Fine ideas, crossing my fingers, truly wishing him luck.
However, he proposes substantial spending increases, and the only "savings" is in gubmint salary/perk reductions and anti-corruption efforts. Where does the rest of the $$$ come from?
Not sure about the 15% reduction of fuel consumption without harsh gubmint controls over freedom of choice in vehicles and use.
Raising the salaries of 4,000,000 workers will NOT be paid for by the reduction on politico salaries. In fact, increases in minimum wages have the unintended consequence of increasing unemployment. 4,000,000 is a lot of folks to give more $$$ to. Additionally, that would be the stake in the heart of the struggling Free Zones without further subsidies of them.
Other than vague weasel words ("encourage investment", "priortize public spending", etc.), I saw nothing about affecting the #1 economic problem: a plan to sharply increase per capita GDP. Without that, all else is just shuffling a deck with missing cards. Actually, the manditory increasing of wages may have an opposite effect...not good. The marketplace determines what a job is worth. In fact, the most insidious form of inflation is artificial wage inflation.
I also saw nothing about increasing power production/reliability, anything addressing environmental concerns, or modernization of the tax system.
I truly wish the guy well, and support his efforts (short of centralized gubmint control of the means of production). But isn't his message fairly similar to every other Prez contender, MOL? Edumacate the chirren', fight corruption, subsidise gas and electricity, help farmers, and reform the body politic?
Fact is, there is nothing ANY politician or political institution can do about the fundamental problem the DR faces: more population that the internal resources can support. It would take a true Messiah with direct connections to above to solve that one.
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