THE EDITOR, Sir:
I AM glad that the Government has finally established its squatter unit, but I do believe it is too late. Squatters in this country believe that they have a right to live on people's land because they are 'sufferers'. There are many tenants as well living in people's houses illegally, long after they have been given notice, yet threatening to take the landlord/property owner to the Rent Board. They obviously have been led to believe that because they are 'sufferers' they have more rights than the people who worked and sacrificed to buy the property in the first place.
I recently heard this 'sufferer' argument being used by vendors to justify why a policeman should not arrest an illegal vendor downtown.
Kevin 'O Brien Chang recently wrote about the fact that Jamaica is just productive enough to save itself from sinking, but implied that it will never become a First World country, because the people do not have a culture of production.
Audley Shaw also alluded to this recently in the Budget Debate. It is time for all of us to adopt a culture of decency, honesty and productivity, or this country will never prosper and realise its full potential. Our children need to aspire to become more than DJs, dancehall queens, drug dons and 'area leaders'.
I am, etc.,
K. HENRY
Portmore
