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06-19-2008, 08:35 PM
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Gold
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Join Date: May 2002
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Stupid DR Government
The Manhole covers are being stolen and
sold as scrapmetal because of the high
price for metal these days.
The government in order to stop this will
replace them with a heavy concrete-like plastic
covers bought from Mexico at $115.00 USD each.
How dumb is that? Why not impose a hefty fine with the
possiblity of jail time and business shut down to buyers
caught accepting any city's belonging items, and give them
unannounced inspections?
All they have to do is make the buyers pay dearly
for buying anything that makes up or is part of the
city or country's infrastructure.
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06-19-2008, 08:47 PM
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Gold
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,634
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_DR
The Manhole covers are being stolen and
sold as scrapmetal because of the high
price for metal these days.
The government in order to stop this will
replace them with a heavy concrete-like plastic
covers bought from Mexico at $115.00 USD each.
How dumb is that? Why not impose a hefty fine with the
possiblity of jail time and business shut down to buyers
caught accepting any city's belonging items, and give them
unannounced inspections?
All they have to do is make the buyers pay dearly
for buying anything that makes up or is part of the
city or country's infrastructure.
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The title of your post says it all. Nothing to add.
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06-19-2008, 08:49 PM
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 13,642
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddy
The title of your post says it all. Nothing to add.
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It wouldn't be so bad if they made coins out of them......
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06-19-2008, 08:56 PM
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Gold
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky
It wouldn't be so bad if they made coins out of them......
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Mr_DR, it ain't strictly a dominican plague, happens in my country as well, one dude even stole and sold an iron bridge - which is DR would have never happened as all the iron for the bridge was stolen "off plan" and government settled for cement bridge instead.
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06-19-2008, 09:08 PM
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Silver
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 133
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_DR
The Manhole covers are being stolen and
sold as scrapmetal because of the high
price for metal these days.
The government in order to stop this will
replace them with a heavy concrete-like plastic
covers bought from Mexico at $115.00 USD each.
How dumb is that? Why not impose a hefty fine with the
possiblity of jail time and business shut down to buyers
caught accepting any city's belonging items, and give them
unannounced inspections?
All they have to do is make the buyers pay dearly
for buying anything that makes up or is part of the
city or country's infrastructure.
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Because they can steal more money from the budget of a concrete-like plastic cover that cost USD115.00 each unit than from imposing fines.
Our Government is many things, sadly stupid is not one of them. They're corrupt, amoral, arrogant delinquents, but stupid? no sir, the only stupid people here are the pueblo.
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06-19-2008, 09:26 PM
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Gold
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Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dv8
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An Iron Bridge?
K cojones!!! If that doesnt warrant a major beatdown at the hand of the entire population
I dont know what will.
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06-19-2008, 09:28 PM
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Gold
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Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky
It wouldn't be so bad if they made coins out of them......
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no kidding...atleast something useful
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06-19-2008, 09:29 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 2,023
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My friends and I stole 2 manhole covers here in NYC when we were teenagers-but we needed them because the vinyl weights we were pumping weren't heavy enough.
I have no idea how much they weighed, but they were heavy enough to bend the bar we were using and I was only able to put them up once in the bench press.
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06-19-2008, 09:35 PM
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Gold
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Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lollipop
Because they can steal more money from the budget of a concrete-like plastic cover that cost USD115.00 each unit than from imposing fines.
Our Government is many things, sadly stupid is not one of them. They're corrupt, amoral, arrogant delinquents, but stupid? no sir, the only stupid people here are the pueblo.
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The more s*** like this i see, the more i would like to see another Trujillo resurface.
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06-19-2008, 09:51 PM
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DR1
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Join Date: Jan 1999
Posts: 9,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_DR
The Manhole covers are being stolen and
sold as scrapmetal because of the high
price for metal these days.
The government in order to stop this will
replace them with a heavy concrete-like plastic
covers bought from Mexico at $115.00 USD each.
How dumb is that? Why not impose a hefty fine with the
possiblity of jail time and business shut down to buyers
caught accepting any city's belonging items, and give them
unannounced inspections?
All they have to do is make the buyers pay dearly
for buying anything that makes up or is part of the
city or country's infrastructure.
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It makes perfect sense. I'm sure it's cheaper to replace the old ones than chase people around the city, prosecute, fine people etc etc.
Plus somebody's cousin earns some graft by bringing them into the DR, installing them etc etc.
Or...
Maybe you can stand guard when your next in the DR?
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