NewsWhore
07-08-2008, 06:30 PM
There are no incentives, apart from the high cost of fuel, to save fuel in the DR unlike the experience in other countries, points out journalist Rainier Maldonado in a report in today's Listin Diario. He says that when the Tax Department (DGII) tried to penalize gas-guzzling SUVs with higher rates on license plates, the law had to be aborted. The director of the Vehicle Manufacturers Concessionaires Association (ACOFAVE), Enrique Fernandez pointed out that now that people in the US are replacing their gas-guzzling vehicles, thousands of these could end up in the DR, where their new owners would convert them to propane gas for savings.
The government is one of the biggest consumers of fuel and supporters of the gas-guzzling vehicles. Government programs in place enable government officials to purchase the large, high consumption vehicles. Furthermore, thousands of government officers receive stipends for fuel, which gives them little incentive to save.
Furthermore, the more fuel is sold, the more taxes the government collects, thus increasing its revenues, for a Catch 22 situation.
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The government is one of the biggest consumers of fuel and supporters of the gas-guzzling vehicles. Government programs in place enable government officials to purchase the large, high consumption vehicles. Furthermore, thousands of government officers receive stipends for fuel, which gives them little incentive to save.
Furthermore, the more fuel is sold, the more taxes the government collects, thus increasing its revenues, for a Catch 22 situation.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)