Solutions
WHILE THE present administration may have good intentions, just as the previous administration did, our problem over the years are our advisers. The same sets are circulating on both sides. They attended the same schools, they are members of the same clubs and they continue to be rewarded for failure, and so the cycle continues.
The $100-million cash rewards to be issued in order to alleviate crimes and entice the relinquishing of illegal guns can be a dangerous trend for the nation, and it can become worse than the lotto scam and the metal scam, causing increased corruption and opening the door for more criminal activities. Why not take the money and use it to: Fix the bad roads within the communities; Revamp the beautification projects in the communities; Increase or bring water supply within the communities; Assist families whose children need further education; Get the homeless people shelters; assist families with health-care plans that will cover a wider range of issues and surgeries; Assist foster care agencies especially for children;
Provide factory jobs and give more access to scholarship programmes; Assist all hospitals with more bedding, health supplies; Have updated libraries in the rural areas with new computers and chairs; Restart a clean-up campaign for our beaches; Invest in getting the appropriate pest control chemicals for the rapid infestation that has taken over the country. These would be far more productive and effective. Intelligence gathering must be done by professionals who can infiltrate the communities. But if we start giving residents money, this can take us down the path of communism and, possibly, murders would increase, since desperation in times of need can lead many to lie.
As a nation, we cannot continue to make decisions without genuinely seeking God. It’s time to stop, look! listen! All this did not happen overnight. Let us do what we really need to do for the sake of the next generation. Likewise, the youth within the community need to stop carrying out the dirty work of those who are comfortable in the mess within the society.
Steve Lyston is a biblical economics consultant and author of several books, including ‘End Time Finance’ and ‘The New Millionaire’.