yes...you are wrong. at no time did i ever say that everyone should get an equal share of the profits.
i am not going to go over this again, because the numbers i cited in the other thread have remained basically unchanged since 2012...the average visitor to the DR on a cruise ship spends 70 dollars onshore, and the biggest spend is on big ticket items like watches, and Ray Bans, which are not made locally.
we see things differently. you are free to support the belief that anything is better than nothing, but since i look at things through the eyes of a person who has studied economics, i have to wonder if the cost of accommodating cruise ships, measured against the economic benefits to the country, are worth it.
also, one has to look at crowdout affects, the negative effects that the cruise travel has on land based travel, which is more valuable, but which is being endangered by the burgeoning cruise travel.
https://www.f-cca.com/downloads/2012-Cruise-Analysis-vol-1.pdf