Enough with the Greedy, it is time to protect the needy.

Anyone who doesn’t think that this is a nation where the present politicians are getting richer while others are getting poorer must be a Barrow or an FoB (Friend of the Barrow’s).

Their greed is everywhere, from high paying jobs for the siblings to millions of dollars in legal fees to the former Mrs. Barrow, they are all cleaning up.  Of course this is not lost to the regular man in the streets and for this reason Ministers, who have started to follow the leader must now travel with security for they have become the targets of some of their own supporters and dealers who are not as fortunate to share in the spoils.

At this pace, this government is not going to be destroyed by an outside avenger, but might very well implode because of its insatiable greed. The political greed that is transpiring within Belize presently is at an all time high, and UDP politicians are demonstrating a tremendous lack of respect for the people of this nation who are suffering as a result of the current economic meltdown brought on by their own lack of vision and lack of a plan to get the economy moving again.

All this is an indication of a behavior that is rooted in reckless and shameless greed. Whether it is a minister with two expensive vehicles at his disposal or one who buys his daughter a house in an upscale neighbourhood as a gift, it is the worst case of to the winner goes the spoils, not to mention the crass disrespect show for hardworking poor Belizeans who struggle each day simply to make ends meet.

Their involvement and the level of greed being displayed is evident in almost every sector of the government, from so called NGOs making profit building houses supposedly for poor people to ministers awarding contracts to an Orange Walk business man to sell fish to a hospital in Belize City,  it all seems too outrageous to be true.  If the mere indecency of it all is not upsetting enough, the mere knowledge of it is disheartening.  What happened to the transparency and accountability they promised the people in their manifesto?  How quickly these people have squandered the trust Belizeans placed in them in February 2008.  All those possibilities they asked us to imagine during the campaign have surely been lost, replaced only by anger and desperation.

Instead of possibilities, what is currently being reflected in the Belizean people is resentment, which is evident in the amount of turmoil that the nation is experiencing,  beginning with the closing of businesses, the escalation in crimes, the many homes being lost and the increasing loss of jobs due to political victimization.

As is always the case in a democratic society, the power of the people will in the end prevail over a government whose actions are not to the benefit of the majority.  Today Belizeans demand that their leaders be held responsible for their actions.  Based on what we have seen of this government so far, the time has come once again for us to be more forceful in our approach to this Government and demand positive changes from our current leaders.  The majority of Belizeans voted for change, we voted for better governance and not for politicians to do as they desire.  We voted for a government to put the wealth of this small nation to work for the benefit of everyone to enjoy so that we can live a more comfortable life.

Since the current administration appears to have forgotten how they got there and who put them there, it is time for up us to ensure that they “get di sense,” it is time for we the people to once again change this atmosphere of greed and spite and if needs be, by any means necessary.

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