Arthur offers a ‘cure’

Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (right) sharing a light moment with Barbados Employers’ Confederation president Ian Gooding Edghill after addressing that chamber yesterday. (Picture by Donnay Deane.)

By Barry Alleyne | Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:09 AM

Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur believes he has the medicine for the Barbados economy. He just needs it to be given to the patient.

And Arthur is convinced the most critical issues facing a complete recovery will be how expenditure on health and education will be managed, and that a task force be established to advise on optimal funding arrangements for the island’s tertiary system.

Giving a major one-hour address yesterday to the Barbados Employers’ Confederation, Arthur revealed a number of alternative ideas that could place the country back on the road to economic recovery.

“Barbados needs to be restored to a path of growth and development in which the problems of low economic growth, falling competitiveness and productivity, underinvestment and dissaving, spiralling prices, the declining viability of our main enterprises, and the continuing crisis in Government’s fiscal affairs are addressed by a set of coherent policies which support and reinforce each other,” Arthur said.

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Posted by RICHARD power 1 year ago: If the doctors that were in charge of of the patient("Barbados")
before would have noticed the symptoms that were all ready
leading up to the patients current status ,when the patient was already hemorrhaging! (Of which you were the head doctor!)
those doctors would still be in charge of the patient. Upon seeing that their beloved patient("Barbados")health was deteriorating the people decided to bring in new doctors
With a brilliant! new surgeon! Unfortunately he passed on before he could finish the job(bless his heart) His under study
is now operating! If the doctors that were operating before would have been more forthcoming and helpful and not try to be so disruptive the patient would have been well on the road to recovery! It might be a little to late for that medicine
now! We will just have to give the medicine that the emergency doctor administered a chance to work.

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Posted by Rich Bone 1 year ago: Where was this "Medicine" when HE was the PM for all those years?

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Posted by Pan Wallie 1 year ago: THE PATIENT OR THE PATIENCE? The patient, having not received the best medication when he was nurse in charge was left limping, and his only patience is when dealing with unbreakables. LOL.

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Posted by yogi Ni 1 year ago: @ POWER, very clever and sweet, ah like um. Have not had a good healthy laugh in a week.

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Posted by wayne husbands 1 year ago: can or will the people of barbados continue to put pride before progress,will we allow the aristocratic few, feed us mush and call it mash.first it was the private sector ,selling us a wild story about RACIAL FEAR when in actuality there were paying bajans 150% less that they paid the others. now uncle arthur. is the one disclaiming our progress . and suggests a solution that has already been tabled, and he and his cronies voted against it. but he thinks that it's enough for bajans to sound good, even if they dont feel good, "we nuh in fuh dat"

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Posted by collin green 1 year ago: I totally disagree with all the previous comments. I see it more like having a very good mechanic working on your car for 14 years, then another mechanic approach you saying he can do a better job at a lower price, you having no sense of loyalty fall for the sweet talk. Then boom, the road become full of pot holes and you start to realize your new mechanic start charging exorbitant fees plus more Vat on top of that, you're going down the road on bad tires, engine sputtering, even the parts store where you used to get parts on credit see you as a risk. Your old mechanic know how to fix the car, dont be too proud ,go back to him and let him sort you out, He will welcome you back, old car and all, even get you parts at the old terms. Dont let the trinis pick off all the good parts remaining on your old car leaving you with a rust bucket.