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Don Webly is coming out of a situation where there is surplus of funds and policy can be shaped and funds moved to effect...effectively effect implementation! He now moves into a situation (Government) where there is not the funding (reserve funds) available to work in the manner as at GraceKennedy.
This reminds me of former KSAFA president and bright boy, Carlton Barclay moving from the comfort of Jamaica National and its cash rich climate, stepping into the seat of Treasurer of the JFF a cash starved entity....as a matter of fact it is similar to Rodolph Spied's move from the Gleaner Company to succeed Barclay - both Barclay and Spied could not come to grips with, to them, the strange new world they inherited where deficits were the order of the day. We are now hearing that the accumulative efforts of Barclay and Reid have the JFF with previously unheard of deficits.
As I have been saying our particular Jamaica situation requires tremendous borrowings, the seeking of substantial grants and certainly in the near term - 20 years - 50 years or more - a continuation along that path if there is not to be disruptions in people's lives and disruptions in majority access to economic advancement. Yes, we can 'balance the books' by reducing dependence on loans, grants, etc...limiting size of government (firing people and limiting increases in delivery of services - health, education, putting limits on making the country safer through putting more security persons on the streets, etc., etc.)...but, reducing these expansions puts greater pressure on the populace.
When the JLP was in power in the 80's steps were taken to do all and more of what was mentioned in the above paragraph to shrink government...and, the often repeated 'great economic times'/greater economic management is boasted about...but, there is hardly any mention of the strain on the society that resulted. No mention of the sense of hopelessness prevalent among the masses. There was widespread civil unrest and great fustration of the majority...the result was the JLP was booted out of office. Is Bruce Golding now going to go down that very same 80s path...or, will a Bruce Golding led JLP quickly 'change course' from the election promises of the 80s path and end up 'hugging up' the Portia Simpson-Miller's/Omar Davis' 'not change course' route.
Will the Bruce Golding JLP join the Portia Simpson-Miller/Omar Davis path of increasing social programs and correspondent increase of government and putting more and more people in jobs will along with inflows from external investors, tourism, bauxite, and few miniscule exports,
remittances, loans and grants...and the stimulus it provides for local businesses and new local investments/new local businesses...keeping the social pressure valve on...while hoping local businesses awake from its long slumber and find ways to provide goods and services that world markets need and shall purchase to along with the foregoing (i.e. inflows from external investors, tourism, bauxite, etc., remittances, loans, grants, etc) have us reap surpluses in foreign exchange earnings? ...speed the country on to 1st world status?
Yup! - the big question: Will Bruce's government go down the path of Portia and Omar...or, will it be the 80s policies and a quick exit from power? Will Webly hug that up?
This reminds me of former KSAFA president and bright boy, Carlton Barclay moving from the comfort of Jamaica National and its cash rich climate, stepping into the seat of Treasurer of the JFF a cash starved entity....as a matter of fact it is similar to Rodolph Spied's move from the Gleaner Company to succeed Barclay - both Barclay and Spied could not come to grips with, to them, the strange new world they inherited where deficits were the order of the day. We are now hearing that the accumulative efforts of Barclay and Reid have the JFF with previously unheard of deficits.
As I have been saying our particular Jamaica situation requires tremendous borrowings, the seeking of substantial grants and certainly in the near term - 20 years - 50 years or more - a continuation along that path if there is not to be disruptions in people's lives and disruptions in majority access to economic advancement. Yes, we can 'balance the books' by reducing dependence on loans, grants, etc...limiting size of government (firing people and limiting increases in delivery of services - health, education, putting limits on making the country safer through putting more security persons on the streets, etc., etc.)...but, reducing these expansions puts greater pressure on the populace.
When the JLP was in power in the 80's steps were taken to do all and more of what was mentioned in the above paragraph to shrink government...and, the often repeated 'great economic times'/greater economic management is boasted about...but, there is hardly any mention of the strain on the society that resulted. No mention of the sense of hopelessness prevalent among the masses. There was widespread civil unrest and great fustration of the majority...the result was the JLP was booted out of office. Is Bruce Golding now going to go down that very same 80s path...or, will a Bruce Golding led JLP quickly 'change course' from the election promises of the 80s path and end up 'hugging up' the Portia Simpson-Miller's/Omar Davis' 'not change course' route.
Will the Bruce Golding JLP join the Portia Simpson-Miller/Omar Davis path of increasing social programs and correspondent increase of government and putting more and more people in jobs will along with inflows from external investors, tourism, bauxite, and few miniscule exports,
remittances, loans and grants...and the stimulus it provides for local businesses and new local investments/new local businesses...keeping the social pressure valve on...while hoping local businesses awake from its long slumber and find ways to provide goods and services that world markets need and shall purchase to along with the foregoing (i.e. inflows from external investors, tourism, bauxite, etc., remittances, loans, grants, etc) have us reap surpluses in foreign exchange earnings? ...speed the country on to 1st world status?
Yup! - the big question: Will Bruce's government go down the path of Portia and Omar...or, will it be the 80s policies and a quick exit from power? Will Webly hug that up?
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