Public Works 2004-2008

[NALs]

In the following link you will have access to a book in Adobe Acrobat form that presents some of the public works that were executed and/or finished in the 2004-2008 time period.

Leonel Fernández' Administration Public Works 2004-2008 (PDF)

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[A.Hidalgo]

así como el énfasis en grandes obras públicas, a expensas del gasto social.

Translation

as well as the emphasis on large public works projects at the expense of social spending.

The above is from author and historian Bernardo Vega answering a question about President Fernandez's speech, were the president seems to take the Balaguer mantle, marking a shift in his political philosophy......eerrr elections are only a few months away.

Bienvenidos al Hoy Digital

Dominican Republic News & Travel Information Service

[NALs]

What Bernardo should've said was that the large projects attract the bulk of the attention.

Its always interesting to compare public perception with what actually occurs.

Most people think large projects compose the majority of public works and yet, most of the public works projects are relatively small, consisting mostly of health centers, education centers, aqueducts, electrification of rural areas, so on and so forth.

The same inconsistency between public opinion and the reality of public spending can be seen when a close analysis of the national budget and how the funds are being allocated.

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[Chip]

I can name a few public projects:

Fulanos and los primos de fulano got a new house and jipeta and a cushy job making 20 times what the normal population makes at which he has to do nothing nor has any accountability x 5000. Impressive, no?

[NALs]

Originally Posted by Chip

I can name a few public projects:

Fulanos and los primos de fulano got a new house and jipeta and a cushy job making 20 times what the normal population makes at which he has to do nothing nor has any accountability x 5000. Impressive, no?

Case in point!

Despite the fact that the vast majority of the government's expenditure is NOT in wages, some people seem to think otherwise.

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[CarpeDReam]

Originally Posted by Chip

I can name a few public projects:

Fulanos and los primos de fulano got a new house and jipeta and a cushy job making 20 times what the normal population makes at which he has to do nothing nor has any accountability x 5000. Impressive, no?

I guess some people just prefer to be bitter...

Anyway, here's LF's speech at his proclamation the other day...for anyone interested:

YouTube - PlataformaMorada1's Channel

[Chip]

Originally Posted by CarpeDReam

I guess some people just prefer to be bitter...

Anyway, here's LF's speech at his proclamation the other day...for anyone interested:

YouTube - PlataformaMorada1's Channel

It is hard to take anybody seriously who defends government policies like here in the DR where politicians are paid more than politicians in the States and they are unaccountable, and unprofessional. Many don't even have an education. They don't respond to the public either.

Furthermore, they make a whole lot more their professional counterpart in the private sector - this is not found in other succeful Western governments. It boggles the mind of the ignorance of the people who can defend this, although I can understand that a poor uneducated person here can be hoodwinked, but when an educated person here defends idiotic and worthless policies such as this it seems apparent to all that this person or his family either directly or indirectly benefits from such policies.

[Hipocrito Mejia]

Some people make this thread look like a paid advertisement for the sitting government, when in fact, they are a bunch of crooks just like the groups that went before them. Sadly, we all have more of the same to look forward to.

[Chip]

Originally Posted by Hipocrito Mejia

Some people make this thread look like a paid advertisement for the sitting government, when in fact, they are a bunch of crooks just like the groups that went before them. Sadly, we all have more of the same to look forward to.

Tell it like it is, thanks.

[Texas Bill]

I've said this before on a different thread, but that was a couple of years ago.

As long as there is the APPEARANCE of progress, regardless of the consequences, there will be those who will perpetuate that APPEARANCE with vigor.
There ais a marked difference between the APPEARANCE and the ACTUALITY of events.
To those who support ONLY the APPEARANCE of progress without delving into the ACTUAL progress, you have "tunnel vision" of theworst kind. you just don't face reality and that is a very sad thing indeed, for it represents a "blind following" of the suicidal tendencies of a population.
Remember the periodic suicidal actions of the Lemmings???
That is the path you follow.
You are more concerned with APPEARANCES than with ACTUALITIES.

So sad, too bad, you're mad.

Texas Bill