Let’s not waste the $5.5b
Dear Editor,
It is a mistake to spend all this money on Jamaica’s national security and crime fight without proper social intervention accompanying it.
It is useless to take out the dons who are feeding numerous families and then not provide the means by which those same families can survive.
Equip the police, yes; catch the criminals, yes; stop the guns, yes; but the Government must provide proper social services, counselling for parents and children (especially in inner-city communities), training and entrepreneurial activities and/or jobs for the young people and unemployed adults in the various communities. People must have a source of funds that can compete with the proceeds of crime.
A lot needs to be invested in creating a healthy social environment for our children — enough is certainly not being done here.
Additionally, corruption must then be addressed from the top down. Or else this $5.5 billion will be a complete waste.
Derville Lowe
Kingston 19
drvlllowe@yahoo.com
