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Confronting our financial crisis
Published: Sunday | February 8, 2009

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Ian Boyne, Contributor
With reports of closure in the bauxite industry, the collapsed sugar divestment deal with Infinity Bio-Energy, heavy retrenchment at Air Jamaica, layoffs across various sectors, a ballooning trade deficit and rapidly sliding dollar, there's no doubt the crisis is upon us.
The Opposition is still saying the Government is not coming clean with the facts surrounding Jamaica's economic crisis, but the people don't need the Government to tell them that things are bad and getting worse - it is their everyday reality. The interpretation that they put on it is what is up for grabs, and both the Government and the Opposition would like their own interpretation to stick.
But the fact is that our crisis is too severe and our prospects too daunting to be left to the mercy of political gamesmanship. Opposition backbencher Dr Peter Phillips, in his short but substantial contribution to the......

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