Dear Editor,
Exodus! Movement of Jah People: These words were sung by the late great Bob Marley and are words that many residents of Portmore will have to consider for the new year if the Government has its way.
They have already sent out feelers to gauge the response when GCT is added at the pumps for fuel purchased.
This “gas tax”, if imposed, will add further burden to all who live and do business in Portmore. Already the residents of Portmore, a large number of whom are civil servants bondaged by a wage freeze, are financially burdened by the following:
1 Higher than normal motor vehicle insurance due to high car theft in the community, aided by the layout of the community.
2 A toll that is highly unavoidable and subject to near-annual increases.
3 Poor and inadequate road infrastructure, that results in high maintenance cost for all motor vehicle owners, whether private or public, without on alternative public transport system.
How much more can the people of Portmore, and by extension the citizens of Jamaica, afford? The Government must rethink this GCT on gas tax.There can be no production if the movement of the people is unaffordable. Without vision the people perish, and perish we will. Howard
Hamilton
Portmore Pines
how_hamil@yahoo.com
Exodus! Movement of Jah People: These words were sung by the late great Bob Marley and are words that many residents of Portmore will have to consider for the new year if the Government has its way.
They have already sent out feelers to gauge the response when GCT is added at the pumps for fuel purchased.
This “gas tax”, if imposed, will add further burden to all who live and do business in Portmore. Already the residents of Portmore, a large number of whom are civil servants bondaged by a wage freeze, are financially burdened by the following:
1 Higher than normal motor vehicle insurance due to high car theft in the community, aided by the layout of the community.
2 A toll that is highly unavoidable and subject to near-annual increases.
3 Poor and inadequate road infrastructure, that results in high maintenance cost for all motor vehicle owners, whether private or public, without on alternative public transport system.
How much more can the people of Portmore, and by extension the citizens of Jamaica, afford? The Government must rethink this GCT on gas tax.There can be no production if the movement of the people is unaffordable. Without vision the people perish, and perish we will. Howard
Hamilton
Portmore Pines
how_hamil@yahoo.com