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Hon. John Briceno - Leader of the Opposition
"I'm not surprised, because nothing has gotten any better. I mean, the economy continues to stagger. It's not moving in the right direction. We are not addressing the fundamental issues of the economy, sitting down with the productive sector and seeing what we can do to get them out of that situation. I know Minister Finnegan likes to say that I am worried about the rich people. It has nothing to do with the rich people. It's the productive sector that creates employment and brings hard earned currency into this country. And if we just ignore them, then, what's going to happen? It's precisely what we're facing right now. And, the productive sector includes thousands of small famers that have 5 acres of citrus, a 5 acres of cane. All of them are producers. We squandered 450 million dollars in contracts because there has been a massive hustle. We could have used that money, put aside for the productive sector, so that we could lend them at 5%, since we only have to pay 1%, so that these people could have gone and rebuild, and replant their cane, replant their citrus, or cattle or whatever it is that they are doing. So, unfortunately, I am not rejoicing because all of us are suffering."