well, Atabey, still braying about the macroeconomic success of LF? a billion in debt, just for electric services. it is never good news when you have to float a bond issue for either current expenditure, or debt service. then again, you have a degree in business administration, so i bet you knew that.

How easily the whole problem could be resolved if only the will to do so existed:


Make everyone pay for electricity or make sure they don't get it.

The 12 years of the Neo-liberal-Marco-Narco-Economic Miracle of Lie-onel Fernandez are coming Home to Roost!

Boy that METRO idea really looks good now, especially for the rest of 99.5% of the population that doesn’t use it!

Is a master plan to boost economy you remember... Why waste money on what I really needed like "electricity" when we can waste it on a useless metro that will make us "look" in development?

"Is a master plan to boost economy you remember... "

Spimx,

Thank you for reminding me I forget!

Also don't forget:

((The true value of the Metro will be seen in the next decade and onward.))

Nice way to mask your approval of the useless metro, that statement goes both ways.....you can be a useless dominican politician.

Roberto-

I cannot match josean, but I am pretty damn close to him when it comes to the useless metro. That was a quote that he is VERY familiar with.

((
Written by: Atabey, 27 Aug 2012 8:35 PM
From: United States, NYC

The true value of the Metro will be seen in the next decade and onward. Remember, that the system is not even 2/6 finished. And there'll be a rail connection from SD to Santiago, too. And yes, Medina is doing right by fulfilling the 4% of PIB mandate.
))

Josean ,,have you ever thought that 95 % of the USA never use the tunnels under the Hudson or that 95% of England do not use the new bridge into Wales or that 95% of Australia do not use Sydney Harbour bridge ...but of course the 5% that do are mighty grateful

The USA and Australia also have better EDUCATIONAL systems than we do so stop comparing Apples, Kangaroos and Platanos!

Josie you ate too many plantanos.....that is why you are a low grade moron ...a mofongo eating moron

Speaking of dark holes!

Hey josean I got your back, people please don't compare countries.

Ps. That 5% of USA or Asustralian could easy be the 75-80% of DR

It will take a long time to pay off our electrical debt. Hope Danilo has a good plan. Start by putting all our corrupt officials in jail and confiscate all their possessions. This would pay a good part off.

10 months later, I cannot pay my electric bill, because Edenorte will not /cannot finish the paper work, so I have become a thief by default.... Idiot Savante they are

Ricardolito
"Josean ,,have you ever thought that 95 % of the USA never use the tunnels under the Hudson or that 95% of England do not use the new bridge into Wales or that 95% of Australia do not use Sydney Harbour bridge ...but of course the 5% that do are mighty grateful"

Well one out of three examples is not bad... Apart form the Wales bridge in ALL the other projects are payed for by the city they are in...NOT the whole country.... and the bridge in Wales has a very high toll and is not subsidized... But I have explained this before about who has pays for what and again makes your point .... pointless..

5%?? is that 5% of the whole country or 5% of just the parts of Santo Domingo the subway runs???
So make 5% of Santo Domingo happy and screw the rest of the country .. ?? mm good logic??

Exactly.... Really bad example

Oh...
In July 1986 the Secretaries of State for Transport and for Wales agreed to build a bridge across the Severn Estuary..
The contract to design, build, finance and operate the Second Severn Crossing was awarded to SRC in April 1990

So we change that to three out of three bad examples....

stillhere, even the Chunnel was a private venture. i try to explain to people who bring the NYC subway system into the argument, that the NYC train system started as a private venture. it was nor paid for, nor subsidized, by people from Arizona, who had no need for it.

Dr. Dread you would think that the largest most expensive public works projects since 1492 would have brought benefits to more than a few neighborhoods in a small part of the capital covering only 14 linear kilometers. When you put that in perspective relative to the size of the country and all the National priority needs, EDUCATION being the most paramount, the people who approved this should be sent to jail for life.

the problem that most people fail to take account of is the fact that without all the other lines on stream, the whole exercise is beyond ridiculous. the question now becomes one of finding the money to complete the entire project. worse yet, when all the 6 lines are on stream, we will be confronted with 6 subsidies. there is no way that farebox revenus will be able to pay operating expenses. so, the plot thickens.

Ricrdolito:

Thanks for your report from LaDeeDa land.

Dominican rep. Have a lots of problems, we are not a develop country and electricity is one of dr many problems! Leonel still my president!

Go into the bunker and don't forget to take the cyanide pill with you!

Written by: jarabacoa, 29 Aug 2012 9:05 PM
From: United States
Dominican rep. Have a lots of problems, we are not a develop country and electricity is one of dr many problems! Leonel still my president!

sure. whatever.

I heard Medina was looking at pre-paid electricity solution.

Google it...

I see Ireland and England are moving in this direction.

You can top off with a pre-paid card or perhaps Tpago could provide the billing mechanism.

Obviously not something that could happen overnight..

simple solution would be to inspect each and every electric meter and compare the business usage to what they are paying which could also result in new jobs for a year. Where my house is there a dozen of illegal connections to the line and no meters which results in frequent blackouts until someone resets the breaker on the pole. Talk to some of the larger electric companies in the US for old meters and help stopping illegal electricity usage. Wasn't a powerful government official stealing power and only had to pay a fine with NO JAIL TIME ?