Dear Editor,
When told that the peasants had no bread to eat, it was reported, the first thing out of Marie Antionette's mouth was "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", which when translated is "let them eat cake". So oblivious was she to the plight of the ordinary people that she made such a statement.
What is now sad is that in 2013 we have our own Marie Antoinette. When Minister of Agriculture Roger Clarke was informed that there was a shortage of chicken back, his first words were, "Let them buy oxtail." If this is not a moment in which we as a nation have to take stock of who we install as leaders, then there will never be one.
The party that ran on the premise of "We love the poor" has shown us that nothing can be further from the truth. The flippant disregard for the plight of the poor really shows how out of touch the minister and the Government really is.
Rawle Burnett
rawlegb@aol.com
Let them eat... oxtail?
-->
When told that the peasants had no bread to eat, it was reported, the first thing out of Marie Antionette's mouth was "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", which when translated is "let them eat cake". So oblivious was she to the plight of the ordinary people that she made such a statement.
What is now sad is that in 2013 we have our own Marie Antoinette. When Minister of Agriculture Roger Clarke was informed that there was a shortage of chicken back, his first words were, "Let them buy oxtail." If this is not a moment in which we as a nation have to take stock of who we install as leaders, then there will never be one.
The party that ran on the premise of "We love the poor" has shown us that nothing can be further from the truth. The flippant disregard for the plight of the poor really shows how out of touch the minister and the Government really is.
Rawle Burnett
rawlegb@aol.com
Let them eat... oxtail?
-->