Government giveaways

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican government is giving away RD$3,000 per month to more than 100,000 people, according to statements made by the Vice President Rafael Alburquerque. According to Alburquerque, the government launched a program called "vamo' arriba" (properly: Vamos arriba - Let's go!) in June 2007, and to date, more than 100,000 people have benefited from it. The Vice President said that he would not call it a "work creation" program but rather one of "conditioned transfers" whereby a person receives RD$3,000 for three months in exchange for community service, such as cleaning canals for the Agrarian Reform Program. According to Diario Libre, the program receives RD$240 million each month.

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