A surpluss of food is the fundamental building block of society. Now if only we could get away from wanting to import'and tax' every step in the agriculture proscess IE feed and fertalizer etc... we would really be making headway.

In D.R. there are small and medium-scale farmers. This so called small/medium farmars are supposed to become international exporters. So if a tipical dominican-campesino with his " conuco ", will have available so much U.S.-dollars to send him/her flying to some unknown land to sell his/her products. Will this also be free of export/import taxes. I just don't see how this U.S.-aid can be implemented in an orderly and in fairness. I believed that small farmers are more concerned with how they are going to feed their family and perhaps only produce just for that. Medium size farmers may be different for some that may have planted in area thyat had not been affected by some natural phenomenon. This will leave a lot of money just flowing around or sitting somewhere cause no one knows just how to get it into someones pockets, thats not a farmers. How to make a success of it to show that it worked by setting an example and then fading away along with the money.

With all the money that the Dominican government spends on itself (corruption) I oppose any funds be given to countries like the DR from my tax monies to support its negligence.

It serves no purpose but to further support corrupt governments and relieve the DR government of its fundemental obligations to serve its populace.

The only way I would support this largess from USAID would be if the aid is administered DIRECTLY from the agency to the FARMER.
Leave the corrupt DR Administration out of the picture completely, or if they insist on getting their sticky fingers into the pot, withdraw the funds IMMEDIATELY and go home.
For too long the money generated by US Taxpayers has been indiscriminately distributed to other countries whose only beneficiaries are the foreign governments themselves and I'm damn sick and tired of this type of squandering of the taxes I pay going to waste in this manner.

TexasBill

thanks TB, jim.

Yeah TB, Thanks,
Maybe we need some campesino blowing up in the middle of a city to make USA spend some money on a country right next to them.

And this is just because USA sees other countries getting business from DR.

mr, Vargas, a campesino is a person like you and me and by any circumstance should you underestimate their potential. They’ve been producing tabaco for many years. They have also done garlic, honey, lemon, oranges. If it sells they will do it. You don't need much land when the land is good like the land of the Cibao valley.