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The PNP has held power since 1989 and I can safely state that the jury is in regard to the PNP's failures. The JLP, which wants power more than a hungry animal and is convinced it is a better party than the PNP, cannot explain why the electorate has awarded the PNP four straight terms in government. With such a claim, the JLP has stopped short of calling the voters idiots because, if it is so much better than the PNP and the people keep on rejecting it, then it must either mean that the people are confused or the people made the right choice.



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Jamaica is supposed to be a poor country and our roads are clogged with shiny, almost new cars. There are mansions on the hills that can rival any in Hollywood. Poor people have cell phones, televisions, radios, refrigerators, VCRs, DVDs, and chicken is had most Sundays. They party at will and the garments are not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. They hustle and scuffle and juggle and make some money, then complain that "nutten nah gwan".


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Take a trip downtown on a weekend where people from all parishes converge to look around, to shop. In size, most people are normal to overweight, especially the womenfolk. This tells me that while the diet may be wrong, not many people are going hungry. For sure, there is concern that poor teenage mothers are still "stretching" the baby supplements but research has shown that the advent of Lasco has lessened this.
The question is, are we a poor nation? Certainly, we are underdeveloped - in discipline, in clutching to sub-cultural mores and blessing them as gospel, in our work ethic, in education and functional literacy with some schools specialising in producing idiots, in lacking a highly-skilled workforce and in our appreciation for good service. But are we poor? "Of course, we are. Just hand me the lobster and shut up."


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