Comments on: Column: ‘Recovery Is Obviously Underway’

By: Jeremy Deacon

Jeremy Deacon — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 21:29:39 +0000

the numbers are higher than the actual, but youth unemployment was as high as 30 percent – it has come down to about 20/25 percent. Those numbers are not nonsense and equate to a lost generation

By: serengeti

serengeti — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:33:11 +0000

Your numbers are nonsense, of course.

By: hISTORY

hISTORY — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:23:44 +0000

30% to 40% Youth Unemployment

Most of my friends still unemployed after two years of trying
Me too

despite applying to AC, morgans point, major construction sites, hotels

This lady is out of touch – as normal

she probably is referring to her friends and family circumstances

By: Girl Please..

Girl Please.. — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:42:39 +0000

Where are the 2000 jobs!!!! Thank you. Mr. Deacon.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:59:12 +0000

Thank you, Jeremy. This is VERY true and I appreciate that you do not hide behind a pen name.

By: wondering

wondering — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 01:40:19 +0000

yes and with the refinancing ralk from good old bob = no real economy recovery

By: serengeti

serengeti — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:46:57 +0000

It’s up in retail, building & construction, tourism, restaurants, and wholesale. For the first time in years things are improving in parts of the economy (other than IB) where ordinary people benefit.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:48:43 +0000

Keyword: “underway”…it does not mean complete.

By: wondering

wondering — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:24:03 +0000

well said Jeremy but it goes a bit further than that:

the Senator has the gall to opine that recovery is obviously underway. it is proof apparent that the governing party is out of touch with the realities of the citizens of this country.

….and to refer to the government’s efforts to get the country back on track as a “fight” is misleading because the previous governments all did what was mandated for them to do and that “fight” is actually their job!!

what our problem has and will continue to be is that politics is never and has never been an honest man’s endeavor nor has it been one that benefits the entire populace in noticeable methods WITHOUT resulting in catastrophe or even worse (murder) of those whose efforts resulted in a temporary utopia of socio-economic conditions……look at world history – the proof is in the pudding!

sad but true and this trickle down won’t affect the needy in the way that the “recovery” is being portrayed.

you get more affirmation with the truth than with misleading opines.

By: Jeremy Deacon

Jeremy Deacon — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:15:08 +0000

I would not argue that there is a recovery – however it has yet to reach everyone and I think the OBA should acknowledge that in more fulsome ways than a throwaway last paragraph. When I interviewed people at Age Concern and The Family Centre for Bernews’ podcasts it is very clear that a large percentage of the community is yet to feel the effects of the end of the recession.
My personal hands-on experiences are limited to those interviews recently but I do not ignore what i read, see and hear, as, for instance, the seemingly ever growing reliance on social assistance.
Whilst an economic recovery is extremely welcome – make no mistake – it has to be deep, it cannot be ‘trickle down’ and it needs a concerted social and economic effort on behalf of Govt to ensure those that are most in need also benefit.