NewsWhore
11-17-2009, 04:50 PM
An op-ed piece in today's Hoy highlights the fact that many government departments do not pay for their electricity service. Rafael Perez writes that we always hear government electricity authorities saying: "Most here do not pay for the electricity service" and "we have to increase the rates to improve the service."
But he wonders out loud: "Which of the ministries, centralized and decentralized government departments, electoral boards, hospitals, schools, police, military installations or even the Presidency pays for the service?"
He answers his question: "Evidently none."
"For many years we have heard that the state pays millions in electricity subsidies, trying to make us believe that they are paying for a service that the general public does not pay for, which is not true.
"What is known as subsidy is not more than part of the payment for the government's own consumption".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)
But he wonders out loud: "Which of the ministries, centralized and decentralized government departments, electoral boards, hospitals, schools, police, military installations or even the Presidency pays for the service?"
He answers his question: "Evidently none."
"For many years we have heard that the state pays millions in electricity subsidies, trying to make us believe that they are paying for a service that the general public does not pay for, which is not true.
"What is known as subsidy is not more than part of the payment for the government's own consumption".
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)