$15-b deficit faces new gov't

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: $15-b deficit faces new gov't

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: meknoise</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sorry. As you can see I'm new at this. I haven't worked out yet where to click to ask who what!

As far as I can gather, school was relatively free before Michael Manley. The whole 'free education' claim of the 70s was samfie. </div></div> No problem Mecknoise, Welcome to the board.
Perfect practice makes perfect.

Keep at it you will get it eventually.

Any way back to the discussion.

It is true that majoeity of achools were free,but that exclude high schools.

There were one high school in every parish outside of the

corporate area, exept St elizabeth that had one boys and one

girls high achool,and St Thomas had no high school up to when michael Manley came to office.

There were also 4 technical high schools too,but that was it.

Every one of those high schools had tuition fees, in addition to having to pass common entrance or technical exams.

Believe me, the lack of school fees cause a lot of students to drop out.
The fees were low, but wss still beyond th eabillity of the

majority of parents at the time. You see the average income was

also very low.
So 'sweet mouth Michael' as you call him, did contributed

immensely to the completion of an education for quite a few professionals and businessmen/women of today.

[RichD]

Re: $15-b deficit faces new gov't

i remember back in those days helper was makin $25 per week

my father used to charge $2 if u get injection or him dispense medicne it might go up to $3 or $4

[meknoise]

Re: $15-b deficit faces new gov't

Dr.Dudd: You know what? I have a problem recognising any of Manley's acheivements. Reason for that is that I believe that once you have committed a serious wrong, nothing you do at the same time can be right.

I lived in JA at the height of Manley's 'regime'. I saw the oppression of poor people who didn't belong to his party. He went on stage every night preaching about love, equality and unity, but by day he presided over a security force which abused and took away the human rights of many citizens, knowing, but saying nothing as it suited his end.

If Hitler had only abused the Jews, but WW2 had not happened, should the German people praise him for the obvious benefits he brought to the average aryan German citizen?