Good morning, Dominica. Today is a new day, and with it come new possibilities. I would like to emphasize that fixing an economy is not a magic trick. It is not secret knowledge. And it is not reserved for the Top 1% of people in Dominica. The principles are simple.
- You bring investment into our country.
- Businesses are built.
- Jobs are created for our people.
- As people earn money, they often start their own businesses.
- More businesses mean broader tax revenue, not higher taxes.
- Competition grows.
- Competition lowers prices.
- Lower prices leave more money in your pocket.
That is how an economy works, plain and simple.
What is complicated is the story this government and other party leaders tell you, that this is all too complex for ordinary people, like you, to understand. They want you to believe that only they can manage the economy and that your role is to stay quiet, trust blindly and accept the results.
I reject that!
I believe our people are more than capable, informed and deserving of a real voice in how our country is run through Direct Democracy.
Running a country is no different than running your own household. You bring in money, you pay what must be paid, you keep the lights on, and you invest wisely. You do not waste money on things that bring no return. So we must ask honest questions:
- Why are we building more wellness centres when existing ones sit unused?
- Why are we building fisheries complexes when there is no real market and not enough fishermen to sustain them?
- Why are we giving away brand new fishing boats while people have no health care?
A project that employs 10 or 15 people does not grow an economy. It does not raise incomes across communities. It does not lower prices. And it certainly does not put more money in your pocket. All it creates is photo-ops, not prosperity.
If Roosevelt Skerrit and his government truly cared about economic growth, they would focus on real jobs, not appearances. We believe public money must go where it actually works:
- Bringing responsible foreign investment to Dominica.
- Making it easy to invest, build and operate here.
- Creating jobs that allow locals to gain skills and eventually start their own businesses, and gain government contracts.
- Encouraging competition and innovation, not dependency.
- Encourage employers to pay in U.S. dollars, not block it, because when workers earn more, it strengthens families, increases spending power and exposes how stagnant wages have become under this Roosevelt Skerrit administration.
The government has a role. That role is to create the conditions for success, not to pretend that meaninglessvanity projects are progress. Our goal is simple:
- Bring money into Dominica.
- Put Dominicans to work.
- Help Dominicans build their own future.
You are not powerless. You are not uninformed. And our country does not belong to the Top 1% of people at the top. It belongs to you!
