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Dear friends and colleagues,
I am overjoyed that you are taking the time to
read the Jamaica Labour Party’s proposals for how to respond to these days
of change and challenge. It speaks to me of the level of interest and concern
that you have for the Jamaica we all love and cherish. I believe that you also
share my frustration at seeing how relentless cuts and taxation have crippled
our collective ability to drive our growth and bring prosperity home.
The JLP seeks to create an investor-friendly environment in which the interests of business - the engine that drives job creation - are
connected via a simple, single point of reference to the needs of job-seekers: the Ministry of Economic Development and Job Creation.
The Jamaica Labour Party is very clear in its focus and delivery objectives for the next five years:
Firstly we must put our country back on the path to robust economic growth, facilitating broad and sustained job creation and employment
for every Jamaican who is able and wants to work. Secondly, in order to keep Jamaica on the path of continuous improvement, we must
foster healthy, educated, and socially well-adapted citizens. We are focused on both Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and “GWB” (General
Well-Being).
When our society can provide many of our nurses, police, teachers, and young people who have acquired reasonable skills training
and jobs, relief from P.A.Y.E. taxes, and the opportunity to save and own their own homes through reasonable and affordable mortgage
payments, the benefits to all will be both economic and social.