The provision of social security in the CARICOM region via P.A.M's. : the freedom CARR

How best should Social Security (S.S.) be provided in the CARICOM Region during and after the Covid 19 Crisis? The resilient Citizenry of the CARICOM Region, are prone and accustomed to constant socio-economic crises, however, the Covid 19 Pandemic has prioritized the urgent need for Universal Provision of Social Security (S.S.). A 'Poverty of Resources' Developmental Approach1 is now mandatory, as the Pandemic has exacerbated the Poverty of an historically, structurally-impoverished CARICOM People. The Capitalist, neo-liberal, 'Resources of Poverty' Approach (and Residual S.S. Logic) 2 to S.S. Provision via Cash Transfers, Microfinance, Social Funds, etc. do NOT serve to break the CARICOM Persistent Poverty-Cycle. Residual3 (Negative) S.S. Provision, and the Wrong Citizenship (A Vertical Model of CARICOM Citizenship4)thereof, is structurally (& ethically) incapable of eradicating the Poverty of CARICOM People. Negative S.S. Provision simply helps some of the targeted-Poor5 to survive. Capitalist, neo-liberal, Social Security Provisioning in CARICOM does not provide nor represent the Head-Start/ Transformative Assets6 needed for the individual targeted recipients of the Citizenry to transcend and escape the Historical Capitalist (Slavery; Colonialism; Neo-Colonialism; Liberal & Neo-Liberal Globalization) Structure of Poverty. Hence with regards to the Research Question, "How best should Social Security (S.S.) be provided in the CARICOM Region during and after the Covid 19 Crisis?", this Research Paper offers the practical recommendation of Poverty-Alleviating Mentalities & Mechanisms (P.A.M's.). P.A.M's. are Humane Co-operative Groups that utilize Control, Accountability, Rotation, and Regularity to alleviate Poverty. P.A.M's. provide Universal (Positive) S.S. and facilitate Right Citizenship. P.A.M's. can represent a Way of Harmony between Top-down & Grassroots S.S. Provisioning, that can provide Collective Head-Start/Transformative Assets to CARICOM People. P.A.M's counteract Poverty-Inducing Mentalities & Mechanisms (P.I.M's.) by positive connection, administration, and manipulation of the seven (7) Human Factors of S.S. At early, small-membership stages, P.A.M's are concerned with Survival; at later, greater-membership stages, P.A.M's., as a matter of natural course, provide Survival + Growth.7 The Social Policy for Sustainable Development of CARICOM Governments can facilitate the creation of Survival + Growth P.A.M's (grant Spaces, Facilities, Cash & Knowledge Transfers, etc.) as a Local Development Strategy for National Poverty Reduction, National Positive S.S. Provision; and for the destruction of the Persistent Poverty Cycle. Creative Syncretism between Central & Local Government and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), can spur Sustainable Development of the CARICOM Region via Co-operative Endogamous Development (CED). CED involves the creation of Collective Autonomous Innovative Geographies (CAIG)8 that can provide Universal Unconditional Welfare (UUW); and Universal Conditional Welfare (UCW). CED involves Inward Investment & Cultivation of Right Local Epistemology (RLE). CED is concerned with Nation-building on the Foundation of Right Local Epistemology (RLE). The aim of CED is the attainment of Right Citizenship (A Horizontal Model of CARICOM Citizenship)9 via P.A.M's. which employ Right Mentality, and Right Mechanism in the provision of Positive Social Security. Positive S.S. directly involves unconditional & conditional access to Social Capital 10; and Right Social Justice (Right Recognition & Right Redistribution)11. In light of the aforementioned, this Research Paper is a CARICOM Local Development Strategy; a Social Policy Brief that advocates for the Sustainable Development of CARICOM, via the creation of P.A.M's. The Research Paper uses the examples of an Employment-Sector P.A.M.; a Geographical-Region P.A.M.; and the RLE' Gayap Concept to demonstrate the efficacy of CED in the CARICOM context. The Research Paper aims to highlight a Way to practically facilitate and promote Right Citizenship and the provision of Positive Social Security, via the institutional-implementation of a Parish (Electoral College/Constituency) P.A.M. System for Sustainable CARICOM Development.