Taxpayer money will never be enough as the government bureaucracy continues to grow in leaps and bounds, to tell from reports on new hiring prepared by the Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (CREES).
Despite a much-publicized hiring freeze announced in September 2024, the Dominican government has added 6,168 employees to its payroll, according to the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Strategies (CREES). The freeze, intended to curb public sector growth, exempted essential personnel like military, police, medical professionals, and teachers.
This recent increase, while notable, is less than half the surge of 12,997 employees recorded during the same period in 2023. Nonetheless, the public payroll has ballooned by 257,471 employees in less than a decade, marking a 52.8% increase since 2015.
As of November 2024, the total number of...
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