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Letter: MP should try to help businesses thrive - not interfere with private enterprise

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Published On:Wednesday, September 01, 2010

EDITOR, The Tribune.

On Thursday, August 26th, The Tribune published an article in which MP Fred Mitchell was calling on Government to intervene and protect the welfare of City Markets employees.

In the article he was concerned regarding the welfare of 700 workers who are employed at City Markets, including some of his constituents who are employed with the food chain. He goes on to comment about low levels of inventory, failing equipment, etc

So we have an MP going on record, hinting at the financial failure of City Markets. Is he putting fear in the employees? Is the company doomed? Does the MP have the correct information to make such comments?

What is more alarming, whether City Markets is in financial trouble or not, is that the MP wants the Government through the Department of Labour to intervene and protect the workers.

So we have to ask ourselves some very serious questions:

* Is it the role of Government and our MPs to interfere with private enterprise?

* Is it the role of Government and ultimately the taxpayer to be responsible for the employees if they are laid off?

* Since the recent unemployment assistance programme through NIB was launched, are we now going to shoulder the burden of any private enterprise that fails?

* Is the MP proposing another expansion of Government and the welfare state?

* Why is he teaching his constituents to be more reliant on Government, instead of themselves?

* Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?

* Doesn't the country already have a bloated civil service payroll?

* Can the Government afford to intervene in this case and others like it?

* Isn't the country itself in financial trouble?

Why doesn't the MP and others like him use their time to bring proposals to Parliament that will cause businesses to thrive in this country, rather than travelling around trying to police and interfere with private enterprises?

Do you really think the MP is serious, or is he looking for political mileage?

JEROME R PINDER

Nassau,

August, 2010.

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Posted By: lARRY On: 9/1/2010

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I figure your closing question, was rhetorical, but 'yes' of course he is looking for political mileage, he is a politician. What they do best, is talk BS, basically because their full of it themselves.

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