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Santo Domingo.- The government’s plan to subsidize diesel for public transport and cargo vehicles, while welcomed by the transport sector has been criticized by business leaders, who describe the measure as discriminatory and politically motivated.

These were the views of the National Gasoline Retailers Association leader Juan Ignacio Espaillat and former National Private Business Council head Elena Viyella de Paliza, who said that the subsidy was contradictory and discriminatory, which could become a source of “tremendous administrative corruption”.

Freddy Méndez, president of the Bus Owners’ Union said that the subsidy should be analyzed to determine whether or not it was needed, while transport leader Juan Hubieres suggested that it could be applied according to route and not by organization or union.

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Written by: tuan, 1 Dec 2007 8:00 AM
From: pop
Elena VdP has it right. ENORMOUS corruption! But after May 16th must I still hire Tony Soprano's guys to truck something from the port when I've got my own truck? And must I pay more than them for my gasoil?
You bet.
Written by: lourdes, 1 Dec 2007 2:54 PM
From: santo domingo
How you have the gusts, to make an opinion , when ypour family is a group of corrupts.
Written by: Billy H. Adams, 2 Dec 2007 1:44 PM
From: Santiago, Santiago
The true solution is to disband these "Unions" on a national scale through Legislative incentives and allow them to reform as individual unions, categorized by the type of service they render to the Public. Then reqire them to negotiate any grievences with the appropriate business sector.
Of course, this sort of a solution would require "Political Will" which the Administrations and the Legislative bodies steer very clear of through fear and intimidation of retribution by union members.
Written by: Billy H. Adams, 2 Dec 2007 1:52 PM
From: Santiago, Santiago
It follows that the Unions have taken on a mask of being a "Cartel" diametrically opposed to social, economic and political progress in the DR and their "power" needs to be obliterated for the sake of long term progress.
It is also increasingly obvious that theunion leaders love to "flex their muscles" in the face of the public for which they have not the least bit of consideration as to the consequences of their demands and actions.
So, will theGovernment act?? I seriously doubt it.
Written by: Billy H. Adams, 2 Dec 2007 2:24 PM
From: Santiago, Santiago
I find that I am on the side of business in this matter. Under democratic rule, businesses should be allowed to transport their goods from Ports of Entry without regard to local or national Unions interferring with their methods. If the drivers whom they hire belonged to a "Drivers union" then they could deal directly with those in the matters of wages and benefits without the national getting into the act.
As it stands now, these unions fall in the category of Monopolistic operations.
Written by: Reynaldo Pichardo, 4 Dec 2007 6:44 AM
From: Orlando FL
Welcome to the Dominican Republic!
That's the extend of what you can manipulate by saying thanks! Other than that good luck trying to change anything there.
Written by: mike l, 4 Dec 2007 8:52 AM
From: pop
Billy ,old chap, your article describes things the way they ought to be if things are to function efficiently and competitively. your problem is that you lived in the united staes too long; in that country there are anti-trust laws, with teeth! big guys scare no-one. microsoft, one of the biggest players not only in america, but in the world, is hauled into court and fined every time you blink. they drag them kicking and screaming into federal court, but when the decisions go against them, they
Written by: mike l, 4 Dec 2007 8:57 AM
From: pop
contd,
have to comply like everyone else. in america, Bill Gates scares nobody! he cant throw his weight around and intimidate and influence politicians.that is because the usa has a history of promoting fair competition. the dr, on the other hand ,is a country that has a long history of coercive monopolies. no antitrust laws were ever in place. note that in the last few weeks the leader informs us that competition is now the law of the land. i find it entertaining that in the year 2007 the
Written by: mike l, 4 Dec 2007 9:03 AM
From: pop
leader of a country makes such a pronouncement. it is a little late in the day for that. you cant teach old dogs new tricks. this entire generation of monopolists, along with their retinue of enablers, enforcers, thugs and gangster wannabees, political sell-outs and sundry other saboteurs of free enterprise ,will have to die off before we see any semblance of rational commerce. we languish in position # 100 on the entrepreneurship index,because WILD SPIRITS with great new ideas to make the
Written by: mike l, 4 Dec 2007 9:09 AM
From: pop
economy more competetive, are not incentivised; quite the contrary.they are threatened and bullied by the old guard; stone age practitioners who havent had a fresh new idea in 200 years! they are still using methods that were current during WW1. they maintain their perch at the top of the economic ladder not through effeciencies, but by coercion and exclusion. but ,there is hope. the majority of them will be dead in 50 years. then we might see the seeds of change
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