Population report comes under fire
Wednesday 16th March 2011, 2:29PM GMT.
Ken Finch, who described himself as a retired acoustic consultant, criticised the Population Policy Group’s consultation process during yesterday lunchtime’s meeting at St James. (Picture by Luke Richardson, 1109670)
GUERNSEY’S Population Policy Group had to fend off accusations that its consultation was flawed at its penultimate public presentation yesterday.
A 30-minute talk at St James outlining the group’s proposals was due to be followed by a question and answer session.
But halfway through yesterday’s event, islanders were already making their voices heard with one man demanding clarification on how involved businesses were in the process.
And when the audience was invited to participate, the group had to respond to some detailed questions from concerned islanders.
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The Consultation document reminds me of flawed questionnaires which use Jedi mind tricks by designing questions to give the answer required. I have read the HUGE document several times and find it to be more interested in fending off Human Rights challenges than providing a population that will keep Guernsey prosperous. There is no reasonable effort to connect population to the economy.
The States own facts tell us that their biggest source of income is income tax. The maths are simple, if the States want to spend more money every year then they need more income tax. We either need people to be paid more each year or we need more people paying tax. Population management has to be linked to maintaining the level of income required to keep the Island afloat. That means we need a large, highly paid, work force paying taxes. At the moment Guernsey’s system is forcing firms who wish to expand to create jobs in other countries and outsource the work. The net result is no extra tax take here.
I won’t go on because it raises my blood pressure too much!
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