Am I Missing something here!
The Senate President Perez is complaining about comments made by the United States Ambassador at an American Chamber of Commerce meeting were he said that the lack of power hinders the Dominican Republic?s ability to develop. He called that shameless meddling. I respectfully suggest to the Senate president that if he is offended by the advice of the Ambassador then he and the other members of the government of the Dominican Republic need simply pay my country back the money it borrowed and stop taking our financial assistance. If you do that then we would in fact be meddling but we have a financial interest in this country and with the cash comes ?meddling.?
Where has this Senate President been, he could not have been in the same Dominican Republic we live? News Flash Mr. Senate President; you can not run a country using generators. It simply can not be done. Thousand of businesses in this country are running on generators 18-20 hours a day. That simply can not continue. Mr. Senate President when you can see the air because of generator running 20 hours a day you have not one but many problems. If you?re being shamed makes the government of the Dominican Republic get off its ass and fix the problem then shame is good. A small group of people are profiting from keeping this country in the dark and that is bad. I have no problem with business making a profit but you are killing your children and grandchildren operating in this fashion.
The rates for the hotel I stayed before I found permanent housing have doubled in the last 12 months because they have to operate their business using ?standby? generators. Business men and women in the Colonial Zone can only operate part of the day because there is no power.
All day power is a problem that is fixable. Without it this country can not attract job developing industry and worse some of the business you have here may very well close.
All day power will not be fixed in this country until there is no money in the keeping the country in the dark. Solar power is subject to high duties and taxes and controlled by a few chosen people. Fuel oil sales are not open to new entrants and those in the game keep the price artificially high. With only a few battery sellers the price is what they say the price is. Power theft is a problem that can be fixed given the will to fix it but history has shown us that there is no will to fix it. Therefore those who pay there bills pay the costs of those who steal. All the above matters are because of the action and lack of action by the government of the Dominican Republic.
The financial free fall in the United States is a problem but it was not caused by the direct action of anyone in government; it was caused by greed. We allowed the free market to operate to freely. It is true that the United States taxpayer will have to pay for it, but we have not asked the government of the Dominican Republic for aid.
More important Mr. Senate President when you turn on a light switch in Washington D.C. anytime of day or night the lights come on, that can not be said for Santo Domingo. Why is that? Let?s see first solar power users and provider get tax breaks for using solar power. The government makes low interest loans to companies to go solar. Any group can go into the power business, the gas and fuel oil business, they can import gas and oil without restriction, they can build biogas plants and even get financial assistance in the marketplace for those projects without being asked for one penny by a member of government and if a government official asked or accepts money or favors he goes to jail. You may wish to write Ted Stevens a senator from Alaska who is on his way to jail for accepting a favor.
My country is not perfect but the lights come on and we have not and will never ask the Dominican Republic for a dime. If you are offended by the Ambassadors comments keep the lights on or better do not take our money. That seems fair to me.
The Senate President Perez is complaining about comments made by the United States Ambassador at an American Chamber of Commerce meeting were he said that the lack of power hinders the Dominican Republic?s ability to develop. He called that shameless meddling. I respectfully suggest to the Senate president that if he is offended by the advice of the Ambassador then he and the other members of the government of the Dominican Republic need simply pay my country back the money it borrowed and stop taking our financial assistance. If you do that then we would in fact be meddling but we have a financial interest in this country and with the cash comes ?meddling.?
Where has this Senate President been, he could not have been in the same Dominican Republic we live? News Flash Mr. Senate President; you can not run a country using generators. It simply can not be done. Thousand of businesses in this country are running on generators 18-20 hours a day. That simply can not continue. Mr. Senate President when you can see the air because of generator running 20 hours a day you have not one but many problems. If you?re being shamed makes the government of the Dominican Republic get off its ass and fix the problem then shame is good. A small group of people are profiting from keeping this country in the dark and that is bad. I have no problem with business making a profit but you are killing your children and grandchildren operating in this fashion.
The rates for the hotel I stayed before I found permanent housing have doubled in the last 12 months because they have to operate their business using ?standby? generators. Business men and women in the Colonial Zone can only operate part of the day because there is no power.
All day power is a problem that is fixable. Without it this country can not attract job developing industry and worse some of the business you have here may very well close.
All day power will not be fixed in this country until there is no money in the keeping the country in the dark. Solar power is subject to high duties and taxes and controlled by a few chosen people. Fuel oil sales are not open to new entrants and those in the game keep the price artificially high. With only a few battery sellers the price is what they say the price is. Power theft is a problem that can be fixed given the will to fix it but history has shown us that there is no will to fix it. Therefore those who pay there bills pay the costs of those who steal. All the above matters are because of the action and lack of action by the government of the Dominican Republic.
The financial free fall in the United States is a problem but it was not caused by the direct action of anyone in government; it was caused by greed. We allowed the free market to operate to freely. It is true that the United States taxpayer will have to pay for it, but we have not asked the government of the Dominican Republic for aid.
More important Mr. Senate President when you turn on a light switch in Washington D.C. anytime of day or night the lights come on, that can not be said for Santo Domingo. Why is that? Let?s see first solar power users and provider get tax breaks for using solar power. The government makes low interest loans to companies to go solar. Any group can go into the power business, the gas and fuel oil business, they can import gas and oil without restriction, they can build biogas plants and even get financial assistance in the marketplace for those projects without being asked for one penny by a member of government and if a government official asked or accepts money or favors he goes to jail. You may wish to write Ted Stevens a senator from Alaska who is on his way to jail for accepting a favor.
My country is not perfect but the lights come on and we have not and will never ask the Dominican Republic for a dime. If you are offended by the Ambassadors comments keep the lights on or better do not take our money. That seems fair to me.
