Disgusted young Caymanian writes: Underhanded, totally reprehensible, and totally unacceptable is the only way to describe how I felt when I read that Minister Bryan’s announcement to reduce the tourism stipend was, in his words, a “hoax” meant to scare Caymanians to “Go find work”. Well, as someone who has been affected by this pandemic and someone who is struggling to “find work”, let me enlighten Minister Bryan on a few things.
His hoax is an insult to the thousands of hard-working, underpaid, undervalued, and unsupported Caymanians living in his constituency. While he may feel like his hoax was a brilliant chess play, all it did was make me feel used and, to be honest, quite dirty.
How could someone who comes from such humble beginnings not see the error in deliberately lying to a large segment of the population who are already living with anxiety and stress? People who are trying to find work in an unsympathetic foreigner-favouring industry.
Did he not think his words would instill not just a sense of urgency, but also a sense of despair in someone who has applied for countless jobs only to be told they are over- or under-qualified?
Did he not think single mothers who now face the prospect of their kids returning to school, unvaccinated, while we open borders already had enough to contend with? And that adding the threat of a reduced stipend was only going to make them feel even more desperate as the tourism businesses continue to apply for permits and pay lip...
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