Poll on government spending

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The latest Hoy-Gallup Poll has found that most people (59%) think the government is not efficient in its spending. Men and young men and women in the north and east of the country were most critical of the government's spending habits. Twenty percent said that they felt the government was spending its money efficiently. When people were asked which areas they felt that the government should be spending money, most mentioned health, social services and education. In another area, seven out of every ten Dominicans felt that economic conditions were bad. Just 11% said that they were good and 17% said that they were okay. As far as personal finances went, the poll showed that just 15% of the people reported a good economic situation while 55% reported a bad or very bad situation. Politicians will note that 70% of those polled felt that the country was on the wrong road. A total of 27% said that they felt that at the end of this four-year term the country would be better than it is now; 24% said that it would be the same and 40% said that it would be worse off compared to now.

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