TT not good place to invest

The writer Kelvin La Roche states that TT is an attractive place for business investment.

Obviously, La Roche does not own nor run a business in this country.

I agree with one thing only __ being proud of our steelband music.

TT is hell to run a business in. Very poor work ethic, very poor attendance at work daily.

Try to open a new bank account. Not so easily done. Everything is blamed on the FIU, which saddles us with unnecessary compliance paperwork, when in fact they know who the criminals are.

Try to dismiss an unproductive and useless employee. Not so easy.

Employee walks into any union office nearby.

He is not a member.

They make him a member retroactively and off to the Industrial Court you go. Fifty/ one hundred thousand dollars later (half for the union) you try again to hire one of La Roche’s brilliant workers.

Foreign exchange? Forget it these days.

Foreign multi-national retailers have gone with the lion’s share.

Unions have gone crazy so their leaders can keep up their lifestyle.

Arcelor-Mittal is a classic case. One week after beating victory drums in the streets having “won” a case against the company, 600 workers are on the breadline.

La Roche, methinks you are an armchair businessman.

DAVID SALINGER Maraval