Do what's good for Guernsey – ignore the rest
WHERE are we going with rules and regulations in Guernsey? Why does it seem to be so hard for our deputies to do what seems to be necessary and obvious to the electors – who suggest what should/could be done when talking to candidates on the doorstep and who these politicians agree with, only to conveniently forget about them once in office. I mean, look, we know more than half of the vehicles on our roads are oversized. We know there are people who could work but don't and are kept by the States. We know overseas workers are exploited – among the many other things that are not sorted properly. I have a small car, but I don't see where or why anyone with a big vehicle should be discriminated against by not having spaces large enough to park in. If the States are willing to let oversized vehicles to be sold on the island, then drivers should be free to park anywhere.
Perhaps the next move is to only allow big cars on certain roads. After all – articulated lorries are cutting-up other road users when turning corners because of the area they require to get around bends.
Then we see able-bodied people get paid to do nothing.
OK, if a person has an illness (and some have problems that are not visible) then all well and good, but we all know there are people who can work but will not.
Who can blame them if they are going to be kept? The thing is, if the States is so determined to get older people back to work, why not put younger able-bodied people out there to earn the money they get given?
If they were put out cleaning the cliff paths, picking up dog mess and other general duties to earn their money, they would soon realise that if they have to work for their dole money they may as well get out there and do a job for the same hours with a bigger reward. Not rocket science really. And before anyone says that people who have dogs should pick up their own dog's mess, I agree. I am a dog owner and I pick my dog's mess up – but we know there are people who don't. This happens and it is fact.
So this is just one job that would be beneficial to the island – and these people would learn that money does not grow on trees. They have to earn their keep and not just have money handed to them from the pot that poor old pensioners have loaded and are struggling to get enough back to exist (and I do mean exist) on.
Also, all the money wasted on paying outsiders to do surveys on things we all know the answer to is just not a necessity. All the talk about how the Isle of Man, Jersey and other places do things is of no interest to us. We just want what is good for us in Guernsey – ignore the rest, they can do as they want. After all, we don't live in the Isle of Man, Jersey or anywhere else. What is good for them is not necessarily going to be good for us, and to be honest – when you look into it – what these other places are doing is not good for those islands either. Their own populations seem to be forever complaining about their leaders and how they handle things because their policy seems to be 'if it's not broken, break it and rob the poor to pay the rich' as well.
The future is not looking bright for Guernsey to be the best and happiest place to live – and it won't be until our government look at doing what is good for Guernsey and its people and ignore the rest.
ROD HAMON,
5, Rosemount,
Mont Arrive,
St Peter Port,
GY1 2AF.
