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malaise

(288,255 posts)
2. THIS - then a short while after the Minister of Finance resigned
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 07:25 AM
Aug 10

and migrated to take up a nice cushy job with the IMF.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230517/massive-salary-hike-political-directorate.

Salary increases for everyone else are miniscule leading to a non-stop braindrain. Add to that the increasing privatization of our beaches, the cost of buying a home, the deterioration of water quality, the state of roads and sidewalks, the overcrowded schools, lots corruption, etc.

Let me add this one
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20250731/supreme-court-rejects-holness-bid-strike-out-parts-integrity-commission

And don’t forget the theft of some of Usain Bolt’s money.
There is a song about that getting AirPlay on the most popular radio station and the phrase ‘’bolt them out” is catchy.

Add - it was easy for me to post that the election would be called tonight because the JLP are so afraid to call it that we’re very close to the Constitutional deadline so once they announced the meeting for tonight dat was dat. 😀
To create this chaos as parents are busy shopping for the new school year and as peak hurricane season approaches has pissed over more than a few people.

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