Dear Editor,
If Dr Peter Phillips, the recently dethroned minister of finance, wants us to take him seriously, he should cease to be concerned about our sliding dollar.
For never have we seen our dollar devalue so rapidly as it did while Dr Phillips was in charge of the country’s finances from January 2012 to March 2016.
Just in case amnesia has set in, I will take it unto myself to remind Dr Phillips that when he took over as minister of finance in 2012, the dollar was trading at $86.69 to US$1. When the Jamaica Labour Party took office a few days into March, the dollar was trading at a few cents shy of $122 to US$1.
So, to hear Dr Phillips declare in Gordon House, on Tuesday, that his People’s National Party is concerned about the sliding dollar leaves many like myself confused. Really, Dr Phillips?
Was it never a concern while you were at the helm? O, ye hypocrites!
No P
If Dr Peter Phillips, the recently dethroned minister of finance, wants us to take him seriously, he should cease to be concerned about our sliding dollar.
For never have we seen our dollar devalue so rapidly as it did while Dr Phillips was in charge of the country’s finances from January 2012 to March 2016.
Just in case amnesia has set in, I will take it unto myself to remind Dr Phillips that when he took over as minister of finance in 2012, the dollar was trading at $86.69 to US$1. When the Jamaica Labour Party took office a few days into March, the dollar was trading at a few cents shy of $122 to US$1.
So, to hear Dr Phillips declare in Gordon House, on Tuesday, that his People’s National Party is concerned about the sliding dollar leaves many like myself confused. Really, Dr Phillips?
Was it never a concern while you were at the helm? O, ye hypocrites!
No P