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People say they love the poor, but it’s just talk
The sheer numbers<br />of poor in Jamaica<br />are enough to scare<br />away any thoughts<br />of saving them.
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MARK WIGNALL  
November 29, 2013

People say they love the poor, but it’s just talk

IT doesn’t require the possession of three university degrees to figure out that the man who has $5,000 in his pocket is less likely to harass you for some of what you have in your pocket than the man who has nothing and is always giving you a sob story.

Some among us like to reminisce on the days of the 1960s when Jamaica liked to call itself the ‘pearl of the Caribbean’, while others have pointed out that in the present time, those pearls have fallen away and we have become everyone’s John Crow beads.

The Barbadians suspect that our Jamaican women visiting their shores are…

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