Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that despite the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, the economy is showing signs of recovery.
Speaking during a recent cabinet press conference, the finance minister announced that although the economy has not gotten back to where it was pre-pandemic, progress is being made.
“As you know our economy was projected to grow by 5.6% in 2020, following another 9.7% the year before with a number of capital projects that were on stream but here came the pandemic,” he pointed out.
While he notes that the economy is not doing as bad as it was in the early stage of the pandemic, he disclosed that we’re not bringing in the revenue that we were bringing in at the same period in 2015.
“But we are seeing progress,” Skerrit stated. “We are seeing improvement in the economy, and of course we are marking this from the revenues coming from the income tax and the value-added tax.”
Another sign of growth in the economy he noted was the million sent out by Haitian nationals who reside here in Dominica, during the past two years.
“To also say to the Dominican public when we complain that there is no money in the economy or there are no jobs, the record shows that just Haitian nationals sent out 22 million dollars in 2020 via money gram and western union,” he stated. “22 million dollars in COVID-19 period…and in 2019 they sent out 23 million dollars. So I wanted to put this important piece of fact so that people appreciate that we may not be where we want but there are opportunities for us as Dominicans to do so.”
Notwithstanding the challenges of the economy, the head of Government emphasized that his government has continued to honour its responsibility.
“We have also maintained consistent payment to the national employment programme to the 70 and over allowance, notwithstanding the fact that there may be one of two students in between who may sometimes are not dealt with administratively in terms of the payments of the school fees, we have paid them for this financial year about 22 million dollars to students studying overseas.”
He went on to commend residents for what he has labelled as “industriousness” in the face of the pandemic.
“People have adapted as a result of COVID-19 and you have seen people change their business model. They have brought in new businesses and my hope and prayer is that we will see these things continue with us as a legacy of COVID-19,” Skerrit said.
The Prime Minister further stressed that importance for citizens to provide support to those types of enterprises going forward.
I have never heard such scrap!! 🥸 Is this from a Finance Minister? If these large sums of money were in circulation in here, one could say that the country is recovering economically. These large sums are being drained out of Dominica’s economy. This is like stabbing someone, watching them bleeding to death and boasting they are healthy, look how much blood they have.
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More than half the time the more stupid some people are it’s the smarter they think they are!
If you were not ………; who can’t understand what I wrote, if you are not mathematically inclined, if you do not understand simple arithmetic: Rasta Man broke it down to you in a simple way, that should cause you to see you are a very ignorant person not capable of understanding anything!
Take a hike, who cares who went where, Europeans, Americans, and people of the world in general travels the world over, and settles.
There are more Dominicans in the diaspora than in Dominica, if the millions of dollars Roosevelt is talking about Haitians sends to Haiti, Dominicans in the diaspora could send that home; Dominica would not be the poorest nation on the planet!
And mind you we in the diaspora do send money to Dominica; shut your damn mouth.
Last year 2020, I built a house in Dominica for my sister; right this moment I am helping.
Last year 2020, I built a house in Dominica for my sister; right this moment I am helping; a young lady I never met, who have a need; I decided to help her build her house, there are other Dominicans who are doing the same as I am doing; but surely our contribution amounts not to twenty-two million dollars per any one year.
God bless Dominica what?
If what Roosevelt said was true than I would also say God Bless Dominica, but the only people who are blessed financially are those who sells passports, and those Roosevelt favors.
The foreigners Roosevelt pays a fee of twenty ($20,000,000.00) million free, plus money he claims to build hotel on the island, put that into your damn head okay stop responding to people talking fart when you do not know what is taking place in Dominica.
In that case the Haitians have more money than what revenue is in the government treasury!
How many Haitians resides in Dominica?
Viewsexpressed my comments following your submission was intended to follow that of the creep “Truth Be Told:”
Calling me pathetic, when she it the pathetic clown!
And by the way she is also Kid On Block too; perhaps she operate under other names also, you know how dem fake people have plenty names nuh!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
I boy only have one name ou!
Wait until Elizabeth here bout this!
I wonder how the PM can state so categorically how much money has been remitted to Haiti via privately owned commercial money exchanges. What is the reporting responsibility of WU and MG?
I would be more interested in learning how much Haitian nationals have contributed in income taxes, pension payments and other social benefits payments IN Dominica – once those have been paid, then who the heck cares what they do with what’s left over? Or, is it impossible to report such information that would benefit all Dominicans because because the funds are acquired illegally and there are no taxes being paid? Bearing in mind that most Dominicans who remitted funds from overseas were legal residents of wherever they were, paid their dues, and then sent money home.
BTW this is a global census year. When is the census being held there?
Just listen to this foolish man… If anybody wants to see the evidence of how well our country is doing just look at the Dominica State College! On a slightly different note, should a man that measures how well our country is doing economically on the amount of money that foreigners sent to their country of origin, be Minister of Finance, let alone PM??? How about using the rate of employment, the average income per household…
The last time it was the Dominican Economy is doing very well to the point Dominicans at home were sending monies to Families in the USA via MoneyGram and Western Union.
This time it is the Dominican Economy is doing well but it is not because of Dominicans. It is because of the Haitians who sent home $22M in 2020 during Covid-19. ( LOLOLOL)…via MG and WU which is approximately $2M monthly.
Skerrit is tired of disrespecting Dominicans intelligence and he needs a serious “Public” flogging.
He has Voodoo Economics supported by a Ponzi Scheme!!!!
It would have been better if Skerritt had pointed to the fact that he is able to pay Dennis Byron $450,000 to undertake a useless and biased exercise which outcome is pre-determined as proof that things are on the up and up. Why didn’t Skerritt point to the amount of money received in the country from overseas residing Dominicans? It’s called lying with statistics and he knows that those who are “red” won’t do a deep dive into whatever he says.
What is it that Dominicans are so afraid of? In Myanmar, despite over 700 hundred having been killed by the military, they are still protesting. Why are Dominicans afraid to stand up for themselves? People understand, there is less than 600 security officials in this State, they cannot kill us all. If we don’t begin to stand up for ourselves and our children and grandchildren NOW, we will be sorry later. The longer we wait, the harder it will become to rid ourselves of the corrupt, greedy, uncaring entity that is in power. Time to begin the winds of change.
Cowards they all are.
Jonathan must you always oppose for opposing sake.
Jonathan please be objective for once and try to look at the good things here in Dominica.
Jonathan try for once and look for some positive.
I await your list soon. Forget Skerro and look at the island topography etc. Start in your home village Castle Bruce.
What would you tell people about Castle Bruce that would let them come visit Castle Bruce? I sure you would want to say it is the best village. Why!
Homework time J St Jean.
I forgot when last did u visit?
@The Truth Be Told, you are way off base. The focus and subject of this article is Skerritt’s absurd assertion that because some Haitians sent $22 million to their loved ones back home, then the Dominican economy is doing very well. Only a double doctorate dude with honorary doctorates can come up with such an absurd matrix for grading economic performance. Since this subject has nothing to do with praising Castle Bruce, you are way off base and I’m not following you into that rabbit hole, but prefer to remain on message. Why don’t you want me to be critical of Skerritt? Do you want me to criticize “Ugly Willy” instead for the short comings in the country? I see many wrong things with governance of the country and it’s my right to point those out, especially since it’s a populist, quasi autocratic leadership style that passes for Democracy. I’m sure that you criticized Trump yet you don’t want me to criticize Skerritt. Hypocrite.
‘The Truth be this idiot 😜 liar”. What a disgusting, blind loyalist of this failed incompetent Skerrit and his obvious failed Labourious Labour Party Government.
You and your failed blind political Clown 🤡 are the ones creating the Poverty, poor governance, fake news and ignorant to the facts of Socioeconomic development. Look where our people and our Dominica is under this Failed incompetent immnature visionless failed Labour government and its incompetent failed Labour government. It is time that our DOMINICAN People wake up and smell that Red Bobolistic LABOUR Clinic openly Blind and Idiotic to the concept of Socio-Economic Development. Our families farmers and people are Suffering and have nowhere to go 😭 to established themselves and feed their children and families. We hear of sales of States funds yet the poverty is upon our People which obviously due to the failure of this failed PRIME Minister and our Dominica. We need change and DLP out. Welcome UWP with Hon. LINTON.Yes
Yeah right, while you hide somewhere outside Dominica. Come home, involve yourself and tell us that in person.
Look at Skerrit laugh at Dominicans! I cannot help but laugh with you PM, say sort yo sort! My PM holding back the laughter while telling them the economy good! Of course the economy good for you and yours, your boat people up North, the Haitians coming and going, the people of Portsmouth, Calibishie, Vieille Case, Thibaud, the boat people of Grand Bay, of course the economy good for you all. Laugh! He who laughs last laughs the best kar-mem!
Mr good foolish how that showing improvement in the economy them people getting more work than Dominincans and at the End of the day sacrificing what they have to help their people back home who in a worst situation in Hati meanwhile they there Dominica yet to improve in their personal standard of life Dominicans Good too have mister just talking crap the economy struggling more than ever money not turning the place dead and you skerrit coming with that crap!
But skerrit serious man? Why would he blatantly lie about school fees being paid for university students ?
The government owing PLENTY PLENTY students tuition.
The government owing PLENTY PLENTY students housing assistance.
This is illegal n misleading. Pay ur students tuition and housing!
Just look at this Clown, a pictures says a thousand words…
Not sure I understand well, but :
if 22 M$ are sent out, by Haitians living in DA, this money is lost for DA !
instead of being invested and spent in DA for the sake of our economy and wealth ?
And the fool is happy to to proclaim that. I believe he is lying as usual, look at his face
Roosevelt, you are a born liar, you will forever be a damn liar to the day of your exit into eternal oblivion.
Dominica Roosevelt is a place with no industries, no employment; tell the world from what source these Haitians get the how many millions you are talking sent to Haiti.
You are so ignorant; that is why I have to choke you as soon as you open your mouth.
Look at this: 22,000,000.00 / 70,000.00 = 314,285.71.
The point I am trying to make is that Dominicans claim there are 70, 000.00 people in Dominica, they are not all Haitians, so for that to happen in any one year, seventy thousand Haitians would each have to send approximately three ($314,285.71) hundred-fourteen thousand dollars and seventy-one cents to Haiti in a year, or ten years which ever you prefer Roosevelt!
You see how easy it is to prove someone a lying idiot!
If there are 70, 000 people in Dominica, 96% are unemployed; account for the money from where it came?
In order for your lie to stick Roosevelt, every Haitian residing in Dominica would have to be involve in something illegal, maybe dealing in illegal drugs, or they might be printing counterfeit money under you nose; but you are so blind and lie you can’t see!
Roosevelt, you can lie and make belief as much as you wish; but Dominica will eventually collapses under your feet, while you are selling Dominica passports which is the nations only industry, and the main source of revenue!
You have absolutely no shame; liars have no shame!
Pathetic Francisco! When will you guys stop those hateful comments?
Where is the love in your heart? Your comments do not give anything to learn to anyone just hatred.
How can you speak about someone like this even if you do not support them? Promoting hate crimes, strife, and war. Partner, you know better than that. Respect is earned but it is the same thing over and over from your foul mouth.
Boy grow up and let us see some educational comments from the likes of you.
I see you growing up to be a grumpy person if you do not take stock of your behavior. Repent is to turn from your ways and replace it with a better attitude. Take stock and do some introspection. Partner, you need that.
God bless the Commonwealth of Dominica
You that thing, whoever you are, or whatever you are; I don’t want to hear you crap about hate love and heart!
Am a realists, I am not easily taken into the lies of people like you and Roosevelt Skerrit, I don’t care to hear from people who appear to have mental or psychological issues.
I read all of your comments.
I invite you to read everything you wrote in the past days; and compare them to what I am responding to; you will find something is wrong with you mentally!
I don’t have time for that; this man tells you that Haitians sent home twenty-two (22 million) dollars to Haiti; I exposed him to be a liar based on simply mathematics, and you like an idiot do understand the logic shoots off you mouth like a donkey braying; if you do not have anything important to say to me. Just shut up!
Any kindergarten kid who can count from one to a hundred should understand the logic!
So Called Truth be told..stop your idiot Thoughts and the Hell Out, away from this Comical Odd Minister of Yours. For you and your Nonsensical ridiculous thoughts is all about Failed incompetent idiotic failed Skerrit who should have been this “Odd Minister” muchless to be this failed Immature Incompetent “Prime MINISTER”. Who the Hell put this Fake Clown 🤡 😂 in our Government as “Honourable Fake Prime “Odd” Minister. This is do sad to have this Incompetent, visionless idiotic Prime Minister who knows absolutely nothing of Social Development and worse yet ignorant on Socioeconomic Development towards the elevation of our Students and children to have in preparation the opportunities and challenges to be employed after graduating from School 🏫
We drive around Dominica and all we see is poverty and begging all over. Skerrit is a big Political Joker Who’s absolutely ignorant to the thoughts and meaning of Socioeconomic Development.His interest is Red Clinic. This is to gain…
Your math is incorrect. Its $314 (three hundred and fourteen….) not three hundred thousand.
But your theory still stands that it is an alarming amount. As to the honesty of the PM i cant say because i havent seen or received the statistics from the payment gateway institutions.
But if the country has 5000 Haitians(assumption) they each on average would have to send $4,400xcd. I don’t think thats impossible.
I believe however that our census should include more data, and such data made available to the public. Nowhere on the internet could i find general demographics or even an idea as to how many immigrants we have on island whether Haitian or other.
Skerrit taking people for PapiShow man!!!
BossMan aright lets talk Numbers:
What’s the Gross Domestic Product???
What amount of production of that Product you using to make your claims???
As though last time Marn check Dominica didn’t have a Gross Domestic Product!!!
Question again, as you claim Haitians sent 22 million dollars back to Haiti, Garcon you not Shame to say dat when you still have poverty in your country???
What leader of a people would boast that foreigners are making headway and their people not making any???
Don’t want to take away anything from the Haitians yeah but Skerrit as a leader of people you claim to love, and have all the numbers, can’t you figure what those Haitians doing and give your people some heads-up so some of those millions can stay back in the circulation at Dominica,,,
Est que ou forget that Dominicans went to the UK, St Thomas, Antigua, Curacoa, Aruba, St Maarten, St Martin, Guadeloupe, etc and sent monies back to us in Dominica?
Are u old enough to remember the wooden houses on coconut or wooden stilts?
Are you so discriminating that u forgot where we came from. Haitians are hard-working & only doing the same as our relatives did in 1960, 70, 80, even still now we have lots of Dominicans all over the world even as far as Australia, Sweden, etc.
Zor toe copawaiazon as zor forget where we came from because nou nee Caise Block and we forget we had bout Chambre and card for our partition. Dormir en lez matla pie cocoa. We forget now we have Dunlop.
We have made progress materially but have lost our hearts to envy, hatred, jealousy, and unforgiveness. We have even forgotten Jehovah the creator and all some of us do is create a situation for strife and war. All is politics.
Repent people and show love for love is of God!
Let my comment…
But what you saying nuh,,,
Back in those days you talking about GEEST Industries was Dominica’s Bread-n-Buttah, there was a Gross Domestic and everybody was enjoying from the production,,,
These days what’s there nuh maybe you can answer the question for Skerrit, What is Dominica’s Gross Domestic Product???
Garçon know your story and do your investigation,,,
Half them Haitians there is on a Pass-Through Status, the next 1/4 there doing little jobs like gardening, bakery and some construction work, but what big productions that going on like that nuh,,,
Some of them have monopolize the markets both at Portsmouth and Roseau Markets, and they do this by teamwork,,,
But the issue still there and as a leader of a country Skerrit should be ashamed to come and talk about Immigrants in his country sending money to their HomeLand as a benchmark for that economy’s status,,,
Just like Skerrit you doh know your @$$ from your Elbow!!!
He Cites 22 million sent to Haiti by Haitians, is this Prime Minister Mad? That money should have stayed in Dominica for the Dominican economy, he has his priorities backwards Dominica needs a new Prime minister.
How is economy recovering if named amount of money is going out of the Country and not being circulated within?
How much has Chinese sent to China?
Zor toe conpawaison.
How much came in from our hard working family all over the world when we were probably like Haiti in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s?
Remember where we came from and the way it used to be.
Remember how many people studied in Cuba and are serving our country.
There are so many things to remember that you would stop discriminating against anyone. We depended previously on help from our overseas relatives – The pounds, francs then Euros from 2002, US$,
Ah magres ca! Why forget your mac bobo!
That is all I have to say.
Lazyness,lies and a high level of stupidity has caused IBO and the other UWP coonu to be blind.Go to the USA and you will see,hundreds of Dominicans who left for GREENER PASTURES have failed.As usual UWP propaganda.In Pottersville at 5am ,in Massacre at 5 am,in Mahaut at 3am one will see DRUNK Dominicans in a RUM SHOP,while the Haitians are at or leaving for work.IBO encouraging LAZINESS
Were you one of them drunk in the rum shop?
Lin, They forget when our people migrated tous par tou, sent the US$, Pounds, Franc then Euros. The Haitians are only doing what many of our people did in the 60’s, 70’s and beyond. Now because they have Caise Block, they forget the wooden houses not even on concrete bases but on wooden stilts. They forget going by the post to recieve the registered letter with the postal order etc, going to the post office to change the money, Those days the pound was all like $5.00.
They forget or must we tell them that our ancestors went to the UK on the Federal Maple & Palm. The banana boat etc. worked at multiple jobs to send back to us young ones. I will be ashamed of you or anyone who speaks against the Haitians or anyone who comes here to work to feed their family back home.
LEST WE FORGET. Look around us some of the retirees have built their dream home in Dominica yes home.
LEST WE FORGET. Do not be ungrateful young people. Read history to know or ask questions. Stop…
@The Truth Be Told, you and the clown don’t even understand the right context of the article. Most who have commented on the absurd message from Skerritt that Dominica’s economy is doing great because Haitians sent money home, are not forgetting that Dominicans were and are still sending money home from overseas too. They are lamenting the asinine equivalence that Skerritt is making. He wouldn’t get a job to teach economics at a respected institution with that ridiculous assertion. You two guys are way off base and unhinged.
Madam Lin Clown 🤡 , we are still trying to comprehend your thoughts that you attempt to sell to us which is despicable and cheap. Our country needs trusted, commited, Honourable people in our Government to Professionally and honestly to undertake the tasks of having respect and decency and willingness to serve all our people and that our country’s Development must be respected and NOT ABUSED by failed incompetent Questionable inmature politicians who are currently in our Government playing this Bobolistic Fools and buying this Fake disgusting so called fanfare from this visionless failed Labour Party Government and its incompetent leadership and failed Labour government. We have had enough of this failed incompetent Labour government and its failed PM Leadership and Labour GOVERNMENT.
We have had enough of this LABOUR fanfare and Idiotic thoughts.Our Dominica’ desperately needs honest, visionary, dedicated, Professional people in our Government. We welcome UWP Hon. LENNOX LINTON.
If the economy is so good then public officers should have received a bigger increase, and state college lectures should not have to suffer for months on end. Haitians are sending 22 million to Haiti, can you give a breakdown of the time period when this money was sent? and sir I hope is not the money that was given to them to vote .
Man you blooody lieing… What you talking bout fada? My brother you cut NEP pay by half.. Ross gone… Whitchurch in posie gone.. courts in posie gone … Kfc possie gone.. LA enterprises in possie just closed down.. my brother u a bloody scyamp … Look at the state of the colledge boss… Where are the jobs.. you scyamps saving up millions in foreign bank accounts and people struggling … What tax and vst u talking bout.. my brother if u raise tax and vat is not more u will get? Whilstthe people get no increase in their salary.. my brother better you call the electiong next year for us to vote all you rass out of there. If not we will have to demonstrate until all u leave office
OK so Haitians sent 22M home and you proud of that? Yeah it shows that the most likely the “black” market in human trafficking, stealing from their peers by renting rented property by head to them, prostitution, extortion of each other and drug trafficking is ongoing. That’s what it shows, They know your days are numbered so they sending their money home.
People, these comments undoubtedly show that Mr. Skerrit has completely lost contact with the common Dominican.
What do you expect from a ruler who has barricaded himself in a $29 000 000 palatial mansion surrounded by a high concrete fence guarded by a trigger happy militia.
Skerrit is living a champagne life-style fully funded by poor tax payers while these said tax payers can’t even afford to buy salt to season their pot. This is an unpardonable wrong against every resident and non-resident Dominican.
Where are the results from last census? Where the annual reports from statistics division? The air coming from Skerrit mouth stinks of disrespect for the Dominica population. This tells me tbe PM is convinced Dominicans are fools why he speaks such crap. How much of that revenue bleeding was paid in taxes? How much of that bleeding when to social security? These means that 22 million is taken out of circulation in Dominica that is not used to pay banks etc. Just recently you gave aid bank 27 million. Cant you guys see this foll need to be removed from office. This is purely to insult dominicans tell them they should shut up. How much money came into the country through remuneration? Family sending home money to fill family void. You seem to have info from monegram and western union. If that is the standard which you measure economic recovery then the ministry of finance is really ran by an asterisk. A real Jack Asterisks.
This man is absolute trash, stop lie for man fada
People were not ‘made to scrunt’. You must and should create surplus, then use the surplus to big us up and make our lives easier. Like they do in one of our favorite places, Dubai. Love Haitien people for who they are historically etc, they work hard and so do we.
Create surplus, work surplus to make living easier here! You know what I mean, yes you do.
Foolish talk by a PM who lacks intellect, and one who is totally unfit to govern. Skerrit is detached from the struggles of the ordinary Dominican, that cannot put bread on his table. Go walk the streets of Roseau, and you will hear and feel the struggles of the people. But you don’t care a darn… Was that the reason why you took EC$64000.00 a month while other people got nothing?
Now tell us how many billions other companies have shipped out of Dominica while locals cannot get a job.
This unadulterated garbage emanating from Skerrit’s lying mouth shows his depraved indifference to the desperate conditions that thousands of Dominicans are going though at this present moment.
For this man to claim that the economy was vibrant before Hurricane Maria and is roaring back at present is cartoonishly laughable.
If Haitians were having it so good as this mendacious man confidently posited then why so many of them are risking their lives and freedom to exit Dominica illegally for greener pastures in neighboring islands?
Mr. Skerrit when your wall of lies is put under scrutiny it comes tumbling down to rubble. You live in a post truth biosphere with your cabinet of straw weight disciples.
But de money going out of Dominica Skerrit. I know of foreign contractors who only hire non-Dominicans only Haitians. Can you imagine de imagine de boost in our tax revenue that would be created by EMPLOYED DOMINICANS?
Haitians don’t pay taxes neither social security contribution. So who really benefited? We see dem in long lines everyday. We see who benefiting.
How much did Dominicans bring into the country by de way…. just curious?
Probably you should have asked the Haitians to fix the DSC and put desks for the students.
What does Haitians sending moneys overseas have to do with what the Government puts in place to facilitate it’s Citizens?
What about remittances to Dominica from families overseas? Can we also use this as a measure of how difficult or needy the country is?
No doubt there are opportunities for all in Dominica, and I agree Dominicans can do way more, but that does not pardon or minimize the impacts of the Government’s poor decision making.
Use Dominica money more strategically, for example employ local contractors to run some of the major projects , and put the Passport money in the treasury at the disposal of all Dominicans.
It was so embarrassing to see the state of the College today, and I can’t understand what Haitian money have to do with that. It was a terrible decision to stop tuition fees, and I’m afraid this is a sign of the impending state of the various Apts. built over the…
It just goes to show the PM doesn’t know anything about economics. Money made in Dominica and sent to Haiti is a loss to the Dominican economy and a boon to the Haitian economy. Simple as that.
whenever i see his face, i does feel like i have a severe case of food poisoning. real talk fada. From experience, i know when he smiling is lie he telling. Dominicans afraid of their shadow. they does smile back with him, soon as he turn his back is maypwi on his head like they fraid to talk to his face and tell him is nonsense he doing. I see that live on the beach Mero.
PAPA GOD!!!. People, i urge you to go to Morne Daniel where he is building his wall. You will see Chinese people, and about 3 or 4 young black men. These young men are Haitians. Skerrit have a partner, an older gentleman with cornrows in his hair (from St. Joe) that does organise for all the haitians for skerrit to work on his farm. So if is Chinese and Haitian alone that getting work here, they do right send back 22million in Dominican money outside of the country. Meanwhile Dominicans will remain poor and hungry and not stand up for their rights in a country that is ours.
when Haitians protested and made their noice for visa, not one police was sent to beat and shoot them. Today students protesting for better facilities, riot squad and police in fatigues up stockfarm. Bus drivers, same thing. Come Roseau on a saturday night and he will see the economy booming. Place does be like a ghost town. Skerrit living in his own world of stolen money and illusions.