The Rich and the Useless

Mar 20, 2018 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Here’s to the square pegs in round holes. The ones who aren’t fond of constructive criticism and are readily available to attack even when the critics are silent …paranoia.
You will remember the emotional “jokers” response by one of our Ministers when KN published article upon article decrying the horrendous oil contract signed. To top it all off with icing was another one who said Oil will outlive gold and will more or less replace it as one of our foreign exports ……well , well , well …what leaders we have!
Here’s how you will judge your ruling party who makes decisions without any strategic thinking or plans in place:
With just about three quarter million heads on eighty three thousand square miles of greenery and waterways, we still don’t have jobs, clean drinking water, daily electricity and the greens in our markets keep going up and up and up, and yet no sight of a plan to make it easier on the peasants of this beautiful land.
Look at these facts:
Tanzania’s population = 55 and a half million; Guyana = three quarter million
Tanzania number of Cabinet Ministers total 26; Guyana = 26
France with a population of almost 67 Million people has only 16 cabinet Ministers
Tanzania president’s international trips for 2016 and 2017 = 5 in total;
David Granger’s international trips for 2015 alone were over 5…Don’t guess what it was in 2016 and you’ll drop dead with 2017!
Tanzania President’s salary = US$4000; China President =US$2000; India Prime Minister = US$2,500; Guyana’s President =US$10,000
Tanzania’s population below the poverty line is 22%; Guyana = 35%
Tanzania’s homicide rate is 7 per 100,000; Guyana’s is 20 per 100,000. By the time they leave if they ever, it will probably hit 28.
This is how we map our route for disaster. The sad thing is, there is no change in sight for the better. Ask any Minister where progress has been made in terms of savings and growth…In fact, so far, there has been growth in crime only.
By the way, every Tanzanian Cabinet Minster will be medically treated at local hospitals and if a foreign hospital is the choice, it will not be covered by the Government…Food for thought.
Harry B
Ontario, Canada