shared a Miami Herald article with all USA board members via e-mail that quoted President-elect Martelly sharing an idea that I believe can be applied to Jamaica very easily (read the article by going to http://bit.ly/jaremit.
He proposed that a US$1 charge on every US$100 of remittance and a 5-cent levy on every minute of telephone calls would go into an education fund, raising a total of US$86 million per year. "The Diaspora will be able to send 860,000 kids to school for free and change their lives," was his reasoning.

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[Willi]

See the comments:

Stephen Fox
5/1/2011
I certainly do not like the concept of the government acting like a toll gate waiting on the innocent remitter to pass bye. The Jamaican government needs to be finding ways to grow the economy rather than taxing hard working people to give to the unemployed. Again we need ideas that grow jobs in country so that the citizens are not forced to migrate. Once migrated we are treated like aliens.
Wharf Dawg
5/1/2011
You have got to be kidding me..The various alumni associations are already doing a heck of a job funding schools in Jamaica. When I see politicians stop wasting money then we can revisit this idea... I am not sending any money to these two feet cats in Gordon House to squander on political game boards..


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[Sir X]

Definetly taxation without representation.Did you read the column about commissions of enequiries in Jamaica.A waste the recommendations go ignored and the commisoners are all political party appointed.

Politics is killing Jamaica and its constitutionally set to do so , waiting for good men to do the right thing is like giving a key to a stranger for your house and telling him there is a million dollars in it , gaurd it.

Madness.

[Farmah]

But don't we use a small mandatory bite-off from the Lotto/Lottery to fund education? I see no problem with biting off a little piece off the remittance money too as long as it is being put to good use like education etc.

[Assasin]

I see no problem with that either. And while we are at it. Use some tool or some tools to track parents who left their kids behind and not maintaining them and let them pay something fi the resources and development of their kids as well.

It is not that hard in today's internet world.

[Don1]

It's a worthy concept....and easy to implement whether the sender likes it or not... just need to sequester the funds for a single project with transparency & accountability

Have to say though that from my personal experience on another project I'm not sure that the proposer is as worthy

[Willi]

The big question is the IF GOJ can be trusted with the money. Not just at present, but for the future as well.

Mauritius shows us the value of investing in education though...

[Don1]

true dat

[Sir X]

Set up a commission ...lol...Response to willi.

[Willi]

Set up an independent trust to manage it and staff it with impeachables local and diasporic. I will post a Mauritius article later.

[Willi]

Mauritius prosperity basis:

http://www.slate.com/id/2287534/?GT1=38001

[TDowl]

Thanks for "Once migrated we are treated like aliens.
Wharf Dawg" ole Pirate business.


"When I see politicians stop wasting money then we can revisit this idea..." Sounds like voodoo economics.

"Again we need ideas that grow jobs in country" And for the Government to remove the road blocks that foster growth.

Can't believe Don 1(Dull uno), I guess too many battles with ben & sickko LOL.

[Karl]

Good post, boss.
Certainly relevant to our needs.

[MdmeX]

What I would LOVE for the Government to get SERIOUS about, is having Student Loan delinquents repay their loan. Too many of them are not paying, SELFISH individuals. I'd say garnish their salary; and get treaties going with other countries where they reside so that they have to PAY.

[Don1]

look like yuh waan mi add yuh tuh di bakkle list