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Re: Michael Manley - Died 11yrs ago today
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">What I really respected him and his father for, was their constant litany about the value of a good education; and opening the eyes of the poorer masses that this was the way to go..</span>
Now what is really repulsive is what happens after many Jamaicans get educated at the expense of Jamaican taxpayers dollars...ie..<span style="font-style: italic">they never gave anything back to the society...instead they ran like a thief, even absconding and never paying back their school loans...mekking it big and never paying back..</span>
In essence thieves who robbed the "poor"... this is painful.
I think there was an article about the dead-beats, and that their names will be published for all to see....[as if that is going to shame them]
Love his analogy re the doctor and the bad tasting medicine for "better mus/tuh come.."
<span style="font-weight: bold">Change..
"self-reliance" is this still a part of our vocabulary?</span>
**aye sah, aaye papi*** </div></div>
I must admit that Michael's intention was based on an honest commitment to the <span style="font-weight: bold">value of education in the life of Jamaicans.</span> That said, I think he went too far wih his idea of <span style="font-weight: bold">free education</span> up to the tertiary level for those who wanted to go for it... This was where the unravelling of his policies really began, because it was unsustainable for a country with an economy that was heading into the toilet. I can just imagine how "they piled on" when this <span style="font-weight: bold">freeness</span> was announced... <span style="font-weight: bold">We should not be Surprised because we done know already, that when it comes to "freeness, Jamaicans are a very serious lot...</span>
Thoe who benefitted, made it big and ran away without paying back the taxpayers, fall into the category of thieves... But without a proper system to track them down, I doubt that a good many will never pay back their debt. It was too much too quickly without adequate safeguards to protect the Jamaican taxpayers. Computer technology at the time was merely in its infancy...
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the SIZE of the fight in the dog. - Dwight Eisenhower.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">What I really respected him and his father for, was their constant litany about the value of a good education; and opening the eyes of the poorer masses that this was the way to go..</span>
Now what is really repulsive is what happens after many Jamaicans get educated at the expense of Jamaican taxpayers dollars...ie..<span style="font-style: italic">they never gave anything back to the society...instead they ran like a thief, even absconding and never paying back their school loans...mekking it big and never paying back..</span>
In essence thieves who robbed the "poor"... this is painful.
I think there was an article about the dead-beats, and that their names will be published for all to see....[as if that is going to shame them]
Love his analogy re the doctor and the bad tasting medicine for "better mus/tuh come.."
<span style="font-weight: bold">Change..
"self-reliance" is this still a part of our vocabulary?</span>
**aye sah, aaye papi*** </div></div>
I must admit that Michael's intention was based on an honest commitment to the <span style="font-weight: bold">value of education in the life of Jamaicans.</span> That said, I think he went too far wih his idea of <span style="font-weight: bold">free education</span> up to the tertiary level for those who wanted to go for it... This was where the unravelling of his policies really began, because it was unsustainable for a country with an economy that was heading into the toilet. I can just imagine how "they piled on" when this <span style="font-weight: bold">freeness</span> was announced... <span style="font-weight: bold">We should not be Surprised because we done know already, that when it comes to "freeness, Jamaicans are a very serious lot...</span>
Thoe who benefitted, made it big and ran away without paying back the taxpayers, fall into the category of thieves... But without a proper system to track them down, I doubt that a good many will never pay back their debt. It was too much too quickly without adequate safeguards to protect the Jamaican taxpayers. Computer technology at the time was merely in its infancy...
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the SIZE of the fight in the dog. - Dwight Eisenhower.
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