At about US$4000 (highest estimate i've seen) national income per person, the DR is still below average in the Americas in standard of living. What I have been pondering for a while is what can be done in the short term and in the long term to improve the situation. This all only leads me to several questions:
1) Can the poeple in the DR accept the notion that progress depends directly on the people and not the government?
2) Can the government accept the same premise?
3) Will the goverment break down the barriers to free markets: a) consistent application of laws, b) removal of anti-business regulations, rescinding international barriers to trade that often come in the form of taxes and red tape.
4) What good is a constitution if it can be changed at the whim of the contemporaneous political thieves?
5) Can the uneducated have the faith to get educated despite the apparent fact that there will be no job waiting for them?
6) Who will provide the money for this education?
These questions lead to a few thoughts: 1) the first order of business is to come up with ways of producing within the borders of the, DR the goods that the DR people consume. And of course produce it more cheaply and with higher quality. Inverters, washing machines,mopeds, more efficient farming methods,ets.
2) the next order of business is to produce within the borders of the DR, products that can be sold competitively in the world economy.........
anyhow....just some thoughts....and I would welcome some responses......
mondongo
1) Can the poeple in the DR accept the notion that progress depends directly on the people and not the government?
2) Can the government accept the same premise?
3) Will the goverment break down the barriers to free markets: a) consistent application of laws, b) removal of anti-business regulations, rescinding international barriers to trade that often come in the form of taxes and red tape.
4) What good is a constitution if it can be changed at the whim of the contemporaneous political thieves?
5) Can the uneducated have the faith to get educated despite the apparent fact that there will be no job waiting for them?
6) Who will provide the money for this education?
These questions lead to a few thoughts: 1) the first order of business is to come up with ways of producing within the borders of the, DR the goods that the DR people consume. And of course produce it more cheaply and with higher quality. Inverters, washing machines,mopeds, more efficient farming methods,ets.
2) the next order of business is to produce within the borders of the DR, products that can be sold competitively in the world economy.........
anyhow....just some thoughts....and I would welcome some responses......
mondongo