Ronnie Fakes...

[Wahalla]

I thought Thwaites was a brilliant Minist e r of education.... now after he was in government he comes out with this?..... y did he not talk about it when he was the most influential minister?.....

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20160411/things-we-dont-want-talk-about

[Tuff Gong]

From the article {Take, for example, the issue of labour productivity. The data I have seen suggest that the graph of productivity per unit of labour is going in the wrong direction. Output is declining even as workers are requiring more pay.}

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/artic...ant-talk-about

A comparison of patterns of real GDP and employment over the period 1995-2004 suggeststhat while aggregate labour productivity has increased in Trinidad and Tobago over the decade,there has either been a decline or stagnation of aggregate labour productivity in the economies ofBarbados, Jamaica and St Lucia.

Source: Caribbean labour marketchallenges and policiesAndrew S. Downes
http://archivo.cepal.org/pdfs/2006/S0600227.pdf

So Ronnie Fakes knew this all the years he was a Comrade Cheerleader.
The only time Jamaica had ever seen real growth vs Labour since 1972 was in 1980.