If 2,000,000 tourists come to Jamaica per year and spend $1,000, where does money go?

[Craig123]

And once again, a lot has changed in those past 15 years...

Noam Chomsky would beg to differ with you Rob.

[Rob]

Noam Chomsky would beg to differ with you Rob.

I am not positive, but I dont think he has registered yet here on the Board... (grin)

[Craig123]

I am not positive, but I dont think he has registered yet here on the Board... (grin)

Good come back Rob. Nuff said on this topic.

[Lola]

... If it did, they wouldn't have to beg so much.

Hahahaha Gerry how does so much begging happen around you?

[booger]

Because he is the GENERAL

[Integrity]

Is it true that casinos may come to Jamaica? I think this is a terrible idea. I heard this from a Jamaican, a few weeks ago.

[ESparks451]

The IMF wasn't created to help anyone in the third world. Just a capitalistic way of continued imperialism thru colonization.

The IMF might worry about making loan payments and Jamaica passing economic "tests". But this doesn't translate into help or change for the general population.

[captaind]

doesn't this thread kind of remind you of the "water discolored" thread?

Pseudo-economist tourists and "cut and paste links" foreign business owners (this time) who think they know the runnings here in negril and all over jamaica based on internet searches and a week or two visit a year.

You know what they say about doing something over and over again and expecting a different result?

Anyone who lives in jamaica certainly heard about the 2mil visitors this year and understands firsthand how taxing works.

Just my take on this thread.

Peace and guidance

ditto!

[booger]

ditto!

Regardless of ones know how, experience, or greater understanding of all things Jamaica, the truth is the truth. Jamaica's greater issues are not IMF or any other outside force. Jamaica's issues are their own and can only be fixed by Jamaica.

[SazO]

Regardless of ones know how, experience, or greater understanding of all things Jamaica, the truth is the truth. Jamaica's greater issues are not IMF or any other outside force. Jamaica's issues are their own and can only be fixed by Jamaica.

I agree.