Over the last nine years, this administration has tripled the minimum wage and cut poverty in half, from 16% to 8%. But we are not stopping there. In our next term, Jamaica will move from a minimum wage system to a livable wage system, one that seeks to reflect the cost of rent, utilities, food, education, and emergencies. In the very first budget, the minimum wage will rise from $16,000 to $18,500, and it will continue to increase each year. By the end of our third term, it will double to $32,0