Nelson’s answer to crime
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If I had the job of solving Jamaica’s crime problem, I would not be spending money that Jamaica does not have, to buy cars for the (largely corrupt) police.
But that is what the new National Security minister, Dwight Nelson is doing.
He’s been in the job for three weeks and has listed his priorities for dealing with a crazy crime rate, see JA’s murder figures in this blog post. And here’s another post I wrote about the jump in robberies.
To be fair to the man, he also says he is going to talk to ordinary Jamaicans and ask them what to do – a good starting point, but rather than go into the communities where they live and seeing the reality first hand, he’s meeting people in a new “civic centre” in MoBay.
More police are required yes, (a 1 to 300 ratio is not great), but training them and rooting out corruption and getting a justice system that works is key – rather than investing in some state of the art forensics lab – most people know who did the shooting Nelson – it’s just they don’t want to tell the police.
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The persistent and intractable crime problem in Jamaica, is, indeed, overwhelming and needs to be addresed and decreased in the medium term. Mr. Dwight Nelson, the recently appointed Minister of National Security has an extremely formidable and gargantuan task in cauterizing this cancer of crime which,interestingly, is constantly metastasizing.
Hopefully, he —- Mr. Nelson —- will bring some sense of energy, purposefullness, passion and resoluteness to the position, juxtaposed with a strong sense of understanding / comprehension and appreciation that this is the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM in all of Jamaica. And, that this inexorable and ubiquitous monster/beast needs to be tamed and brought under full control by the state, while not violating and abusing the civil and human rights of Jamaicans, as is currently the case by various agents of the state.
Also, one is hoping that he will be able to get support and assistance from the respective marginalized communities and garrisons across the island, in his attempt to abate the scourge of crime and violence. Help and assistance from the communities, meaning, that some of the residents will psychologically transcend the informa fi dead mind set, culture and attitude, which now prevails, by denying to pass on critical and real time information to the Constabulary. But, instead, such residents becoming more proactive and supportive, with respect to divulging information regarding the various and sundry criminals,thugs, goons, dons, et al, that/who people these garrisons and are engaged in crime, violence and other illicit activities. The task is, indeed, colossal, but let us see how Mr. Nelson will rise to the occasion. Nuff respect !!
What does Nelson mean by COLLATERAL DAMAGE?!!!
my to do list
1) progressive taxation on income. the richer u are the more a percentage you should pay. people under $890,000 should pay no income tax. Percentage should go from 20 % to 45% if making more than 8.9 mil/year. The 25 % flat income tax and GCT dependence is a ridiculous state of affairs and no developed country does it. these are guestimations of what would be sufficent. The government keeps no statistics on wealth distribution in Ja or it is not publicly available and it takes outside bodies such as the World Economic indicators to state that the richest 10 % of Jamaicans have 36% of the cash, the richest 20% have 52% of the cash= one of the worst distribution of wealth in the world (85th out of 110)
It seems we love Obama just for his symbolic skin colour and not his actual brain. Take at look at his mandate. Ja is on the opposite side.
The tendency to class separation is proven to be inbuilt in capitalistic vehicles and this is the only solution. Capitalism s like putting Andre the giant in a room with 20 mini-mes.left alone and w/ no mini-me corporation the giant would 1st reduce their share of materials,then maybe enslave them, kill them and end up indirectly killing himself.
At the same time coorporate tax should be decreased so that companies will reinvest. Special tax breaks to companies that profit share, hire the inexperienced and take on interns
Ja and other problematic countries should try to get a couple years off from paying debt if a write off seems impossible
2)use extra money to develop the infrastucture of schools until all equal to Immaculate and Campion as well as equally qualified teachers and modern educational techniques such as use of software
3)construct 2 large juvenile centres at each end of Island = able to hold 4000 or so inmates, not for just punishment but for special education and rehabilation
4)Have young students take preliminary psychiatric tests. those who score low: have disciplinary problems, attendance problems, learning problems sent to Juvie centre A with access to proper psychiatric treatment and behavior correction. the worst 10% as well as the criminally deviant should be removed from parents custody to juvie centre B (enforced boarding) and show improvements with periodicity.Parents should be analysed and counseled as well and show
cooperation upon getting back child ( state sponsored version of The Nanny TV show)
5)Have special graded course in high schools based on critical thinking about why it is fiscally impractical to have children out of wedlock , too many and too soon in a modern society. Schools should mandate say 2 out of
8 courses be technical based. if theory based courses are failed to 17 yo
then only technical skills and entrepeneural basics taught to up to 19yo
6)audit and jail people who have too much material belongings and dont seem to have a legal means of getting such.
7) reduce the sentences of convicts for non-capital crimes if they get educated and certified. make this even possible in the first place
have prisoners work to make their own stay in prison comfortable. use the skills they garner to maintain govt vehicles, print license plates, etc
8)Land grab or land lottery. Allow squatters and all those w/o land to have shares of larger unused private owned lands via eminent domain laws and public lands.cheap housing solutions do exist. no need for ghettos n projects.use prisoners here as well
9)insure loans to small entrepreneurs.No corporate taxes until business is stable and profitable. develop systems for the ministry of Labour to identify areas not enough skilled workers are available, match opportunities to those who can take them
10)separate musics into two classes: G for general audiences : taxed at 10%(concerts ,clubs, air play, recordings sale) and A for adult (explicit violence,language and sex) taxed at 30%: only indoors play(indoors includes stadiums), no radio play not even clean versions, none on public transport. Strict with heavy fines.No jailing only quick trip through court system.
inclusive in plan: no death penalty, make mob justice at least shameful even punishable if not individually then take away some of community tax based benefits, no barbarianism and tribalism should be the message. corrupt cops and politicians should be dealt with harshly as traitors.
red tape bureaucracy should be removed. Setting up business,selling/buying land/homes,should be simple processes
dismantling the military: its not needed andiswasteful of money and manpower:some members should be absorbed into the police force and fire brigade, as well as keeping a few trained reservists
I will lift up my head unto the hills from whence cometh my help, my help cometh from God who makes heaven and earth. Although I live abroad, Jamaica is my home. Unlike those idiots who are playing politics with people’s lives, I truly love my country. I am not going to give a lecture at this point, but here are a few tips for the present government.
1. stop playing with the lives of my people
2. create incentives for foreign investment across the board
3. become self reliant and self-sufficient – a country that can feed itself is truly independent.
4. demonstrate real commitment by exploring a variety of means to educate and empower my people.
5. provide running water and sewage across the island
6. encourage and support returning residents, their money will stabilise the economy medium to long-term.
7. sensor certain vulgar and nasty music (lyrics)
8. remind my people about our strengths and capitalise on these.
9. break down class barriers – my people have lost their minds, bleaching their beautiful black skin and tattooing their bodies; we follow fashion too much!!
10. teach the people that their self-worth is not in the designer labels they wear but in a character the is forged in Jesus Christ alone.
11. seek help from abroad – you cannot stabilise the country by yourself.
12. clean up the ghettos –
13. improve road safety and safety in general – improve roads and lighting.
14. increase security.
15. quash monopoly
16. quash nepotism
17. teach and preach justice
18. help entrepreneur to develop their businesses
19. legislate that hotels purchase local produce
20. promote godliness
Finally, it is a disgrace to see that clean running water and appropriate sewage system is not on the island as yet – if you are in government, these a basic commodities; please let’s do something about our situation because I can tell you this; most people abroad now think that Jamaica and it’s systems of government are nothing more than a big joke.
sounds like both you moses and davy have a healthy political manifesto there