Rick Lowe
In this letter to The Nassau Guardian on May 2, 2012, Mr. Gary Christie attempts to defend the economic record of his brother, the leader of the PLP, Mr. Perry Christie. The only trouble is he chooses to quote me completely out of context.
Here's what I actually said:
"From 2002-2007 we had the biggest GDP rise ever in the country's history, more revenue growth than ever, but were still running $180-$200 million deficits."
Now for what he chose to quote from me:
"From 2002-2007, we had the biggest GDP rise ever in the country's history, more revenue growth than ever."
The point being made at the time, (February 2012), was that even with such high revenue as a result of the world's super charged economy back then, it was egregious for government to be running such huge deficits. It's patently clear this was not defending the governments fiscal or economic policies.
Mr. Christie has every right to defend his perception of his brother's economic track record, but that does not give him the right to distort comments from other people.
One priority of any government should be intellectual honesty so they do not make the same mistakes twice.
Mr. Christie apparently thinks otherwise.
