What is the PNM's plan for the economy?

[rspann]

With IMMEDIATE effect CEPEP and URP needs to be stopped completely, Stop paying lazy arse unskilled people for suntanning and relaxing in the shade every morning.
Stop alllll Party Cards and handouts, no more gimme gimme stupid nonsense, make people get up and WORK for a living.

This should have been done years ago,then we would not have a labour shortage and we would not be in this position.

[desifemlove]

pay CEPEP/URP and train them to fix roads, fences, all basic public works.

[Habit7]

Oooo the armchair economists...

[desifemlove]

jus opinions dude.....it's ideas that drive economies, not telling women in conferences dey ent know how to cut dasheen....

[boxy]

In before Zr say PNM held that conference today

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[rspann]

..or,I could teach you ladies how to peel cassava.

[zoom rader]

Crime continues and increases under this government. HDC houses getting robbed, what a plan

[ingalook]

[bluesclues]

oil is done. wake up. oil was used to facilitate technological and economic development. now technological advancement will wean itself off of its dependence on oil.

solar power, rodin coils, tap back the exhaust to the water tank.. and well.. u could run your car for half a year without refilling. demand for oil is scheduled to plummet... commencing countdown....

[drchaos]

Back in Manning days, the PNM was talking about a plan to build a off shore medical school (for american medical students) in Tobago as a public private initiative. This idea has done wonders for the Grenadian economy. Brings in a huge amount of foreign exchange. Seems to also bring in lots of expats who have injected expertise, new idea's and investment.

They should serious look at revisiting this idea and partner with one of the existing big schools in the caribbean.

other than just having a plan of taxing the crap out of us, I mean we should have up to date taxes but ideas to grow he economy as well.

[bluesclues]

pay CEPEP/URP and train them to fix roads, fences, all basic public works.

as far as im concerned. this is what shouldve been done. fixing roads should be completely under works ministry and they should have all the equipment to do such work for themselves. cwe should only have to contract specialized jobs that require a skill level above what basic training can provide.

[playerskrew]

oil is done. wake up. oil was used to facilitate technological and economic development. now technological advancement will wean itself off of its dependence on oil.

solar power, rodin coils, tap back the exhaust to the water tank.. and well.. u could run your car for half a year without refilling. demand for oil is scheduled to plummet... commencing countdown....

I need a change in profession then.

[bluesclues]

ud at least need to recognize now that the energy industry is not just oil. so u can stay within the energy industry. just adapt yourself and your business to the new energy needs. lots of jobs in renewable energy these days. maybe not in backward ass trinidad.. but in foreign.

we in trinidad could continue to run on our oil for a while though. if we chose to maybe the next 100 yrs or more. but we might need to start doing all our own processing. i havent done a feasibility on that yet so dont hold me to it. but with the cost to produce and store hydrogen getting cheaper as the years go by.. even powergen/ttec is going to become obsolete man. houses, cars and machines will be powered by hydrogen.

[De Dragon]

ah c d goodly PM say the plus side to adding vat to all the food stuff is so we could watch we diet.....

is he a dietician??? what the actual FCUK

cos ah PM ent supposed to have he citizens welfare in mind...

cos hundreds of thousands of obese, fat, diabetes, cancer people/sufferes is good for T&T....cos freedom comes with responsibility to pre-empt youse and others' response.

Don't you think it would have been better to educate the population on what to eat and why... adding taxes to food not going to make people stop eating. They would sacrifice the healthy food now to get the KFC

The PM think we is all dumb fuks...

there is and has been education for some time. How many people seriously don't know fatty foods is bad and fibre is good? who cares, means more revenue for the state, this is the point.

One of the most fundamental freedoms we have is freedom to go to hell however we choose. NO Government should cite a tax or penalty to curb a citizens' right to do just that because it doesn't work. How many smokers give up because it is too expensive? How many drinkers? The most will happen is that they will look for cheaper alcohol/tobacco sources.

Freedom is moot. Why aren't people free to dump garbage in the street? As demand won't go down, then the state gets taxes to fund for the excess obesity and diabetes care....win-win.

Because that freedom infringes on other people's freedom So healthy people have to fund other people's poor lifestyle choices then?

Cos it's a social cost....not just on health system, but taxes, economic productivity.

Why not ban it then? Because the revenue generated by WITCO and Fernandes etc outweigh any social impact costs. My point is all the moralizing by Kitchen Police Deyalsingh will not stop people from eating unhealthy, there are always going to be these people in T&T.

[Redman]

So you are saying that a minister should not vocalize what he or she thinks is right???

If you eliminate salt from your diet and that of your children you will lead a healthier life.”

I guess this is an improper thing for a Health Minister to say...

[maj. tom]

Yes it is. Because of 2 things.

1. Salt is necessary for life as we know it. Na and Cl as well as many other metal ions like Ca and K are required for cells to maintain homeostasis, i.e. ion channels and pumps. There is a reason why many tribes drink animal blood, as well as animals having salt licks/pregnant women eating dirt.

2. Salt is not the cause of high blood pressure. It never was; sugar is the culprit. This is bad diet advice passed from the early days of dietary science that could never be proven clinically, just like how "cholesterol leads to heart disease."

[zoom rader]

Yes it is. Because of 2 things.

1. Salt is necessary for life as we know it. Na and Cl as well as many other metal ions like Ca and K are required for cells to maintain homeostasis, i.e. ion channels and pumps.

2. Salt is not the cause of high blood pressure. It never was; sugar is the culprit. This is bad diet advice passed from the early days of dietary science that could never be proven clinically, just like how "cholesterol leads to heart disease."

PNM and Habit7 don't know otherwise

[1UZFE]

^^^ wah allyuh kno?
Keith Rowley is a Dr eh so take allyuh time..

[Gladiator]

^^^ wah allyuh kno?
Keith Rowley is a Dr eh so take allyuh time..

Isn't his PHD in Geology... fail to see your point!

[drchaos]

so he should find we new oil and minerals to exploit ... not telling we what to eat!

[1UZFE]

^^^ wah allyuh kno?
Keith Rowley is a Dr eh so take allyuh time..

Isn't his PHD in Geology... fail to see your point!

Really brah??

[shogun]

ah c d goodly PM say the plus side to adding vat to all the food stuff is so we could watch we diet.....

is he a dietician??? what the actual FCUK

If the Prime Minister did in fact utter these words, i find them to be a bit insensitive and detached, regardless of the accuracy of his medical judgement. Did he intend to be deceptive to the population? Maybe not. Sounds like a man TRYING to put a silver lining on a sh!t cake.

However, i do realize there is an effort afoot by disgruntled PP supporters to unfairly nitpick the administration into oblivion. Maybe some comparison in the size of blunders, might be helpful, to remind the nitpickers and closeted and not so closeted racists on this forum, exactly what many forgave in the early days of their beloved Kamla's administration.

News flash folks, NO party is going to be perfect. Missteps and misspeaking can and should be expected. However, the severity and intention of the missteps, is what should be paid attention to.

Does Rowley's utterances rival Partap, Volney, Ramadharsingh, Sharma, Roberts? Or Ramlogan accusing Manning of stealing a piano, only to find it a day later?... and still never apologizing for the accusation?... i think not.

[S_2NR]

Unc, pnm.. Same sheit , different day. Trinidad is doomed unless a new party is formed. But then they might just get assassinated like Dana Seetahal when they try to make a major change.

[timelapse]

So I wondering...
The PM said to peel cassava and eat because thats what his grandmother use to do...
Does he wish to also bring back donkey and bull carts as well and that we should use latrines and collect rain water?No government would ever address the real cause of economic problems- The entire central banking system and the global Oil Mafia, while the sheep in our society eat up all their lies like paragrass

[EmilioA]

Unc, pnm.. Same sheit , different day. Trinidad is doomed unless a new party is formed. But then they might just get assassinated like Dana Seetahal when they try to make a major change.

ILP, COP, NNV, Third Force, Alliance of Independents, National Solidarity Assembly .

How much new party you want ?

[Habit7]

So I wondering...
The PM said to peel cassava and eat because thats what his grandmother use to do...

Did he say this or are you imagining?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

ah c d goodly PM say the plus side to adding vat to all the food stuff is so we could watch we diet.....

is he a dietician??? what the actual FCUK

If the Prime Minister did in fact utter these words, i find them to be a bit insensitive and detached, regardless of the accuracy of his medical judgement. Did he intend to be deceptive to the population? Maybe not. Sounds like a man TRYING to put a silver lining on a sh!t cake.

However, i do realize there is an effort afoot by disgruntled PP supporters to unfairly nitpick the administration into oblivion. Maybe some comparison in the size of blunders, might be helpful, to remind the nitpickers and closeted and not so closeted racists on this forum, exactly what many forgave in the early days of their beloved Kamla's administration.

News flash folks, NO party is going to be perfect. Missteps and misspeaking can and should be expected. However, the severity and intention of the missteps, is what should be paid attention to.

Does Rowley's utterances rival Partap, Volney, Ramadharsingh, Sharma, Roberts? Or Ramlogan accusing Manning of stealing a piano, only to find it a day later?... and still never apologizing for the accusation?... i think not.

what bothering me is the explanations they give for doing what they did...ah mean think before you speak nah...

what is the reasoning behind taxing books???

[zoom rader]

So I wondering...
The PM said to peel cassava and eat because thats what his grandmother use to do...

Did he say this or are you imagining?

PNM wisdom stay home and watch TV

[bluesclues]

what is the reasoning behind taxing books???

desperation

[De Dragon]

So you are saying that a minister should not vocalize what he or she thinks is right???

If you eliminate salt from your diet and that of your children you will lead a healthier life.”

I guess this is an improper thing for a Health Minister to say...

Where did I say/insinuate that? He could say drink drainwater for all I care, but when you start making/altering policy based on what you believe is best for people, then that for me is an issue. Don't add taxes to people and say it is better for their health, that reeks of sanctimonioussness, smugness and arrogance