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Originally Posted by ExtremeR
Lets see:
The country now is in better shape than August 16, 2004 so we can project from there, there's a world economic crisis including food and oil huge prices and yet the country is in good shape.
I don't know what the writer is trying to state here implying that Leonel only talks and doesn't lead, doesn't he knows that if it wasn't by the aggresive politics of the Banco Central the dollar would be in the 100's and therefore the gas gallon at 400 pesos.
Leonel strikes a very good deal with Venezuela and Petrocaribe and yet they criticize that the country is becoming full of debt. That is something obvious because we don't produce an ounce of oil and we had two options, to pay cash worsening the exchange rate or to finance it with a very good deal as the Petrocaribe deal.
Complains, complains, complains yet people doesn't look into the big picture.
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Every gallon of gas I put in my tank is taxed about 33%. Public officials make salaries of about RD$350,000-400,000 pesos a month (not including their famous perks) when the national average salary is RD$8,000 a month...please.
Bottom line is, the gov't has the money.
Now, until they learn how to spend it correctly (lower gov't salaries, lower corruption), the country will not progress. Leonel basically sidestepped every tough question in this recent press conference cause he doesn't have the answer.