The Jamaica Labour Party..again and again..with free education

Well tonight I was looking at You Tube, only to see the new posting from the Jamaica Labour Party. What they have done is edited Andrew Holness’ ad which says he is bringing us free education with ALL the resources required for PRIMARY AND SECONDARY schools. Note that there is no mention of the fate of TERTIARY students. What a good thing I will soon be finished with UWI. Anyway, they have posted that “home video” looking commercial to You Tube which you can watch here:

check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-C1CmKUQGk

What is interesting is this. From I was born I have never heard of the Government of Jamaica giving back refunds (except unused NHT contributions), for anything. In this ad, they proclaim that if you have already paid the school fees they will refund you your money. If you can’t afford it…not to worry, they will pay it for you. Well if that isn’t double talk I don’t know what is. If you giving me something FREE then how does the argument of UN-AFFORDABILITY come into play? I just don’t know how.

Also, I am still baffled as to how this education issue is going to play out in the long run…where is the money coming from to afford all of this? I won’t stop asking this until August 27th. What happens then, Bruce Golding if EVERY SINGLE PARENT proclaims that they cannot afford the school fee??