that shopkeeper should have been alive – poverty eradication as crime prevention – trinidad crime

A needless death.

Poverty eradication is one important method to stem PREVENTABLE CRIME. Men slew him for money.

1. Living wage of 5 grand, $30 hourly. Inflation pegged so pay doesn’t shrink. Keeps greedy employers safe and protects workers from exploitation.

2. Guaranteed Minimum Income wealth share – GMI is 5 grand monthly to adults earning under 200 grand yearly. The state is not paying a wage.

3. Small business and small micro enterprise – STATE backed entrepreneurship in form of interest free loans, free SB school etc, gives the youth opportunity.

4. Economic diversification in non oil sectors – tourism; computer software; scientists; medical factory; small electronics; agriculture etc.

All the above is wise use of our oil cash. Saves lives, empowers our people.

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https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/shopkeeper-left-to-die-as-bandits-rob-parlour-6.2.1962082.13e29f9e17 – Shopkeeper left to die as bandits rob parlour

Steven Harding’s shop at Green Hill, Diego Martin had been robbed seven times last year. However, a robbery early yesterday turned fatal after he was tied up, gagged and his head duct-taped by bandits who took the keys to the shop and left.

The 60-year-old shopkeeper was found unresponsive in his bedroom by a male relative around 2.15 am. He had been gagged and his head was wrapped in silver duct tape. Police believe he may have suffocated to death.