How will the US Elections affect Jamaica? Should Jamaican's care who wins the Presidency?

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.

Bounty thanks for always coming up with thought provoking questions that specifically pertain to Jamaica. That's what ETJ is for. Your questions always spark calm yet effective debates and answers.

And to answer your question I'm not sure what it'll mean for Jamaica. I don't know all the ways the US is involved there, I mostly just know how Canada is involved in trade and development with Jamaica. So let me just step back and be an observer of what's to come in this thread.

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Bounty, I can't comment on this. But, since you live in Jamaica, why don't you start us off with your point of view?

Thanks JamCan
I haven't really been following the US elections that much, so I don't know what each candidates positions are on all the issues, but I guess things that would affect Jamaica would be :

- US Immigration and visitation policy
Each year plenty Jamaicans go to the US to live, work and visit. Those who
work and earn money there usually send money back to Jamaica in
remittances. Remittances account for a large percentage of Jamaic's
income.The regime that has the tougher immigration and visitation policies
will be the one that has the potential to have the greatest negative impact
on that sector of the Jamaican economy.

- Policies toward countries such as Haiti and Cuba
Jamaica has relations with both countries to some extent. US policy
towards these nations can impact on Jamaicas relationship with them and
with the US.

- Security/Terrorism etc.
Americans account for a large percentage of the Jamaican Tourism market.
While threats of terrorism and concerns about security are high, it is likely
that many US citizens would not be inclinec to travel outside the US. This
would impact Jamaica's tourist trade. The regime that could address this
issue best would help to minimize the negative impact on Jamaica's tourism
sector.

Those are some just off the top of my head

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.

Now that we know it's Bush back in the saddle, will anything change for Jamaica? Does it make a difference to us?

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.

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I think they'll just continue to hate Bush and some Americans because of that. In my opinion, a vote for Bush, is a vote for fascism, tyranny and inequality. Jamaicans who already hated Americans, will surely despise us even more.

good point!!!!
as far as JA concern wid america nottin naw go change it ago b di same sh!t on a diffrent day.

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My husband asked several Jamaicans what they thought of their gov., England, US gov, and the general concensus was "We don't care everyting irie we trust in the Lord" I was surprised that such a passionate people had little to say in terms of goverment affairs.

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With Bush in the seat again I do think that everything will be the same or he might just change up and add some new policies for immigrants. He did say somewhere in his debate, where he will allow illegal aliens to come in and be able to get a work permit/card...work temporarily and get to go back home as well as he will lay low on the homeland security at the borders.

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Just don't tell W if there are any weapons of mass destruction laying around!

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The horizon is not my boundry - rather an ever-expanding destination. Enjoy the ride!

He's lying, PrincessB. I hope I'm wrong.

Yeah, because now I have to follow through on my threat to move to Jamaica if Bush should win. He did, so look out Jamaica, here I come....

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Peace & Blessings ,

Rod

In Jamaica, like most other countries, we just have Weapons of Mass Corruption.
So GWB wouldn't be finding anything he wasn't already used to seeing.

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"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." - Matthew 5 v11 KJV

Very waggish indeed.