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Top 5% of salaried employees?"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick DouglassComment
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Who says? That is man's law. We cannot be shackled by it!Originally posted by Islandman View Post
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And Andrew Holness as well! This is ridiculous Yet they want the ordinary worker's pensions to be decreased!
Madness! But it looks like both sets don't mind. Real people power mi seh!
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Bruce not worried. His pension is tied to Portia's salary! What can beat that?!?!
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ok..............so what is the big difference with $80,000 in Jamaica and the USA?Comment
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I think it's in the constitution. The PNP could change it if they wanted to since they now have a 2/3rd majority.Originally posted by Mosiah View PostComment
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Was that constitution sent to us on a tablet? Not an iPad tablet! I mean a tablet from God, or from Moses?
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This is less than manager's in any mid-sized Jamaican company earns.Comment
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No. That's why the PNP can now change it if they want to. I would dump the Queen first though.Comment
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Bruce had good intentions, but his entire stretch of road was paved with that, it seems!
Concern raised over Holness' PM pension
2012-01-02 11:00:36 | (2 Comments)
Outgoing Prime Minister Andrew Holness- Norman Grindley/Chief PhotographerAndrew Holness’ legal entitlement to the same amount of pension as prime ministers who served before him is raising concern.
Holness served as Prime Minister for only two months following the resignation of Bruce Golding in November last year.
Former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Carlton Davis, who helped to craft the existing legislation in 2005, says the law needs to be amended in the interest of equity and fairness.
Dr. Davis has described as “loose” the provisions in the law that entitle persons who hold the office of both Governor General and Prime Minister to the same level of pension, without due consideration to the time they have served.
Dr. Davis says he is not taking issue with the level of pension some Prime Ministers are receiving, but the fact that there is no minimum period in law which specifies how long a Prime Minister should serve before he becomes entitled to pension.
He notes that Parliamentarians are treated differently as they are not entitled to pension until they serve at least two terms in office or nine years.
In 2005, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson was a member of the Parliament which passed the Bill amending the pension of a retired prime minister to be the full salary of the current prime minister, among other things.
Golding, who was then Opposition Leader, strenuously opposed the move and promised to table a bill in Parliament to cut the pension for prime ministers from 100 per cent to two thirds of their salary when his party took office in 2007.
The bill was among a number of legislative matters being given priority attention by a legislation sub-committee of the Cabinet.
editorial@gleanerjm.com
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Well, thats for the public to campaign for if they think its no longer relevant.
I remember PJ making the argument once that he supported the law because it forces the Min. of Finance to be in contact with regular people in a way that a Senator does not have to. Thats when they were jumping through hoops to find Omar a seat."It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick DouglassComment
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Do these companies make money or lose money Skeng Dummy?Comment
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that contact with regular people idea is...well, hogwash, quite simply!
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