The late Lee Kuan Yew believed that the quality of governance could be improved by using attractive salaries to lure the best minds to serve in government. Today, Singapore ranks number one on The Chandler Good Government Index, and achieving this was not an easy feat, because Singapore's public sector was once marred by corruption. Singapore's politicians are therefore entitled to lucrative salaries because they have delivered for the Singaporean people. Jamaica, on the other hand, has regressed relative to former backwaters like Botswana and South Korea. Indeed, global economic shocks and environmental factors have affected development, however, political economist John Rapley argues that Jamaica's failures are largely a consequence of defective management. Yet despite the mediocre performance of politicians they have been granted a salary hike of over 200 percent. Sensible people would not oppose an increase of 50 percent as an incentive to encourage better people to serve the country, but rewarding the current crop of mostly non-performers with a hike of over 200 percent is contemptible.
JAMAICAN POLITICS IS ZERO
JAMAICAN POLITICS IS ZERO
JAMAICAN POLITICS IS ZERO
The late Lee Kuan Yew believed that the quality of governance could be improved by using attractive salaries to lure the best minds to serve in government. Today, Singapore ranks number one on The Chandler Good Government Index, and achieving this was not an easy feat, because Singapore's public sector was once marred by corruption. Singapore's politicians are therefore entitled to lucrative salaries because they have delivered for the Singaporean people. Jamaica, on the other hand, has regressed relative to former backwaters like Botswana and South Korea. Indeed, global economic shocks and environmental factors have affected development, however, political economist John Rapley argues that Jamaica's failures are largely a consequence of defective management. Yet despite the mediocre performance of politicians they have been granted a salary hike of over 200 percent. Sensible people would not oppose an increase of 50 percent as an incentive to encourage better people to serve the country, but rewarding the current crop of mostly non-performers with a hike of over 200 percent is contemptible.