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Your ExcellencyYour Excellency
I pray that this letter finds you in the best of health and with best of intentions and plans for the Jamaican people. Since the age of 18 when I moved from Denmark to London, Jamaicans have played very important roles in my life. It is therefore an honour and privilege to address the chosen leader of this magnificent people.
In response to what has transpired through public debates concerning Hurriane Melissa and the commendable actions of all who have made efforts to assist the people of Jamaica, it is my personal evaluation that Jamaica stands at a crossroads that resonates globally. Your country can play a significant role in charting the trajectory for the advancement of economically marginalised people in general. This is nothing new, and the inclusion of REGGAE MUSIC on the UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY is testament to just one of Jamaicas positive impact on our time
As a Rastafarian and Reggae enthusiast, I urge the governemnet of Jamaica to establish the most conducive platforms for facilitating global reggae response to natural disasters in general. In reggae, the people of the world find solace, guidance, inspiration and hope. This calls for a structured framework that will transform global goodwill into universally accepted standards of philanthropy.
The recent public debate, is the first time, that diverse jamaican opinions on an urgent nad existential issue have come to the fore with unprecedented intensity.For me it has been a learning experience. Jamaica is a country of very strongly opinionated people. As an outsider with love for your country, I am able to accomodate all opinions and contemplate their validity As a socio economic strategist a dynamic is a dynamic and is never subjec to bias or prejudice. therefore I beg you Prime Minister to consider my humble suggestions. Silver and Gold have I none, but the wisdom of His Imperial Majesty Empeor Haile Selassie is more than enough to steer us all in the right direction.
To that effect this letter to your exellency is one of several letters to significant offices in the hope of establishing a manageable comprehensive front for universal participation. My concern is the plight of marginalised populations everywhere on Gods Earth. This is not a call for revolution . It is a appeal for all to fathom the mathematical equations of Economics nad how all can play a role in leveraging aspects of it for the common good. It is high time that the world makes advances in this respect and Jamaica stands poised to lead the way.
I hva taken the liberty to adress Your Ministers of culture and Finance. I hope that my status as a reggae enthusias justifies this breach of protocol and I pray that I have caused no offence. If that is the case, pleae accept my apolgy and my assurance that my intentions are sincerely prompted by the dire realities facing humanity and therefore these letters are all open for all to see.
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JAH RASTAFARI.
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.As an advocate for the empowerment of women, I am pleased to adress this letter to Your Honour.
Gender does matter and gender makes a diffrence. It is up to us all to make sure the diffrence is positive. The inclusion of women,however should not be mistaken for a true understanding of the female paradigm. which should be recognised in its own right as a foundation for policy. This letter is not about that process but a good opportunity to shed some light on Cool Mum Records steady progress. It is my hope that your honour will in the future contribute to our platform NEXT STOP ZANZIBAR which has the objective of developing a global constitution for women by women.
The underpinning for that constitution and this letter is one and the same . I briefly allude to it in my letter to your Prime Minister. It is called Comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility in short CCSR.
The combination of Land Value Taxation and the intensification of velocity of exchange through deliberate public participation is the essence of CCSR, Comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility. CCSR has the ability to bring resolution where any economy is faced with adversity, constraints and even conflict.
CCSR is my innovation based on fundamental contributions made by various people through history. Going as far back as Adam Smith and John Locke the idea of social contract plays a role in fiscal policy. At the core of social contract is access to land and the wealth thereof.
Jamaica is no stranger to Land value taxation and is on a list of the few countries that have represented its principles. Several independent communities in the United States still represent it. there it is known as the Single Tax. The people who advocate it are known as Georgists after Henry George who popularised it. Nobel Peace Prize winner, Economist Joseph Stiglitz is a Georgist
Other countries that have to a certain extent implemnetd LVT are South Africa and Denmark. In Denmark it was utilised by Viking King Svend Forkbeard. In the Bible it is represented in Leviticus 25 and Psalm 24. In South Africa during apartheid it covered up to 90 % of Western Cape revenue compensating for Income Tax and VAT.
In Denmark,a 40 year democratic debate preceeded the adoption of LVT when three political parties that advocated it . formed a government in 1957. This resulted in 4 years that delivered an economic miracle.
Besides LVT, The Quantity Theory of Money Supply provides the framework for CCSR.. LVT increases the money available for the consumer thereby stimulating spending and investment and growth. Spending and investment can be deliberately directed to intensify the velocity of exchange. This is where platforms for public participation can be created for,by ,and with the people.
CCSR will expand the country's tax base and increase foreign investment interest. A concerted combination of engineering, harmonising, extrapolating opens up new activities .Transposing dynamics opens up new avenues and industries. Most importantly though, is the consolidation of social contract when Corporate Social Responsibility is defined by collaboration between the government, corporations and interest groups (platforms for public participation). CCSR basically guarantees automatic and transparent auditing of charity.
CCSR allows the people to play a fiscal role beyond consumption as it saves the governement a lot of "parenting" expenses in time, money and skills. It gives a country like Jamaica the privilege of economic self determination, and rewards them beyond remuneration for labour.Above all for Jamaica, the long term benefit of this dynamic is a steady decrease in crime and thereby govt spending on fighting crime.
For these few words I give thanks
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Dear Babsy
I have long been wanting ti write to you. I am so impressed by your work ad the amazing strategic move you made by getting Reggae Music inscripted on the UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF INANGIBLE HERITAGE OF HUMANITY. Today in the shadow of Hurricane Melissa it is finally possible to demonstrate the significance of it all.
Although Reggae sales music do not amount to the roughly 17.Billion Dollars of the entireglobal music indutry, the potential to do so is real and terefore that is the figure that we have to work with when assesing anything reggae. If an artist makes 1 Million they should be aware that its only a drop in the ocean compared to what they could make. Reggae on tyhe UNESCO LIST adds to this value eponentially. This information should give enough incentive to all artsist, fans and everything in between, to come to the table and get on the same page. With todays media tools the industrial activities directly connected to this annual turnove rmade by th collective music enterpeneur and provider are activities, which if they were taxed collectively would be a repository of steady and consnsitent funding, allowing for long term projections, business plans and career plans.
JAH RASRAFARI
To Reggae Royalty, Artists and Supporters
To all of the above, the message is one an the same. I ask that each one considers the plausibility of a centralised flow of financial resources as a foundation and framework for the fulfilmment and facilitation of the socio-economic and humanitarian lyrics expressed throughout the years.
I have taken the time to write ti The President of the Crown Council Of Ethiopiam The Prime Minister of Jamaica and his Minister of Finance and Minister of Culture. The letters present the particular aspects of this initiative that fall under the specific jurisdiction of the mentioned offices. This letter suggests the course of action by the people in general through representation by their artists and the established legacies of reggaes most esteemed exponents.
From the beginning, Reggae is a muisc and industry established by self made, self determined individuals and their associations. The firece independence that forged its way through mud, dust, heat, cold, snow, rain,poverty, prejudice, racism,discriminationr,betrayal, deception, poverty and hatred has become a global force to be reckoned with. It has built bridges that have inspired herats, souls,minds and spirits to seek that which their innermost being desires for themselves and for others.
The response to Hurricane Melissa has brought to the fore two things that the governments around the world must take into consideration. The will and ability of the people and artists to work on solutions and the media capabilities of independent journalism. Things are just a step away from Social Media becoming Socio-econoic Strategy Media, All of us can make that a reality
It is of course a given, that media clout is desireable and an important basis for career survival. Therefore that is a legitimate dynamic under all circumstances. What this dynamic should lead towards is a common aggregate Reggae clout.
In My letter to The Minister of Culture I ask her,given her achievement of getting Reggae inscribed on the UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY, to play a role in assisting people on the ground establish THE REGGAE DOLLAR RELIEF FUND headquarters in TRENCHTOWN, the birthplace of Reggae. The Reggae Dollar itself is a funraising tool which i developed in 2006 as a means of raising money for an 18000km walk from Cape Town to Cairo. All the socio economic strategy tolls that I developed in the 20 yeards dedicated to this project, are for the purpose of mobilising marginalised populations to take control of existing financial dynamics. All the platforms created feed into the Reggae Dollar and are represented by the Reggae Dollar. The Reggae Dollar is so to speak the currency of philanthropy.
In the spring of 2020, I presented the idea of the Reggae Dollar as a permanet fundraising tool, on hold to respond to any natural disaster anywhere, to Paul Lawrence founder of Jus Tickets in London. Paul immeiately understood its significance and hosted it on his platform. Unfortunately Paul died on the 11th of December that year and no one has carried on his great body of work for the UK Black Community. Paul was originally from Spanish Town jamaica and was responsible for initiatives such as 100 Black Men-a mentoring programme by established male Black role models for young black males, who constitute disproportionate negative statistics in the UK.
Most people connected to Reggae are conscious souls on divine missions. The Most High is our guide and I pray that the Spirit of he Most High will guide all who read this letter to support the establishment of a Reggae Dollar HQ in Trenchtown, complete with articles of Association that represent the will of the people and crucial concessions by all governmental fixtures that perpetuate colonial values and mental slavery.
I am certin that most Reggae enthusiasts are in support of wholistic grassroots structures governed by consensus. As a citizen of Denmark I am aware of many such structures and have been involved in several. One of them is the community of Christiania, from which we will build a reggae commuication bridge to Trenchtown and play a major role in the formulation of the most appropriate famework and organisation of the REGGAE DOLLAR HEADQUARTERS. The most obvious way to go is an umbrella orgaisation representing and consisting of the many socio economic organisations in Jamaica