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Jamaica's poverty level
The latest Planning Institute of Jamaica findings on poverty are alarming: Jamaica is at its poorest since 2002. The number of poor has doubled in the Kingston Metropolitan Area to 24 per cent, while the parish with the highest level of poverty is St Thomas at over 32 per cent.
Let our leaders mark the words of National Hero Marcus Garvey: "Poverty is a hellish state to be in. It is no virtue. It is a crime. To be poor is to be hungry without possible hope of food; to be sick without hope of medicine; to be tired and sleepy without a place to lay one's head; to be naked without the hope of clothing; to be despised and comfortless. To be poor is to be a fit subject for crime and hell."
May we all work towards a more articulate and prosperous majority, no longer subject to the uncaring arrogance of tribal politics.
The latest Planning Institute of Jamaica findings on poverty are alarming: Jamaica is at its poorest since 2002. The number of poor has doubled in the Kingston Metropolitan Area to 24 per cent, while the parish with the highest level of poverty is St Thomas at over 32 per cent.
Let our leaders mark the words of National Hero Marcus Garvey: "Poverty is a hellish state to be in. It is no virtue. It is a crime. To be poor is to be hungry without possible hope of food; to be sick without hope of medicine; to be tired and sleepy without a place to lay one's head; to be naked without the hope of clothing; to be despised and comfortless. To be poor is to be a fit subject for crime and hell."
May we all work towards a more articulate and prosperous majority, no longer subject to the uncaring arrogance of tribal politics.
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