Gloomy Jamaica Unfixable Asks The Economist
We know that the picture is not altogether rosy in Jamaica and hasn’t been for some time now…but surely all is not lost as this article seems to suggest especially when compared to many other countries. After all, unemployment in some US cities is close to 20%….
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The analysis of “things getting worse before the better” would be fine if they were the result of a plan in which it was understood that “bwoy we are making these tough choices and it will be hard in the short term but they are for the medium- and long-term good”. We are NOT doing this at all in any major policy areas with the exception of agriculture, kudos to Chris Tufton.
While I do agree that it appears that we are fiddling while Rome burns, perhaps it’s a case of things having to get worse before they get better? As depressing an idea as that may seem, I’ve always maintained that until the “powers that be” take our problems seriously nothing will change. Hopefully Jamaicans with means are less likely to up and migrate like they did in the 70’s & 80’s (US don’t want us anymore anyway)…so hopefully, and this is a big hopefully…we’ll start to focus on our problems like now. It is certainly within our ability to solve our problems if we wish to. But do we wish to really?