The Inter-American Business Association (Asine) says that the nation needs to consider the situation where 83% of the formal jobs created from 2000-2012 were created by the Dominican government. Spokesman Leonel Castellanos says that the government’s role should be to encourage investment, not generate jobs. During a talk on inheritance and tax implications yesterday, Tuesday 25 February, Castellanos also expressed his concern at the fact that 60% of the Dominican workforce is in the informal sector, saying that this informality means a larger tax burden is placed on the formal companies, as reported in Listin Diario.
Thousands of these government jobs have been created in plush offices that the private sector cannot afford.