May 15, 2011Dear Sir,Every government including the PLP Government makes economic policy decisions which make or break businesses. Decisions which determine the Bermudian standard of living and determine which workers will get good jobs and support and which will not. Bermuda’s leaders must not only deal with domestic business but with international global businesses, which provide significant revenues to the Bermuda treasury. The present Bermuda leadership is trying to repair the damage of the past racial and anti-business rhetoric that cost the loss of Bermudian jobs and respect from the international business community. It is within that context Bermuda needs a new more effective strategy to achieve future Bermuda prosperity.Mr. Editor the old pillars of our economy and politics are crumbling before our eyes: The dismantling of the American and English military bases on the island, the decline of the old tourism, and the diminished activity of the third pillar of international business. In 1998 the search for a new economic pillar was to be Information Technology and the African Diaspora tourism along with new trade agreements and relationships with Caricom. None of these strategies have met expectations. It is time for a new way of Bermuda thinking and innovation. I believe the ideas and solutions we need exist among our own community. Mr. Editor what is lacking is our willingness to cooperate with each other. We must stop fighting and lying to each other. When a Bermudian has new ideas and solutions we need to protect and encourage them to make those dreams reality. We cannot continue to kill the messenger because the message does not fit into our personal agenda.MICHAEL A MARKHAMSmith’s