The more grants we gave, the more residents needed
Third District Representative Julian Fraser suggested that residents were dissatisfied in the past when lawmakers still had the power to distribute assistance grant funding directly to them.
This was before the Commission of Inquiry recommended that aid be rerouted through the Social Development Department (SDD).
Lawmakers have repeatedly complained about the red tape that surrounds the new system of assistance grants flowing through the SDD and have commented that it is often insufficient to help those who are most in need.
Fraser argued that elected officials should once again be able to deliver that aid directly to their constituents, but not in the same way as it was done previously.
He described the previous system of assistance grants as untenable and a nightmare and suggested that there were bottlenecks along the way.
“The structure that we were working under was untenable,” Fraser said. “It was a nightmare, and we could never have enough money to give the people because the more you gave, the more it seemed as if they needed.
He continued: “I wouldn’t say ‘want’. I said ‘needed’, and just having an individual making a decision of such, it’s untenable.”
The seven-term legislator said lawmakers didn’t have the proper mechanisms to screen individuals and in the absence of that, would always find situations where someone got more than they should have.
He said there were also times when persons didn’t get what they deserved or needed.
“I don’t have the answer for this problem, but I know the problem exists and what we have right now is not the solution,” Fraser stated.
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Give them jobs like cutting the roads, community service, anything but a handout.
Fraser is the man!
through the SSD is transparent, accountable and just fine. Stop complaining and use it.
he is missing the extra income himself….
After t terms you still dont have an answer. Then hush and stop spouting nonsence. Simple fact is you accustomed to giving who want and not who need plain and simple.
I with Hon Frazer with this one ,but again them telling you go by SSD for assistan grants and whenever you go SSD taking a old yrs just to help you with the grants what kinda a system we go here man the people’s going to suffer with the SSD grants ,can the governor do something about it so SSD can move more fasters
if he was doing the right thing , he wouldn’t have got ousted by saint Andrew & the WIG one / people getting killed guns & drugs everywhere now YET he and skelie have not said a single word on those CRIMES that is slowly taking over the country , BUT they awoke from their SLUMBER and making a LOT of NOISE about the COI and retardation ( and not about what was discovered by it ) , and now he here jumping on GRANTS ( which he admitted he DOSEN’T have the answer to it ) it leaves the Question , WHAT DOES HE HAVE AN ANSWER TO ❓️
If some got more than they should have that means other got less than they needed. So there’s a new ball game now because of it.
Election hurry up so we can put in the esteem