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Poverty to Prosperity
Budget Presentation
Gordon House March 19, 2015
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Source:
2011 figures taken from the Consumer Affair Commission. 2013/15 figures taken
from Supermarkets in the Corporate Area and inner city Corner Shops.
Mr. Speaker most households in Jamaica have become poorer since 2011. This did not
happen because there was the worst global recession in 80 years. It did not happen
because there was a series of local natural disasters. It did not happen because there was a
sustained and persistent increase in international food and fuel prices as was the case
between 2007 and 2009. It did not occur because of an international financial market
collapse as was the case in 2008. It has happened because of the misguided policies of this
government.
Clearly, they have no idea how to move people from Poverty to
Prosperity.