Dear Editor,
Why do we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot? The latest unemployment figures show a rise to over 16%. Over 27% in young people ages 18-25, and over 40% in women. These figures are alarming at best. It's a chronic indicator that our economy is declining rapidly. It's an indicator that, in the near future, there could be more crime and violence, hopelessness, etc.
This country has been in decline for over 40 years, and is in desperate need for investment which will drive development, which will create jobs, which will boost tax revenue and hence grow the economy.
These environmentalists have opposed every major project the Government has put forward to grow the economy. They have highlighted there objections about the north/south highway link by saying that the some of the soil content between the Mandela Highway and the Linstead Bypass could not handle the weight of such a massive infrastructure. Have these enviormentalist ever being to Nevada in the US and seen where superhighways and cities are built in a desert? Have these enviormentalist not been to Aubu Daibi, Saudi Arabia, etc, to see engineering marvels that merge man and the enviorment in a win-win situation.
It is time for innovative and bold thinking,. The idea that the only way to preserve and protect the environment is not to touch it is rubbish. As a people it is time for us to change our approach to growth and development. We are in desperate need of capital injection, and if if we don't willingly open our doors to local and international investors, then pretty soon Jamaica will become wasteland.
Phillip Harrison,
Old Harbour Bay
Give the Chinese Goat Islands
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