Tiba, I greatly appreciate your comment. I if I had to dissect...

Tiba, I greatly appreciate your comment.

I if I had to dissect your post you will give me reason.

Brother, I am not detached or unaware of the situation at home. I still have brothers, sisters, nephews, cousins, and friends there.

I am very happy that you are doing well in New York, because of the opportunities available to you. We cannot, and should not compare Haiti to the US in a lot of areas, including the area of opportunities.

We know for sure that our government is limited in what it can offer to its people.

You must have "Parenn" to get anything.

Why you and many other Haitians are doing so well?

You work hard. I am certain you are intelligent and you would find a way to have a decent life in Haiti.

My friend there are thousands of Haitians who are living a decent life at home w/o waiting for the elite to create job, w/o waiting on the government to do anything for them. If they had to wait on them, they would be in bad shape.

We can not sit on our rear end and wait on them to help us get out of poverty.

Now let's go back to Home: my best friend, who was not lucky to come here, was from Bassin Bleu and slowly pushed himself up the social ladder.

Now, after trials, and hard work, he possesses houses, 2 schools and a couple of businesses.

Many other people like him have made it, and now they live comfortably; they come to visit the US, but they would not stay! There are stories of a lot of fellows Haitians, sons of peasants, retailers, drivers etc who become very successful in life w/o the help of our government
You stated "Going to a foreign country looking for a better life is the only form of job available to those with a college education in Haiti" I know you don't mean that is the only job, but the only option available to them. To this I can say yes and No. One of our problems is that our young brothers, after their college education, would not even learn a trade; they are waiting for the "opportunity to leave" for the Promised Land! Had they learned to do something with their hands, they would not be begging.

There is not too many good mechanics, carpenters, masons etc...

I am not here to defend the "elite".

Yes, they have sponsored some coup, yes they don't do enough, but saying they do nothing and they don't invest is not true and you are not fair in your judgment...

Your last question was to come up with at least one opportunity our government offers.

Honestly, I don't have one! But as you know, thousands of people work for the government which remains the biggest employer in the country.

Is that an opportunity?

You decide! When the president and the "Parlement" decide to reinstated the Army, and grant dual citizenship to thousands of expatriates, there will an abundance of opportunities available to everyone.

I forget that President Aristide gave the people a good opportunity: "Dechoukage".

The "Dechoukage" gives the chance to a lot of thieves, and to thousands of mediocre to occupy high position in the government to catch up with the "Elite"...

My friend as long as we depend on the elite and the government and keep blaming them, we're going much deeper into poverty, because the politicians make a living out of our problem and the elite sees more chance to get wealthier...