Government Stipends should be Removed or Reduced
Belize is a small country with limited resources. The basic notion of
economics it that an individual like a State have unlimited NEEDS and
WANTS(in Belize) but limited resources (Scarcity); therefore, the public
policies should be the most optimum to cope with the limited resources. In
other words, finding strategies to “do more with less”. Any public policy
should try to identify urgent priorities of the State and not the urgent
private priorities of the ministers. In Belize, what have been happening is
that minister do not focus on the NEEDS but on the WANTS, not wants of a
State but wants (luxurious life) for them.
I would recommend that Mr. Barrow and the ministers to “car pool” to save
some money or they could take the bus to reach Belmopan.
Another idea to decrease public expenditure can be through
the reduction of the stipend for Ministers (and other high paid public
officers) Rent, Transportation, and Food. Benchmarking or “bench learning”
from the developed countries can help us find ways to cope with the
recession. For instance, in the US “Obama eyes domestic spending freeze”
(published 13/11/09 by ANDREW TAYLOR); then why can Belize reduce or freeze
some unnecessary high stipends paid to Ministers???????
How ordinary Belizeans survive with a very small fraction of money in
comparison to the Ministers salaries and benefits? For ministers there
personal interest in before any interest to the socioeconomic development of
Belize; and unfortunately, many times, not interested at all in Belize
development.
no SHORT ansr...
...4 d BZE cononDRUM but whener i c POSTs such as this ONE by freeSPEECH in cannot help but think of my BRO in caliFORNICATION whom said a cpl yrs b4 he FLEW d coop: "Bze is like a LAND that was SET 2gthr NOT 2 wrk"!!!...Thus far hiSTORY has proven him wRITE!!!
TOUCHE...
...I was going 2 say that d alleged SECURITIZATION of d BTL Loan by d GOB flies in d FACE of any assUMPTION that cmndr ZERO and his MERRY MEN understand that there is any relationSHIP between COST CUTTING measures and d GRAND PRONOUNCEMENT that we r now in a RECESSION!!!
oh really...........
Are u serious???? i recommend taking more classes in economics...other than econ 101 (which focuses on wants and needs) before writing bogus shit like this. Should Musa and Fonseca had "carpooled" on their way to Belmopan to save money? Should Johnny Briceno offer Gaspar Vega a ride to Belmopan on his way to the sitting of the house because he knows it would save GOB some $$$??? Should Obama stop Air Force One and pick up Richard Dubin (Senator of Chicago)or any of his other colleagues on his way to Washington??? It is really naive to think or believe that carpool is an alternative to cut spenging....have u ever heard of transaction costs??? and what happens when their is domestic immobility.(when you do let me know) Belize is indeed a small country with a small population and as i am assuming with the way your blog is written that u have just taken Econ 101 and u are filled with bright ideas such as "carpooling" am very excited to see other brilliant concotions you come up with. Also, Obama proposed that "domestic spending freeze" simply because it is an election year...and it is only 5% cut in their wage (yikes!!)... it is only a PROPOSAL....they haven't gone through with it as yet...5% of 400,000 (which is only 20,000)from which Obama gets paid per year (that sum does not include travel expenses, entertainmet expenses, most of it is non-taxable, profits from book sales and appearances on CNN, Good Morning America,etc.)N.B. Former President G.W Bush made 14.9 million his last year in office...(and guess what he didn't write a book or win the Nobel Peace Prize) I would love to know how much P.M. Barrow gets paid and his Ministers get paid....am sure theirs is still no comparison to Obama and his crew (people who have $$$$$$$$)am sure they don't mind giving up 20,000 it is just change hanging loose in their pockets anyways. Therefore i suggest comparing the situation in Belize to a country that is similar in size and population and study how they have resolved their issues, using Obama was really irrelevant...its like comparing NY empire state building to the largest building in Belize (HAHA)...Development in Belize is a task that is much more sophisticated that will no be solved simply by carpooling (lmfao best joke i've heard all year) and budget cuts ......just saying..........


GOB 'stipends'
At the cost of sounding like that freaking foreign minister - do u no what a stipend is? Anybody, there may be exceptions, who u put inna wan place weh wan pot a gold deh wen tek mo dan eeh share. Dem no satisfied, look waht happened with the passport thing - di UDP staat it, an when dem lose di election and di PUP get een a office, u think dem seh dis wrang fu sell we passport, no way, dem gaan head sell to., an di adaone dem se den dat eeh wrang, when things change, an dem get een again, dem mi stap sell di dratted passport. no!!. Check out a cuple a ministas, wehn dem neva de een, dem mi popoopooo, now look what dem and dem family own - a wanda humuch tax dem pay. a wanda if deh prime minista culd chektize any a eeh ministas, maybe edm wan tell am tek out the beam outa fu heeh eye fus. We got good people just that they are not in elected public office. In Belize we have a democratically elected dictatorial government, wich can change or not every five years. a no di preach WDH