Why the mess in paradise?

When the NMI became a permanent member of the Greater American Community, the indoctrination that everything must revolve around government, was already a permanent fixture in the minds of the indigenous people.

Not only did we build upon layers of government, but we held on to our time honored insecurity as manifested in our inability to see the greater picture of the basic rights of ALL US Citizens. It’s the scarcity mentality that must have had its genesis in the assorted forms of new rights now being litigated in courts across the country.

In other words, while we don US Citizenship rights, we’re willing to deny fellow US Citizens the same rights. We’ve even allowed for the sterling suppression of the rights of the majority to rule. These are tales that reveal our lack of clarity of understanding about the basic tenets of democracy and equality or the unwillingness to embrace the supremacy of the US Constitution over our mini-constitution. Did someone say it’s a case of political immaturity?

And so we see pyrotechnic shows of volcanic eruptions in our apparent inability to stay focused. Seemingly, our forte centers and revolves around “feel good” policies that breeds discrimination upon fellow US Citizens and the obvious stifling of the very source of wealth creation that we need in order to forge brighter tomorrows for posterity. This discordancy tells me that despite the melodic tropical tune, the harmony is completely out of tune.

I find this juvenile attitude very troubling. Or is it an integral part of the so-called political maturation process?

Then there’s the crab mentality where we boast pulling down everybody so we can all die of voluntary imprisonment at the bottom of the bucket. Has it ever dawn on our nimble local minds that doing the exact opposite may allow the guy at the top to pull us all out of our misery so we can truly enjoy the open landscape of freedom outside the bucket?

In other words, I will not hold anything against a person who has successfully attained wealth and stature the old fashion way. A good example is the late Joeten who worked 18 hour days when most of us were picnicking along the beach and at the farm. A closer look at his accomplishments tells you that because of his success, hundreds of young people and bread earners were able to find meaningful employment under the Joeten Enterprises. This is the very essence of what I have been preaching about the concept of wealth and jobs creation. Or have you ever seen a poor and unemployed person offer job opportunities to his fellow man when he himself is unemployed? Not unless all hell freezes over!

So regardless of the ethnicity of successful businessmen, the principle remains the in terms of benefits. If the private sector is healthy, it means that the local government would have sufficient funds to dispose by way of essential public services. If it plunges and goes south so would revenue generation in our local coffers.

It is for this reason that bureaucrats, politicians and the business community must make it a point (hopefully soon) to converge and revamp the disoriented investment landscape that we’ve allowed to stifle an already critically ill situation.

Finally, we must adopt the abundance mentality with the view that whatever we do together it would have to benefit the majority and that all setbacks should be refined so that in the end we turn it into a “win-win” situation for one and all. Think about it. We owe it to ourselves and all who call these isles home.