SANTO DOMINGO.- The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) assistant managing director yesterday recommended that the government apply a restrictive monetary policy to contain the inflationary pressures and high oil prices.
Murilo Portugal, upon leaving the country, also raised the need for the application of a fiscal policy which improves public finances and for the Government to protect the vulnerable sectors from the price increases on food and energy.
He said faced with the implied costs of the monetary policy that controls inflation and lowers the current account deficit of the balance of payments, the fiscal policy must take on a preponderant role.
For Portugal, it will be crucial to examine all aspects of revenues and cost, leaving a margin to guarantee a suitable financing for social protection programs.
He said the affect of food and oil price rises on Dominican society is worrisome, because the prevailing poverty and inequality in income levels, and the fact that the poor must set aside a major portion of what they earn to buy food.
He although the complete transfer, even if in gradual manner, of the increase of imported food prices to internal values, since they are of a permanent nature, is needed to contain its adverse effect on the poor.
He said in his talks with president Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez, they indicated that the most effective way to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population is via well-focused and direct transferences.
He said that one of the key objectives of a long term a policy must consist of increasing the supply of basic foods, by means of promotion the national farm production, providing access to seeds, fertilizers, financing and measures to improve productivity.
Portugal said the IMF is prepared to collaborate with the Dominican Republic, in order to face the challenges posed by the current external conjuncture, and expects that the authorities obtain a sustainable growth.
Industrialists
Employers Confederation (Copardom) president Maribel Gassó said they support a savings and austerity plan and that the IMF’s fiscal revision proposal can be translated in a study of income and debits.
She said a tax reform isn’t something that the business sector is weighing as a possibility at this time. “What should be done now is to organize the house, to save and to enter into a true austerity plan, public as well as private."
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
"Fasten your seat belts its going to be a bumpy ride ".....Bette Davis "All About Eve "
Written by: Belial, 26 Jun 2008 9:43 AM
From: United States, Texas
IMF told LF and some Catholic expert of divine beings that IMF didn't want to hear any complaints or sniveling about the massive imperialist-generated inflation with food and oil.
The imperialists generate a series of spikes in food price by shifting a third of the world crom crop from food consumption to fuel production, ignoring the fact that use of sugar-base biofuel, rather than corn-based biofuels, has minimal effects of global nutrition.
The imperialists generate a series of spikes in the price of oil by tolerance and encouragement of rampant speculation at petroleum exchanges, allowing traders to place buy orders for at least 15 times the amount of oil that the world wants or needs, driving up the price.
LF and this Catholic expert of divine beings both expressed their concern about massive imperialist-generated inflation with food and oil to the visiting IMF agent.
The IMF agent recommended direct transfers as a means to deal with the food and oil inflation.
From: United States
well, Edward from massachussetts, i guess you now see why i kept cautioning you about your fits of celebration regarding the GDP figures. as you probably will gather from this article, the critical aspect is the current account deficit as it relates to the total GDP. it is going to be a rough ride ahead, because the savings ratio in this economy has been perilously deficient, and drastic measures are going to be needed to rectify the mess. most measures will affect the poor, as the wealthy scramble and lobby for remedies which insulate them from any pain. stand by for adventure!
Written by: Belial, 26 Jun 2008 10:03 AM
From: United States, Texas
The question is: What sectors of the US bourgeoisie are the US bourgeois regime most protecting and enriching by its policy choices?
Tolerance of rampant speculation with oil futures helps the big oil companies and elements of the financial sector, especially investment banks and hedge funds.
Lavish subsidies for corn-based ethanol undermine the oil companies somewhat but the ethanol subsidies thrill the bourgeoisie in the agricultural sector. The oil companies don't seem to care because they are scoring big on their unimpeded speculation with oil futures.
The continuation of the US aggression and occupation of Iraq at $12 billions a month, producing geo-political tensions that also drive up oil prices, helps the bourgeoisie in the so-called "military industrial complex" and the oil sectors.
So, the oil, financial, agricultural, and military sectors of the US bourgeosie are being rewarded by accommodating US regime policies at this time.
Capitalism nears a breakdown.
Written by: juanb, 26 Jun 2008 10:08 AM
From: Dominican Republic
belial:
In your ignorant opinion, what system does work? Give us all a laugh.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
King Wanker of Wiki his Royal Anus will now commence to use up a lot of space with very boring cut and paste al a Rainman
From: United States
juanb, i am aware that Belial is quite capable of defending himself, but can you point me to one aspect of his post which reflects ignorance? you see, i like fairness, and , even if you disagree with him, then in order to label him ignorant you have to show where he manifests ignorance. you may disapprove of his style, but what about the substance?
Written by: juanb, 26 Jun 2008 10:16 AM
From: Dominican Republic
I just read that 95% of the colmados say that they haven't received any of the gov't subsidized food.
Any ideas where it might have gone?
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
the whole thing is ultra left wing rubbish and hardly a mainstream argument it is beneath contempt and deserves the attention of no one who wishes to discuss these issues seriously
Written by: Belial, 26 Jun 2008 10:32 AM
From: United States, Texas
The clear message from visit of the IMF agent to Santo Domingo and from the Tuesday meeting Cancun, Mexico between the IMF big boss man and most of the finance ministers of the region is that the IMF won't tolerate Latin American and Caribbean whining and bitching about the catastrophic inflation with food and oil, the intentional and deliberate result of imperial policies.
"Shut up about things that are none of your business and adjust to them," IMF warns. "Look, a lot of you won't eat. Big deal. A lot of you won't have lights when you flick the switch on the wall. Big deal. A lot of you won't have gas in the tank. Big deal. Walk!"
"US imperialists and their major allies have decided to raise the price of food and oil. So, get used to it," IMF explains and "Don't fall behind on your imperialist debt payments."
This is the clear and brutal message that IMF sends to the region, dressed up in economic lingo, mock erudition, and sage jargon.
Written by: Belial, 26 Jun 2008 10:36 AM
From: United States, Texas
"the whole thing is ultra left wing rubbish and hardly a mainstream argument it is beneath contempt and deserves the attention of no one who wishes to discuss these issues seriously," GC sounds at least half sober for a change.
oooo
GC, how would an empty-headed and crazed philistine, like you, know anything?
Written by: juanb, 26 Jun 2008 10:51 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Dread:
Read this last piece of blather. This guy sees red rats behind every rock and tree. He raves and rants constantly about the "imperialists" while inventing conversations that forward his warped view of the world. He?/She? talks about mock erudition. Who pretends to be more erudite than belial? The IMF, in the opinion of its ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE member countries, has been the salvation of many poor countries. Try to imagine where the DRwould be without the IMF.
I have a serious problem with people who invent facts. ( I was goinng to cut and paste some examples of this here, but after looking at his 3 above posts I realized that I would probably have to cut and paste everything he wrote). I repeat what I wrote a while ago: belial is a person who lives a solitary life, raving and ranting a madman on the street. In his real life, probably everyone who knows him walks the other way when they seen him coming. Unfortunately here, we are forced to allow him to spew his bile
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
or he is a paid stooge or he is a comedian or he is an escaped mental patient
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
or he is a una bomber type malcontent with a racial spin and this is it unfortunately.probably what he is.........I was hoping a frustrated comic
From: Spain, Ibiza, Minorca, Mallorca
Quote from article:
He said in his talks with president Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez, they indicated that the most effective way to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population is via well-focused and direct transferences.
President Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez? What is the monsignor part of the President's Cabinet, now? Secretary of the Department of Church and State? Why is this 'false-profit', meddling in temporal issues? The problem with the Catholic hierarchy is that they always want to get into the "running of goverments", When their calling is supposedly a religious one. Where does this monsignor get his nerve from? Read Revelation 13, and you'll see that this RC church will soon impose the mark of the beast, and unless you have it or his name or number, you'll starve. Can't you all see all the pieces are falling in place? World economic crisis and Catholic priests manipulating governmental, economic issues.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Are we going to the twilight zone? or maybe the grassy knoll? Idont wanna watch the Zepruder film again please
Written by: juanb, 26 Jun 2008 11:24 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Let me put it another way. People who fail in life are usually able to find someone, other than themselves, on whom to place the blame. Sometimes its the Imperialists, sometimes its the white people,sometimes its the black people, sometimes its the communists, sometimes the capitalists,etc. Get the idea? It's always someone else's fault, never their own. Those of us who succeed in life work around the problems and life happy and successful lives. The rest just piss and moan a la belial.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Whining and complaining ad nauseam the eternal victim....get a new life...help society and dont be a leetch
From: United States
Arsenio, if you study this country closely enough, you will be mystified by the groupings which are charged with resolving administrative issues. just yesterday, i saw where an impasse between tanker drivers and the oil company was overseen by the chief of police! now the catholic church is bound up in talks with the IMF. you see, the DR has not evolved politically to a point where there is any clear delineation of responsibilities. it has always been a three-headed hydra, the Executive, The Security Forces and the Catholic Church. the collective rationale was always to keep the rabble in check, and nothing has changed. in the year 2008, i am mystified that countries still have virtual state religions, and that prelates meddle in governmental issues. for my part, i always thought that they should confine themselves to ghostly matters.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Dread please dont be so naive the Vatican is an extremely powerful temporal force throughout the world and always has been.... Why would it give up this influence...seperation of church and state is an American invention .....are you old enough to remember Solidarity in Poland it was a Catholic influenced union ....and then you know what happened
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Goodbye Russia as we knew it
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
your revolutionary movement in Latin America is littered with the corpses of jesuit and other priests they have been in the vanguard of left and the status quo of the right
From: United States
correct you are, Goulet, in that assessment. you , however , fail to declare that those priests are all considered mavericks, who went against the grain of the policies of the Papacy.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
yes including John Paul but he was still elected Pope
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Did I guess right about the Anglican part?
Written by: BASTA, 26 Jun 2008 12:09 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez - Bull- divine beings= send both of them to hell!
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Cardinal Nicky would not like that kind of talk Basta
From: United States
close, Goulet; Methodist. same difference. both responses to Catholicism and its excesses of that era.
From: United States, New York City
Argentina was a strict disciple of IMF policies. The result for Argentina? One of the worst economic disasters in her history. After adjusting by throwing out IMF imposed rules, with the help of Venezuela which brought up a large chunk of her foreign debt, Argentina is now experiencing modest economic growth. The IMF is no freind of developing nations. Whomever thinks so has not seriously studied that organization's detrimental impact on certain nations.
From: Spain, Ibiza, Minorca, Mallorca
FYI:
The D.R. Has an extensive track record of Catholic influence: Hence, the name as in the Domican (dis) Order of priests who began the Inquisition that the Jesuits (formed in 1546) snatched out of their hands and slaughtered thousand of Domican priests in France.
Back to "El Caribe" : There have been several priest that were pivotal in national politics.
1.Padre Billini: Francisco Xavier Billini - Enciclopedia Virtual Dominicana --- Founder of "la Loteria Nacional". They love bingo!
2.Arzobispo Meriño: Diario Dominicano ---President in 1880.
3.Arzobispo Nouel: Ideas y Sandeces: Arzobispo Nouel y Desiderio Arias ---President in 1912.
If you ask me this relationship is a little to close for comfort. The Roman Catholic Church and its pope have always wanted to be the consciences and representatives of God on Earth; Which by their "fruits" they deny. That's why I prefer living in the U.S., where 'til now men rule, not vicars or priests. But, it won't be long!
From: United States
cibaeño, thanks for helping me on this one. sometimes i wish to set things straight, but people seem to get enraged when you do. the IMF is not here to help countries. it lends money, like a bank, with rates of interest attached. it wants its money back. it prescribes terms and conditions which make it easier for countries to pay the money back, not for countries to get ahead. they could not care less.so for guys who believe that it is some benign old uncle, then they should look at the example cibaeño just referred to.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
very leftist positions .......many many many more examples of success ....its a dead horse but I am in the majority opinion .....not the lunatic fringe ha ha
From: United States, New York City
"very leftist positions ......."
Just look at what transpired in Argentina as a result of her adherence to IMF policies. It's not hard to do, just google it and you'll find more than enough information. It's not a leftist position. It's an account of what transpired. Argentina got screwed over royally until she finally decided that enough was enough and with the help of neighbors was able to do something about it. The net result being that Argentines are in a healthier economy now then they were before they decided to finally ditch the IMF alltogether. The events speak for themselves. Claiming that something is "leftist" or coming from the "right" does not invalidate that which is factual.
From: Spain, Ibiza, Minorca, Mallorca
GC dit: seperation of church and state is an American invention .....are you old enough to remember Solidarity in Poland it was a Catholic influenced union ....and then you know what happened
What? Are you living under a rock? The only true theocracy that ever existed was Ancient Israel?
Remember the walls of Jericho? The parting of the Red Sea? The other "theocrazies" have instilled men's fetishes as mandates of God. Sorry for the digression, but, separation of Church and State is a "God given right". No church or religious entity should be given free reign as if their voice is that of God's. None, whatsoever. You do live in the Dominion of Canada, aaae? Poland and the USSR were the product of the Communist Revolution fostered by the Vatican and its minion the iIl-uminati, Rothschilds, etc. The Vatican, under the Jesuits fomented Communism, then through JP2 (supposedly) brought down the "Iron Curtain. What a farce Reagan and JP2 conspired in secret? Now, War on Terror.
Written by: juanb, 26 Jun 2008 1:24 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Are we not better off for the involvement of the IMF after the disastrous financial policies of the Mejia/PLD administration? Where would be be today without their help?
From: United States
arsenio, men will always rule in the USA. the church will huff and puff, but it will never be more than what it is today. it has some ability to affect the outcome of elections, and it gets its payback in the form of a supreme court justice or two. but it will always be on the outer fringes. you will not see some evangelical leader representing the USA at some political summit; will never happen!
From: United States
Juanb, where is chile today without the IMF? You have no way of knowing where you would be, because the alternative is moot, a matter of conjecture only. it is like Rudolph Giuliani taking all the credit for the expeditious actions of new york city police and firemen on September 11, 2001, solely because he was there . we do not know whether or not another guy would have performed more admirably, and, sadly, we can never know.so we should not be too hasty when lavishing credit in certain circumstances, because we cannot measure nor calibrate the alternatives.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Arsenio and you too are a wacko from the grassy knoll...... and a very poor student of history .....please go stand in the corner with your mickey the dunce cap....the Pope recieved a call from God as recently as last week ......The Pope was very unhappy about it.....The call came from Salt Lake City.....He was later told that a case of Aids had been found in the Vatican........and he said " Good I am tired of drinking that Bolla Soave "
From: Spain, Ibiza, Minorca, Mallorca
Lock:
Count this number: 5
The Supreme Court has 5 Roman Catholics on the bench. Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia, Roberts and Alito.
But, the U.S. will have an evangelical (previously protestant---now agree on just about everything with RC church) calling the shots as President, it's proghesied. This will be the False Prophet, which will join hands with the Beast that is Rome, and together they will run the whole world, with an iron fist (the atrocities will be unprecedented) until the end. America was Protestant 30-40 years ago, but with the recent mad influx of ill-eagles from the south; It's now mostly devoted to "Mary", and Mary-Land, Georgetown University, Fordham University, Boston College, the Knights of Columbus, FOP, CIA, and the many other nefarious organizations are so happy their dream has come true. The evangelicals will bang the last nail in the coffin of Religious Liberty in the U.S., and eventually world wide. Read your bibles. He's coming, Jesus the Savior.
Written by: Belial, 26 Jun 2008 2:13 PM
From: United States, Texas
"President Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez? What is the monsignor part of the President's Cabinet, now? Secretary of the Department of Church and State? Why is this 'false-profit', meddling in temporal issues?"
oooo
Is this expert on divine beings and other divine things going to perform an economic miracle or some other kind of miracle to entertain the IMF guy before the guy returns to Washington?
What is this holy man doing in these talks?
Written by: Belial, 26 Jun 2008 3:00 PM
From: United States, Texas
The IMF guy recommends "direct transfers" to cope with price rises for food and fuel.
This is something of a surprise. And we must wonder what the IMF is up to.
Transfer, whether direct or indirect, is an idea that comes under the concept of national income.
A direct transfer is like when the Canadian government sends GC his crazy check every month.
That's a direct transfer from the state to this nut and, in GC's case, a waste of money.
The transfer is not part of the national income because GC produces no good or performs no service for his crazy check. The check simply increases GC's purchasing power without adding to the mass of goods and services; thus, prolonging GC's useless existence. But the transfer increases the demand of goods and services and thereby spurs their production. The transfer or GC's crazy check, as income, is attributable to workers at the point of production.
It's surprising that a IMF guy suggests something like this.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Hookers and booze and drugs the rest I waste
From: Afghanistan, BAF
woo hoo, looks like my plantino crop is going to be a bumper this year :) those chickens are going to be worth more than oil soon, yes beleil the system still works for the landed class, do you need a job ? you could dig tarro root but if you try an organize my haitian day laborers you will be sorely disappointed, i have a voodoo stick and many many chickens they dare not raise my ire....
Written by: sangwong 
, 27 Jun 2008 7:06 PM
From: United States
Looks like "Muddy Marx" is still alive and kicking on this forum .. where are these "Bourgeoisies"? .. where do they live? name me one .. who do they look like? Bill Gates? Warren Buffet? Arab Sheiks in long flowing robes? fat old guys with a bald heads and long nose hair?
Written by: Belial, 27 Jun 2008 11:48 PM
From: United States, Texas
"where are these "Bourgeoisies"? .. where do they live? name me one .. who do they look like "
oooo
Technically, a bourgeois is something like a millionaire although many of them today insist they simply can't live on a million, no matter how much they economize. The idea is this individual whose return on capital is sufficient to support a high standard of living if he so desires and the return also contributes to his accummulation of capital without him lifting a finger to work unless he really wants to.
More concretely, say, a millionaire, often defined today as an individual or household with a net worth of at least million dollars, excluding the value of the principal place of residence. Say, the bourgeois invests his capital in no-risk govenment bonds at like 5%. So, he get $50,000, before taxes to live on and accummulate.
He's a cheap, lowlife bourgeois.
The pro-bourgeois often have a net worth of zero, but they thrill at kissing the rear of the capitalists.
From: United States
This is not the time for economic theory debate.
The single most important point reported is to get as many people on land cultivating food stuffs as possible.
That means beyond just large agribusiness, get people on land cultivating food.
From: United States, New York City
"That means beyond just large agribusiness, get people on land cultivating food."
Diablo si hermano.Ya la gente en los campos como que no quiren sembrar.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
the export of mangoes is a very important step in that direction ..now that they are legal for the US market let us begin with Asparagus and Mushrooms etc these are cash crops that taste good ....But Dominican quality control really SUX they are always trying to scam the importer ...this has to stop or nobody will have confidence in our products just like our Birth and Marriage certificates which are laughable
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Ciby next time you are in Balduccis...you go every Sat.correct ? ask for Dominican Mangoes
From: United States
Goulet, your post on june 26 at 6.51 mirrors my lifestyle exactly. you only left out the racehorses, but i am sure it was an oversight.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
dont tell me a racetracker....I used to know the backside at Woodbine quite well in the late 60s
From: United States
Goulet, where on God´s green earth haven´t you been?
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
I used to get around like a donut.....when I lived in Spain they called me El Gitano Rubio,honest
From: United States, New York City
"Goulet, where on God´s green earth haven´t you been?"
"I used to get around like a donut.....when I lived in Spain they called me El Gitano Rubio,honest"
I think goulet might've been a former member of The Company...LOL
Written by: Belial, 28 Jun 2008 4:48 PM
From: United States, Texas
"I used to get around like a donut"
oooo
Oh really, did you get around the donut or become round like the donut?
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Both belial both
From: United States
Any country that depends on the IMF is a slave to it. The IMF loves them forever more and it also creates or indirectly causes influences for developing nations to be dependent on them. They are the perfect salesman of the world cause they are well aware of the needs and wants of governments that seek to borrowed from them for the so called progressed and national development. The problem is not the rise of oil and food, for D.R. as an example the judges just gave themselve a raise -- in a time of supposed " ECONIMICAL CRISIS ". They keep raising it cause they know that people must eat and most move by one mean or another. So if you have less than other who cares thats your problem, work harder and stop your complains. Thats the general attitudes of many people. Another attitutede is " some must starve so that others can eat, some must suffer and die so that others can be happy and live ".
From: United States
Cib- former or current member
Could CG and Bel be good cop/bad cop for the same?
and others of extreme ilk here also
Old American Indian proverb- When the grassy knoll is always on your lips, it is also in your heart.
Maybe the real question is who is not?
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The imperialists generate a series of spikes in food price by shifting a third of the world crom crop from food consumption to fuel production, ignoring the fact that use of sugar-base biofuel, rather than corn-based biofuels, has minimal effects of global nutrition.
The imperialists generate a series of spikes in the price of oil by tolerance and encouragement of rampant speculation at petroleum exchanges, allowing traders to place buy orders for at least 15 times the amount of oil that the world wants or needs, driving up the price.
LF and this Catholic expert of divine beings both expressed their concern about massive imperialist-generated inflation with food and oil to the visiting IMF agent.
The IMF agent recommended direct transfers as a means to deal with the food and oil inflation.
Tolerance of rampant speculation with oil futures helps the big oil companies and elements of the financial sector, especially investment banks and hedge funds.
Lavish subsidies for corn-based ethanol undermine the oil companies somewhat but the ethanol subsidies thrill the bourgeoisie in the agricultural sector. The oil companies don't seem to care because they are scoring big on their unimpeded speculation with oil futures.
The continuation of the US aggression and occupation of Iraq at $12 billions a month, producing geo-political tensions that also drive up oil prices, helps the bourgeoisie in the so-called "military industrial complex" and the oil sectors.
So, the oil, financial, agricultural, and military sectors of the US bourgeosie are being rewarded by accommodating US regime policies at this time.
Capitalism nears a breakdown.
In your ignorant opinion, what system does work? Give us all a laugh.
Any ideas where it might have gone?
"Shut up about things that are none of your business and adjust to them," IMF warns. "Look, a lot of you won't eat. Big deal. A lot of you won't have lights when you flick the switch on the wall. Big deal. A lot of you won't have gas in the tank. Big deal. Walk!"
"US imperialists and their major allies have decided to raise the price of food and oil. So, get used to it," IMF explains and "Don't fall behind on your imperialist debt payments."
This is the clear and brutal message that IMF sends to the region, dressed up in economic lingo, mock erudition, and sage jargon.
oooo
GC, how would an empty-headed and crazed philistine, like you, know anything?
Read this last piece of blather. This guy sees red rats behind every rock and tree. He raves and rants constantly about the "imperialists" while inventing conversations that forward his warped view of the world. He?/She? talks about mock erudition. Who pretends to be more erudite than belial? The IMF, in the opinion of its ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE member countries, has been the salvation of many poor countries. Try to imagine where the DRwould be without the IMF.
I have a serious problem with people who invent facts. ( I was goinng to cut and paste some examples of this here, but after looking at his 3 above posts I realized that I would probably have to cut and paste everything he wrote). I repeat what I wrote a while ago: belial is a person who lives a solitary life, raving and ranting a madman on the street. In his real life, probably everyone who knows him walks the other way when they seen him coming. Unfortunately here, we are forced to allow him to spew his bile
He said in his talks with president Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez, they indicated that the most effective way to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population is via well-focused and direct transferences.
President Leonel Fernandez and monsignor Agripino Nuñez? What is the monsignor part of the President's Cabinet, now? Secretary of the Department of Church and State? Why is this 'false-profit', meddling in temporal issues? The problem with the Catholic hierarchy is that they always want to get into the "running of goverments", When their calling is supposedly a religious one. Where does this monsignor get his nerve from? Read Revelation 13, and you'll see that this RC church will soon impose the mark of the beast, and unless you have it or his name or number, you'll starve. Can't you all see all the pieces are falling in place? World economic crisis and Catholic priests manipulating governmental, economic issues.
The D.R. Has an extensive track record of Catholic influence: Hence, the name as in the Domican (dis) Order of priests who began the Inquisition that the Jesuits (formed in 1546) snatched out of their hands and slaughtered thousand of Domican priests in France.
Back to "El Caribe" : There have been several priest that were pivotal in national politics.
1.Padre Billini: Francisco Xavier Billini - Enciclopedia Virtual Dominicana --- Founder of "la Loteria Nacional". They love bingo!
2.Arzobispo Meriño: Diario Dominicano ---President in 1880.
3.Arzobispo Nouel: Ideas y Sandeces: Arzobispo Nouel y Desiderio Arias ---President in 1912.
If you ask me this relationship is a little to close for comfort. The Roman Catholic Church and its pope have always wanted to be the consciences and representatives of God on Earth; Which by their "fruits" they deny. That's why I prefer living in the U.S., where 'til now men rule, not vicars or priests. But, it won't be long!
Just look at what transpired in Argentina as a result of her adherence to IMF policies. It's not hard to do, just google it and you'll find more than enough information. It's not a leftist position. It's an account of what transpired. Argentina got screwed over royally until she finally decided that enough was enough and with the help of neighbors was able to do something about it. The net result being that Argentines are in a healthier economy now then they were before they decided to finally ditch the IMF alltogether. The events speak for themselves. Claiming that something is "leftist" or coming from the "right" does not invalidate that which is factual.
What? Are you living under a rock? The only true theocracy that ever existed was Ancient Israel?
Remember the walls of Jericho? The parting of the Red Sea? The other "theocrazies" have instilled men's fetishes as mandates of God. Sorry for the digression, but, separation of Church and State is a "God given right". No church or religious entity should be given free reign as if their voice is that of God's. None, whatsoever. You do live in the Dominion of Canada, aaae? Poland and the USSR were the product of the Communist Revolution fostered by the Vatican and its minion the iIl-uminati, Rothschilds, etc. The Vatican, under the Jesuits fomented Communism, then through JP2 (supposedly) brought down the "Iron Curtain. What a farce Reagan and JP2 conspired in secret? Now, War on Terror.
Count this number: 5
The Supreme Court has 5 Roman Catholics on the bench. Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia, Roberts and Alito.
But, the U.S. will have an evangelical (previously protestant---now agree on just about everything with RC church) calling the shots as President, it's proghesied. This will be the False Prophet, which will join hands with the Beast that is Rome, and together they will run the whole world, with an iron fist (the atrocities will be unprecedented) until the end. America was Protestant 30-40 years ago, but with the recent mad influx of ill-eagles from the south; It's now mostly devoted to "Mary", and Mary-Land, Georgetown University, Fordham University, Boston College, the Knights of Columbus, FOP, CIA, and the many other nefarious organizations are so happy their dream has come true. The evangelicals will bang the last nail in the coffin of Religious Liberty in the U.S., and eventually world wide. Read your bibles. He's coming, Jesus the Savior.
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Is this expert on divine beings and other divine things going to perform an economic miracle or some other kind of miracle to entertain the IMF guy before the guy returns to Washington?
What is this holy man doing in these talks?
This is something of a surprise. And we must wonder what the IMF is up to.
Transfer, whether direct or indirect, is an idea that comes under the concept of national income.
A direct transfer is like when the Canadian government sends GC his crazy check every month.
That's a direct transfer from the state to this nut and, in GC's case, a waste of money.
The transfer is not part of the national income because GC produces no good or performs no service for his crazy check. The check simply increases GC's purchasing power without adding to the mass of goods and services; thus, prolonging GC's useless existence. But the transfer increases the demand of goods and services and thereby spurs their production. The transfer or GC's crazy check, as income, is attributable to workers at the point of production.
It's surprising that a IMF guy suggests something like this.
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Technically, a bourgeois is something like a millionaire although many of them today insist they simply can't live on a million, no matter how much they economize. The idea is this individual whose return on capital is sufficient to support a high standard of living if he so desires and the return also contributes to his accummulation of capital without him lifting a finger to work unless he really wants to.
More concretely, say, a millionaire, often defined today as an individual or household with a net worth of at least million dollars, excluding the value of the principal place of residence. Say, the bourgeois invests his capital in no-risk govenment bonds at like 5%. So, he get $50,000, before taxes to live on and accummulate.
He's a cheap, lowlife bourgeois.
The pro-bourgeois often have a net worth of zero, but they thrill at kissing the rear of the capitalists.
The single most important point reported is to get as many people on land cultivating food stuffs as possible.
That means beyond just large agribusiness, get people on land cultivating food.
Diablo si hermano.Ya la gente en los campos como que no quiren sembrar.
"I used to get around like a donut.....when I lived in Spain they called me El Gitano Rubio,honest"
I think goulet might've been a former member of The Company...LOL
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Oh really, did you get around the donut or become round like the donut?
Could CG and Bel be good cop/bad cop for the same?
and others of extreme ilk here also
Old American Indian proverb- When the grassy knoll is always on your lips, it is also in your heart.
Maybe the real question is who is not?
tat tah