Lautaro previously said:
... You see, there aren't any kind of restrictions or rule books discerning the exact nature the foreign cash entering this country ...

dreadlocks previously said:

ah, Dom...the critical words are " in association with". most of these operations have local front men, for appearance purposes. i am not saying that that applies in this particular case, but it is very much the case in numerous ventures. the Dominican " owner" probably has 2% of the shares, and acts as the "pantalla".

dreadlocks previously said:

USADR, the main asset of this country is the decency of the common man. i am yet to see more generous and selfless people anywhere. it is possibly because they are so decent and trusting that they allow themselves to be abused by all and sundry. Arsenio Lembert gave me a royal tongue lashing because i invoked the habits of english caribbean peoples, who do not take shorts from foreigners. i mentioned before that i spent some time in costambar in the past, and it pained me to see a bunch of gringos set up a gate to restrict the movement of locals who wanted to use the beach. it broke my heart to see women walking long distances, with little children in tow, crying in the noonday heat. all because gringo did not want " too many of them " in their colony. that crap would not fly in the british isles. it is the same feeling i get when i see Mr Dom showing off all these monuments to opulence in his daily real estate fiesta. who is going to occupy these magnificent structures, given the realities of the dominican economy? yes, sure, Dom and his buddies will probably be making beaucoup money selling beachfront lots to guys from Odessa, who will hire a dominican maid and gardener, and avail themselves of the services of one of the million limpiabotas. then, in twenty years, these guys will have so much power and influence, they will be able to get a permit to set up a brothel across the street from your mother's house!!!

Anonymous previously said:



Well dreadlocks, I personally think that's the sacrifice the dominican government is willing to make.
A good way to summarize the phenomenon will be looking at the rabbit versus the turtle race. DR to me is like the rabbit, they are fast, they have the momentum and resources to place DR on top in the carribean. Yet, they forget that its not just speed that will get you to that destination. Like in the cartoons, it is the turtle who wins the race. DR is too focused in getting to the finished line with its economic boom and momentum in the real estate. They are slowly forgetting that the advancement of of DR does not solely rely on just getting the glitzy real estate and investments from unknown sources. It relies on the advancement of bonafide DOMINICANS being able as a people to reap the success of a country. Giving an ignorant person higher salaries and more benefits, they will use up all of it in booze and women. Give an educated and wise man higher salaries, he will save and invest it in his country. My all time fear would be for DR to have all of this economic boom and investments in real estate, to only find out that nothing is fixed for the common folk. What's the purpose of giving all your country men jobs as gardeners and hotel workers, when they can't afford to buy food with their income. In a way, it gives a false sense of hope. This is probably needed to be discussed in another thread. But why is the cost of food so expensive in a country where 80% of the food is grown and raised in DR. I dunno what to say, but playing devils advocate, I can see why a poor boy from the barrios main dream is to become a politician. This is the probably the only way that they can make it out of the barrio. I feel that DR may find itself being ANALLY RAPED by foreigners in the end if it doesn't start thinking about the long term goals for the country.

To MRDOM, nothing but respect goes out to you for your pride with the real estate development. I am not bashing you because I must say some of those structures are amazing. I was only commenting on what's going on with the common day dominican. Im sure they are being offered more jobs, but what's the purpose of have a job when you can't still afford some of your basic necessities.

As for FranktheTank and Cibaeno, I am trying to think of a name. Anonymous was my name, but i guess its not good enough. Soo im going to make a debut with the new name by next week.

dreadlocks previously said:
... i am tired of all the gringos who proclaim their love for the DR, but do not have one dominican friend.

dreadlocks previously said:
....because 175,000 dollars gets them a beachfront house in this country....