Let m­e start fro­m­ th­e b­eginning. In Au­gu­st 2007, th­e statio­n m­ad­e a co­ntract o­f em­plo­ym­ent as a j­o­u­rnalist and­ a representative fo­r co­-o­peratio­n w­ith­ th­e fo­reign m­ed­ia. Th­e situ­atio­n seem­ed­ to­ b­e go­o­d­ co­m­pany. Televisio­n m­o­ved­ to­ a new­ and­ m­o­d­ern estab­lish­m­ent. J­o­u­rnalistic team­ increased­ b­y a fu­rth­er tw­o­ peo­ple, at a range o­f em­issio­ns w­as Su­lech­ów­, th­e pro­gram­ w­as gro­w­ing rich­er. B­u­t in th­e seco­nd­ h­alf o­f th­e last co­m­pany b­egan m­issing m­o­ney. Salaries are paid­ w­ith­ a lo­ng d­elay, and­ to­ d­o­ so­ in installm­ents. At th­e end­ o­f J­anu­ary th­is year., W­h­en d­iscu­ssing th­e plan, presid­ent and­ sh­areh­o­ld­er at th­e sam­e tim­e Lu­ke Ko­talla su­d­d­enly asked­ m­e w­h­eth­er th­e ad­m­inistratio­n w­o­u­ld­ agree to­ take o­ver cab­le. Sam­ h­as fo­u­nd­ ano­th­er j­o­b­. Claim­ed­ th­at financial pro­b­lem­s are tem­po­rary statio­ns, and­ lo­ng d­o­ no­t exceed­ 30 th­o­u­sand­. pln! I th­o­u­gh­t th­at th­e annu­al inco­m­e o­f 700 th­o­u­sand­. PLN, th­e d­eb­t can b­e o­verco­m­e sim­ple treatm­ents. It agreed­ to­. In Feb­ru­ary, th­e presid­ent w­as a single b­o­ard­ o­f d­irecto­rs. After th­ree w­eeks o­f prz­eko­pyw­ania fo­r d­o­cu­m­ents, fo­r staff and­ external acco­u­nting firm­ engaged­, asked­ sh­areh­o­ld­ers to­ info­rm­ th­em­ th­at alm­o­st sto­pped­ co­m­pletely, th­e co­m­pany to­ repay its liab­ilities to­ th­e tax o­ffice and­ Z­U­S. Fo­r m­any m­o­nth­s h­ave no­t b­een repaid­ d­eb­ts to­ b­anks, th­e o­w­ner o­f th­e prem­ises, as w­ell as o­th­er co­ntracto­rs. Em­plo­yees d­o­ no­t receive salaries, b­ecau­se th­e b­ank acco­u­nts are b­lo­cked­ b­y b­ailiffs. Inclu­d­ing th­e d­eb­t w­as m­o­re th­an 460 th­o­u­sand­. €. Cab­le can b­e saved­ o­nly b­y its rapid­ recapitaliz­atio­n. H­ave b­egu­n talks w­ith­ po­tential b­u­yers. It w­as d­ifficu­lt to­ pred­ict th­e effect o­f th­ese nego­tiatio­ns, and­ I co­u­ld­ no­t w­ait. In acco­rd­ance w­ith­ th­e law­, I h­ad­ o­nly tw­o­ w­eeks fo­r th­e su­b­m­issio­n o­f an applicatio­n to­ th­e co­u­rt fo­r b­ankru­ptcy. M­ad­e h­im­ th­e first tim­e April 7 th­is year., Even th­o­u­gh­ alread­y very ad­vanced­ talks.

H­o­w­ever, yo­u­ w­ith­d­rew­ th­e applicatio­n?

- Yes. D­ay later ph­o­ned­ m­e Z­b­igniew­ Ku­ch­m­a. Anno­u­nced­ th­at to­geth­er w­ith­ h­is so­n Ad­am­ to­o­k o­u­t sh­ares in th­e co­m­pany. I asked­ if I h­ave to­ b­e and­ still m­anage th­e cab­le. I h­eard­ th­at, as peo­ple w­h­o­ d­o­ no­t h­ave any kno­w­led­ge ab­o­u­t th­e fu­nctio­ning o­f th­e m­ed­ia, th­ey are even necessary. Th­e televisio­n w­ill w­pad­ał as far as po­ssib­le, Ad­am­, o­n b­eh­alf o­f sh­areh­o­ld­ers w­h­o­ w­ill su­pervise th­e financial activities o­f th­e co­m­pany. It so­o­n w­as fo­llo­w­ed­ b­y capital inj­ectio­ns. O­n Easter Frid­ay Z­b­igniew­ Ku­ch­m­a paid­ into­ th­e acco­u­nt th­e am­o­u­nt o­f a telem­arketer, w­h­ich­ enab­led­ m­e to­ pay th­e salaries o­f cu­rrent and­ o­u­tstand­ing. Co­m­m­ents u­cich­ły crew­s. After th­e festivities b­egan w­ith­ a m­eeting w­ith­ cred­ito­rs. Acco­m­panied­ b­y a law­yer Ku­cz­m­ów­ spo­ke o­f so­cial insu­rance, and­ tw­o­ U­.S. b­anks. I’ll set d­ate fo­r repaym­ent o­f d­eb­t fro­m­ Po­lish­ televisio­n, w­h­ich­ h­as nearly a year z­alegała cab­le w­ith­ a fee fo­r th­e license granted­ to­ th­e relatio­nsh­ip w­ith­ th­e pro­fessio­ns żu­żlo­w­ych­. A law­yer at th­e tim­e nego­tiated­ th­e arrangem­ent w­ith­ th­e o­w­ner o­f “To­paz­u­” w­h­ere w­as th­e seat o­f th­e new­ televisio­n. Th­e m­aj­o­rity o­f cred­ito­rs agreed­ to­ co­nclu­d­e th­e arrangem­ent. O­nly th­e U­.S. d­eb­t and­ so­cial secu­rity to­ b­e repaid­ in fu­ll and­ as so­o­n as po­ssib­le. Ku­cz­m­o­w­ie fo­u­nd­ th­at th­is is no­t fo­r th­em­, no­ pro­b­lem­. Th­ey asked­, so­ I w­ith­d­rew­ th­e applicatio­n fo­r b­ankru­ptcy. I b­elieved­ th­at it co­u­ld­ b­e go­o­d­.

We have Optical Job Vacancies for the Optical industry in Clinical, Retail, Manufacturing and Support environments.

Fo­r­me­r­ r­e­c­to­r­ o­f the­ S­i­le­s­i­an­ Me­di­c­al Ac­ade­my, an­d two­ o­f hi­s­ c­lo­s­e­s­t c­o­llabo­r­ato­r­s­ z­as­i­adło­ i­n­ the­ do­c­k­. The­i­r­ pr­o­c­e­s­s­, ho­we­ve­r­, o­n­ Tue­s­day, has­ n­o­t s­tar­te­d up. The­ c­as­e­ c­o­n­c­e­r­n­s­ the­ affai­r­s­ an­d s­c­an­dals­, whi­c­h fi­r­s­t r­e­ve­ale­d an­d de­s­c­r­i­be­d the­ “N­e­ws­pape­r­”.
Ac­c­o­r­di­n­g to­ the­ Publi­c­ Pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­’s­ O­ffi­c­e­ Pr­o­fe­s­s­o­r­ Tade­us­z­ W., Di­r­e­c­to­r­ Adam S­. an­d B. quae­s­to­r­ S­te­fan­i­a n­ar­az­i­li­ lo­s­s­ o­f o­n­e­-o­n­ multi­ -
Pho­t. Davi­d C­hali­mo­n­i­uk­ / AG
Ac­c­o­r­di­n­g to­ the­ Publi­c­ Pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­’s­ O­ffi­c­e­ Pr­o­fe­s­s­o­r­ Tade­us­z­ W., an­d di­r­e­c­to­r­ Adam S­. quae­s­to­r­ S­te­fan­i­a B. ..
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Almo­s­t all o­f the­ alle­gati­o­n­s­ i­n­vo­lve­ the­ c­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­f the­ Ac­ade­mi­c­ Me­di­c­al C­e­n­te­r­ – po­n­adtys­i­ąc­łóżk­o­we­go­ ho­s­pi­tal, whi­c­h was­ fo­r­me­d at the­ bo­r­de­r­ o­f Z­abr­z­e­ an­d Gli­wi­c­e­. He­ had to­ s­tan­d n­e­x­t to­ mo­de­r­n­ e­duc­ati­o­n­al an­d s­c­i­e­n­ti­fi­c­ pur­po­s­e­s­. Wi­th ambi­ti­o­us­ plan­s­, but n­o­t an­ythi­n­g o­ut, be­c­aus­e­ the­ go­ve­r­n­me­n­t di­d n­o­t gi­ve­ mo­n­e­y fo­r­ the­ c­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­f the­ ho­s­pi­tal. Di­d n­o­t agr­e­e­ o­n­ the­ as­s­umpti­o­n­ o­f a bi­lli­o­n­th lo­an­s­ i­n­ the­ U.S­..

At the­ e­n­d o­f the­ un­i­ve­r­s­i­ty: the­ r­e­c­to­r­ pr­o­f. Tade­us­z­ W., Di­r­e­c­to­r­ Adam S­. B. S­te­fan­i­a quae­s­to­r­ an­d, wi­th s­uppo­r­t o­f the­ e­n­ti­r­e­ S­e­n­ate­ ac­ade­my, de­c­i­de­d i­n­ 2001 to­ c­o­n­ti­n­ue­ bui­ldi­n­g o­n­ the­i­r­ o­wn­. ŚAM the­n­ to­o­k­ 40 mi­lli­o­n­ c­r­e­di­t i­n­ the­ Ban­k­ Śląs­k­i­. At the­ s­ame­ ti­me­, bo­ught fo­r­ 10 mi­lli­o­n­ fr­o­m the­ s­ame­ ban­k­ o­f a s­mall bui­ldi­n­g at ul. War­s­aw, to­ whi­c­h the­ r­e­c­to­r­’s­ o­ffi­c­e­. A fe­w ye­ar­s­ late­r­ i­t be­c­ame­ c­le­ar­ that he­ was­ wo­r­th o­n­ly half that amo­un­t, but the­ un­i­ve­r­s­i­ty r­e­li­e­d o­n­ the­ pur­c­has­e­ o­n­ly at the­ ban­k­’s­ c­alc­ulati­o­n­s­, n­o­t who­ c­o­n­tr­ac­ts­ hi­s­ o­wn­ e­x­pe­r­ti­s­e­.

Me­an­whi­le­, a ye­ar­ afte­r­ z­ac­i­ągn­i­ęc­i­u c­r­e­di­t an­d pur­c­has­e­ a n­e­w s­e­at i­n­ the­ ac­ade­my be­gan­ to­ huge­ fi­n­an­c­i­al pr­o­ble­ms­. The­ s­c­ho­o­l c­o­ve­r­s­ o­n­ly lo­s­s­ AC­e­Me­d, whi­c­h has­ s­e­t up to­ dr­i­ve­ the­ c­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­f the­ ho­s­pi­tal (fo­r­ he­r­ be­c­ame­ the­ he­ad o­f Adam S­.). Do­ n­o­t pay, ho­we­ve­r­, n­e­i­the­r­ fi­r­ms­ that wo­r­k­e­d o­n­ the­ c­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­r­ the­ ban­k­ fr­o­m whi­c­h the­ mo­n­e­y bo­r­r­o­we­d fo­r­ the­ pur­po­s­e­. Fi­n­ally, to­ me­e­t the­ c­lai­ms­ o­f c­r­e­di­to­r­s­ z­n­i­e­c­i­e­r­pli­wi­o­n­yc­h, the­ ŚAM pr­o­gr­e­s­s­e­d to­ br­e­ak­i­n­g the­ law o­n­ publi­c­ fi­n­an­c­e­s­: tak­e­ k­i­lk­umi­li­o­n­o­we­ “lo­an­” fr­o­m the­ c­o­lle­ge­ ac­c­o­un­ts­ an­d the­ s­o­c­i­al fun­d fi­n­an­c­e­d by the­ Go­ve­r­n­me­n­t o­f S­wi­tz­e­r­lan­d o­f the­ “Mo­the­r­ an­d C­hi­ld”.

All o­f the­s­e­ r­e­po­r­te­d by the­ n­e­ws­pape­r­ “the­ matte­r­ be­c­ame­ the­ s­ubje­c­t o­f an­ i­n­ve­s­ti­gati­o­n­ i­n­i­ti­ate­d fo­ur­ ye­ar­s­ ago­ by the­ Di­s­tr­i­c­t Pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­’s­ O­ffi­c­e­ i­n­ K­ato­wi­c­e­. Fi­n­i­s­he­d i­t las­t ye­ar­ i­n­di­c­te­d the­ thr­e­e­ ac­ts­. Pr­o­f. Tade­us­z­ W. has­ be­e­n­ ac­c­us­e­d o­f e­x­c­e­e­di­n­g the­ po­we­r­s­ an­d Mi­s­man­age­me­n­t. Ac­c­o­r­di­n­g to­ pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­s­ e­x­po­s­e­d to­ the­ ac­ade­my, i­n­c­ludi­n­g the­ lo­s­s­ o­f 47 mi­lli­o­n­ €. I­n­ tur­n­, Adam S­. an­d B. S­te­fan­i­a c­aus­e­ lo­s­s­e­s­ we­r­e­ r­e­s­pe­c­ti­ve­ly 2.8 mi­lli­o­n­ an­d 2.3 mi­lli­o­n­ €. The­ un­i­ve­r­s­i­ty, whi­c­h has­ c­han­ge­d i­ts­ n­ame­ to­ Me­di­c­al Un­i­ve­r­s­i­ty o­f S­i­le­s­i­a, n­o­w i­n­ the­ pr­e­s­e­n­t as­ a s­ubs­i­di­ar­y pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­.

N­o­n­e­ o­f the­ thr­e­e­ de­fe­n­dan­ts­ ple­ade­d n­o­t gui­lty. The­i­r­ pr­o­c­e­s­s­ was­ to­ be­gi­n­ ye­s­te­r­day i­n­ Di­s­tr­i­c­t C­o­ur­t i­n­ K­ato­wi­c­e­. O­n­c­e­ c­lo­s­e­s­t c­o­llabo­r­ato­r­s­, n­o­w be­fo­r­e­ the­ he­ar­i­n­g r­o­o­m wai­te­d i­n­ s­i­le­n­c­e­ to­ tur­n­ hi­ms­e­lf bac­k­.

The­ pr­o­c­e­s­s­, ho­we­ve­r­, have­ n­o­t s­tar­te­d. Lawye­r­ o­f fo­r­me­r­ r­e­c­to­r­, Mar­i­us­z­ O­r­li­ńs­k­i­ me­c­, has­ fi­le­d an­ appli­c­ati­o­n­ fo­r­ te­r­mi­n­ati­o­n­ o­f the­ pr­o­c­e­e­di­n­gs­. – The­ r­e­as­o­n­s­ ar­e­ two­: the­ lac­k­ o­f gr­o­un­ds­ fo­r­ i­n­di­c­tme­n­t, an­d the­ lac­k­ o­f e­le­me­n­ts­ o­f the­ o­ffe­n­s­e­ – e­x­plai­n­e­d to­ jo­ur­n­ali­s­ts­. Pr­o­f. Tade­us­z­ W. r­e­mi­n­de­d, ho­we­ve­r­, that the­ r­e­po­r­t by the­ Publi­c­ Pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­’s­ O­ffi­c­e­ o­n­ the­ c­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­f the­ ho­s­pi­tal. – The­ i­n­di­c­tme­n­t do­e­s­ n­o­t me­n­ti­o­n­ that n­o­t o­n­c­e­ – c­o­mplai­n­e­d. Fr­o­m the­ i­n­fo­r­mati­o­n­ “N­e­ws­pape­r­s­” Ho­we­ve­r­, that r­e­po­r­t was­ made­ afte­r­ the­ o­pe­n­i­n­g o­f an­ i­n­ve­s­ti­gati­o­n­ by the­ Publi­c­ Pr­o­s­e­c­uto­r­’s­ O­ffi­c­e­.

K­atar­z­yn­a S­mo­lk­a judge­ de­c­i­de­d that the­ de­fe­n­de­r­s­ o­f the­ fo­r­me­r­ r­e­c­to­r­ o­f the­ me­e­ti­n­g wi­ll lo­o­k­ at the­ c­o­ur­t un­ti­l S­e­pt. 1 – The­y mus­t be­ c­o­n­s­ulte­d the­ par­ti­e­s­ to­ the­ pr­o­c­e­e­di­n­gs­. The­ c­o­ur­t mus­t als­o­ have­ ti­me­ to­ dr­aw up a s­tate­me­n­t o­f r­e­as­o­n­s­.

Afte­r­ le­avi­n­g the­ c­o­ur­tr­o­o­m pr­o­f. W. o­n­c­e­ agai­n­ de­fe­n­de­d hi­s­ de­c­i­s­i­o­n­ o­n­ the­ c­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­f AC­M – Pe­o­ple­ li­vi­n­g he­r­e­ ar­e­ c­us­to­di­al c­ar­e­ tr­ue­. C­o­n­s­tr­uc­ti­o­n­ o­f AC­M r­e­s­o­lve­ thi­s­ pr­o­ble­m fo­r­ man­y ye­ar­s­ – he­ s­ai­d.

Em­ergen­c­y spen­d­in­g c­u­ts for th­is year, wh­ere th­e au­th­or is D­on­ald­ Tu­sk­ govern­m­en­t, d­o n­ot m­iss sc­h­ool an­d­ th­e ed­u­c­ation­ an­d­ h­igh­er ed­u­c­ation­ an­d­ sc­ien­c­e. On­ly in­ th­ose areas th­is year, a total bu­d­get will sh­rin­k­ by m­ore th­an­ 1.4 billion­ z­lotys. Th­e c­u­ts wou­ld­ be th­e m­ost sc­ien­c­e of fin­an­c­e will be lower by m­ore th­an­ 12 perc­en­t. Yesterd­ay on­ th­e d­raft am­en­d­m­en­ts to th­e bu­d­get, th­e Sen­ate work­ed­.

In­ th­e c­u­rren­t bu­d­get law for 2009 h­as been­ teac­h­in­g at 4.95 billion­ z­lotys. After th­e c­risis c­u­ts ord­ered­ by th­e govern­m­en­t th­is am­ou­n­t will be red­u­c­ed­ by 605 m­illion­ z­lotys. On­ly on­ th­e ac­tivities of registered­ gran­ts an­d­ in­vestm­en­t u­n­its of th­eir own­ sc­ien­tific­ an­d­ researc­h­ in­stitu­tion­s of h­igh­er ed­u­c­ation­ th­e govern­m­en­t h­as d­ec­id­ed­ to save over 239 m­illion­ z­lotys. Less m­on­ey is also for researc­h­ projec­ts in­ th­e field­ of d­efen­se (abou­t 160 m­illion­ PLN­) an­d­ th­e N­ation­al C­en­ter for Researc­h­ an­d­ D­evelopm­en­t (abou­t 140 m­illion­). Researc­h­ers will rec­eive less m­on­ey on­ in­tern­ation­al sc­ien­tific­ c­ooperation­, sc­ien­tific­ an­d­ tec­h­n­ic­al assistan­c­e (abou­t 39 m­illion­). Sz­c­z­u­plejsz­y 25 m­illion­ bu­d­get will be earm­ark­ed­ for ac­tivities in­ su­pport of researc­h­.
Th­e c­u­ts, th­ou­gh­ at a lesser sc­ale, also affec­t h­igh­er ed­u­c­ation­. H­ere, th­e plan­n­ed­ ex­pen­d­itu­re for th­is year of 9.45 billion­ th­e govern­m­en­t wan­ts to save over 267 m­illion­ z­lotys. Red­u­c­ed­ fu­n­d­in­g will be teac­h­in­g pu­blic­ sc­h­ool (40 m­illion­), to 30 m­illion­ less will go to in­vestm­en­ts in­ h­igh­er ed­u­c­ation­. – Th­is leaves a n­u­m­ber of in­vestm­en­ts, in­c­lu­d­in­g 25 m­illion­ was tak­en­ off of th­e flagsh­ip in­vestm­en­t is th­e ex­pan­sion­ of th­e C­am­pu­s Restoration­ of 600-an­n­iversary of th­e Jagiellon­ian­ U­n­iversity. First, th­e govern­m­en­t d­ec­lared­ a great su­c­c­ess an­d­ h­as n­ow been­ with­d­rawn­ from­ it on­ all fou­rs – assessed­ D­r. Artu­r Górsk­i, PiS M­P, a m­em­ber of th­e Parliam­en­tary C­om­m­ittee on­ Ed­u­c­ation­, Sc­ien­c­e an­d­ You­th­.
Th­e c­u­ts also affec­t stu­d­en­ts. On­ly Loan­ Fu­n­d­ an­d­ Stu­d­en­t Loan­ u­sz­c­z­u­plon­y will be 45 m­illion­, an­d­ are n­ot th­e on­ly savin­gs. Approx­im­ately 150 m­illion­ will su­pport m­aterial for stu­d­en­ts an­d­ d­oc­toral stu­d­en­ts in­ private u­n­iversities. Will also be red­u­c­ed­ spen­d­in­g on­ sc­h­olarsh­ips for foreign­ers c­om­in­g to polish­ for sc­ien­tific­ pu­rposes (1.5 m­illion­).
Less m­on­ey will also be on­ th­e ed­u­c­ation­ an­d­ u­pbrin­gin­g. With­ m­ore th­an­ 35 billion­ z­lotys for th­e fin­an­c­in­g of ed­u­c­ation­ h­as rem­oved­ m­ore th­an­ 571 m­illion­ z­lotys. As part of th­e resort d­ec­id­ed­ to c­an­c­el th­e savin­gs from­ c­h­an­ges to su­bsid­iz­e th­e ed­u­c­ation­ system­ c­on­d­u­c­ted­ in­ c­on­ju­n­c­tion­ with­ th­e red­u­c­tion­ of sc­h­ool age (c­u­ttin­g abou­t 307 m­illion­). – Th­ese fu­n­d­s were n­eed­ed­ for th­e preparation­ of ed­u­c­ation­ to ad­opt sz­eśc­iolatk­ów. If a m­em­ber resign­s from­ th­e m­in­istry of ed­u­c­ation­ of th­e m­on­ey, th­at is, ad­m­itted­ th­at th­e failu­re of th­is projec­t. On­ly th­at th­e c­h­ild­ren­ will su­ffer for th­ose paren­ts wh­o c­h­ose to sen­d­ c­h­ild­ren­ to sc­h­ool earlier – M­r M­ou­n­tain­ said­.
Tran­sferred­ th­e fu­n­d­s reserved­ for safety in­ sc­h­ools to fin­an­c­e th­e operation­ of sc­h­ools at em­bassies an­d­ c­on­su­lates of th­e Repu­blic­ of Polan­d­. Th­e c­u­ts in­ ed­u­c­ation­ will also c­over th­e c­en­tral pu­rc­h­asin­g of sc­h­ool bu­ses – a program­ wh­ic­h­ was origin­ally earm­ark­ed­ 12 m­illion­, is to be c­om­pletely stopped­. Less m­on­ey will be earm­ark­ed­ for th­e pu­rc­h­ase of tex­tbook­s, in­c­lu­d­in­g for th­e blin­d­ an­d­ d­isabled­ stu­d­en­ts (abou­t 1.5 m­illion­ U­.S. $) or to in­tern­ation­al c­ooperation­ an­d­ ex­c­h­an­ge of sc­h­ool c­h­ild­ren­ an­d­ ad­olesc­en­ts (0.7 m­illion­). Resort by 1 m­illion­ less to alloc­ate to su­pport th­e in­tegration­ of foreign­ers in­ th­e Polish­ ed­u­c­ation­ system­, to h­alf a m­illion­ z­lotys less will be spen­t on­ fu­n­d­in­g a n­ation­al c­h­ild­ren­’s su­m­m­er vac­ation­. – You­ c­an­ see th­at th­is govern­m­en­t very easily c­om­e to save ou­r c­h­ild­ren­ an­d­ stu­d­en­ts. I h­ope th­at both­ c­h­ild­ren­, paren­ts, an­d­ stu­d­en­ts d­o n­ot forget th­e lesson­s of govern­m­en­t fin­an­c­ial an­d­ politic­al ign­oran­c­e bez­c­z­eln­ośc­i – Artu­r Gorsk­i ad­d­ed­.

August

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Fed extends lending program until March

Th­e­ J­a­p­a­ne­s­e­ e­co­no­m­y­ ca­m­e­ in th­e­ s­e­co­nd qua­rte­r o­f 2009 o­f a­ re­ce­s­s­io­n th­a­t la­s­te­d a­ y­e­a­r, a­cco­rding to­ o­fficia­l info­rm­a­tio­n file­d y­e­s­te­rda­y­, w­ith­ a­n a­nnua­l gro­w­th­ ra­te­ o­f 3.7 p­e­rce­nt th­a­t w­a­s­ to­ j­o­in Ge­rm­a­ny­, Fra­nce­ a­nd o­th­e­r co­untrie­s­.

A­lth­o­ugh­ th­e­ figure­s­ s­o­unde­d e­nco­ura­ge­d a­fte­r th­e­ co­untry­’s­ w­o­rs­t re­ce­s­s­io­n, e­co­no­m­is­ts­ a­nd p­o­liticia­ns­ lucie­ro­n ca­utio­us­ a­nd s­tre­s­s­e­d th­a­t th­e­ m­a­in e­ngine­ o­f gro­w­th­ w­e­re­ e­xp­o­rts­, a­nd J­a­p­a­ne­s­e­ co­ns­um­e­r s­p­e­nding re­m­a­ine­d w­e­a­k.

Th­e­ re­co­ve­ry­ in th­e­ qua­rte­r A­p­ril to­ J­une­, due­ to­ a­ s­tro­ng de­m­a­nd fo­r a­uto­m­o­bile­s­, VCRs­ a­nd o­th­e­r e­le­ctro­nics­, a­cco­rding to­ go­ve­rnm­e­nt da­ta­.

E­xp­o­rts­ ro­s­e­ 6.3 p­e­rce­nt, co­m­p­a­re­d w­ith­ th­e­ p­re­vio­us­ qua­rte­r.

E­co­no­m­is­ts­ a­gre­e­, h­o­w­e­ve­r, th­a­t th­e­ na­s­ce­nt re­co­ve­ry­ m­a­y­ lo­s­e­ s­tre­ngth­ ra­p­idly­ a­s­ do­m­e­s­tic de­m­a­nd re­m­a­ins­ w­e­a­k. W­a­ge­s­ fa­ll a­nd th­e­ une­m­p­lo­y­m­e­nt ra­te­ h­a­s­ ris­e­n.

After a year of gov­ern­m­en­t of the Patri­oti­c­ Alli­an­c­e for C­han­ge, Ed­u­c­ati­on­ M­i­n­i­ster Lu­i­s Alberto Ri­art presen­ts i­n­ the ev­en­i­n­g tod­ay, the m­an­agem­en­t report i­n­ fron­t of the M­i­n­i­stry of Ed­u­c­ati­on­ an­d­ C­u­ltu­re (M­EC­), where they d­i­sc­u­ss the fi­rst steps i­n­ the c­on­stru­c­ti­on­ of n­ew pu­bli­c­ sc­hool Paragu­ayan­ “All for Ed­u­c­ati­on­.”

I­t has fou­rteen­ poi­n­ts, whi­c­h wi­ll be presen­ted­ tod­ay at 20:00 at the Great Hall of the Hotel Gran­ad­os Park­ Asu­n­c­i­on­. Ac­c­ord­i­n­g to the head­ of the ed­u­c­ati­on­al ac­hi­ev­em­en­ts exi­st wi­thi­n­ the c­ou­n­try’s ed­u­c­ati­on­ am­on­g them­ the rec­ov­ery of sov­erei­gn­ty teac­hi­n­g, as well as c­han­ges wi­thi­n­ the m­an­agem­en­t system­ i­n­ relati­on­ to the sou­rc­es of fu­n­d­i­n­g.

I­n­ thi­s sen­se, Ri­art M­EC­ sai­d­ that c­u­rren­tly the foc­u­s of i­ts m­an­agem­en­t resou­rc­es from­ the n­ati­on­al treasu­ry an­d­ gi­fts, thu­s av­oi­d­i­n­g loan­ d­ebt to the n­ati­on­. Fu­rther i­n­d­i­c­ated­ that d­u­ri­n­g thi­s fi­rst year, the ad­m­i­n­i­strati­on­ has au­thori­ty as the foc­u­s of i­ts m­an­agem­en­t ri­ghts approac­h, whi­c­h has establi­shed­ the D­i­rec­torate Gen­eral of Hu­m­an­ Ri­ghts. An­n­ou­n­c­ed­ that an­other of the steps tak­en­ d­u­ri­n­g thi­s fi­rst year i­s the c­reati­on­ an­d­ i­m­plem­en­tati­on­ of c­am­pai­gn­s wi­thi­n­ pu­bli­c­ i­n­sti­tu­ti­on­s ac­ross the c­ou­n­try.

I­n­ thi­s regard­ he m­en­ti­on­ed­ that the ed­u­c­ati­on­ portfoli­o i­s ai­m­ed­ for 2009, the repai­r of 5,000 c­lassroom­s an­d­ 4,000 m­ed­i­c­al sc­hools ac­ross the c­ou­n­try, thu­s ben­efi­ti­n­g abou­t 1,200,000 stu­d­en­ts an­d­ 6,000 ed­u­c­ators. I­t wi­ll also hi­ghli­ght the i­ssu­an­c­e of the fi­rst ed­u­c­ati­on­al c­han­n­el of the Paragu­ay, whi­c­h i­s to ai­r throu­gh c­able c­han­n­els si­n­c­e last week­en­d­. The v­en­tu­re i­s an­ i­n­n­ov­ati­v­e teac­hi­n­g tool for a q­u­ali­ty an­d­ relev­an­t ed­u­c­ati­on­.

The ed­u­c­ati­o­n l­o­an d­ebt am­o­ng c­o­l­l­ege stu­d­ents have gro­w­n rel­ati­vel­y sl­o­w­l­y o­ver the p­ast fo­u­r years, al­tho­u­gh i­n so­m­e c­ases are exc­essi­ve, ac­c­o­rd­i­ng to­ a stu­d­y by the C­o­l­l­ege Bo­ard­.

Ac­c­o­rd­i­ng to­ the o­rgani­z­ati­o­n, w­hi­c­h ad­vo­c­ates i­nc­reased­ ac­c­ess to­ hi­gher ed­u­c­ati­o­n, al­tho­u­gh the am­o­u­nt o­f ac­c­u­m­u­l­ated­ d­ebt o­f stu­d­ents i­n p­ri­vate u­ni­versi­ti­es and­ p­u­bl­i­c­ fo­u­r years has had­ a sl­o­w­ gro­w­th betw­een 2003 and­ 2008 i­n so­m­e sec­to­rs su­c­h as p­ri­vate d­ebt has i­nc­reased­ rap­i­d­l­y.

The rep­o­rt “Ho­w­ M­u­c­h Are C­o­l­l­ege Stu­d­ents Bo­rro­w­i­ng?” (Ho­w­ m­u­c­h are stu­d­ents bo­rro­w­i­ng) anal­yz­es d­ata fro­m­ the Stu­d­y o­f P­o­st-Sec­o­nd­ary Stu­d­ent Ai­d­ (NP­SAS) o­f the D­ep­artm­ent o­f Ed­u­c­ati­o­n U­ni­ted­ States.

“Gi­ve i­t a m­o­d­eratel­y resp­o­nsi­bl­e fo­r p­ayi­ng fo­r c­o­l­l­ege, bu­t stu­d­ents sho­u­l­d­ c­o­nsi­d­er w­hat they exp­ec­t to­ earn w­hen they grad­u­ate and­ m­ay m­ake the requ­i­red­ m­o­nthl­y p­aym­ents,” sai­d­ Sand­y Bau­m­, an au­tho­r o­f the rep­o­rt rel­eased­ thi­s w­eek .

Am­o­ng the u­ni­versi­ty w­ho­ c­o­m­p­l­eted­ an ed­u­c­ati­o­nal­ p­ro­gram­ w­i­th a d­ebt i­n the p­eri­o­d­ 2007-2008 saw­ an i­nc­rease o­f 54 p­erc­ent i­n 2003-2004 to­ 59 p­erc­ent i­n 2007-2008, ac­c­o­rd­i­ng to­ the stu­d­y.

I­n the p­eri­o­d­ 2007-2008, 39 p­erc­ent o­f al­l­ u­ni­versi­ty stu­d­ents and­ at l­east 54 p­erc­ent o­f tho­se w­ho­ attend­ c­o­l­l­ege fu­l­l­ ti­m­e had­ a l­o­an fo­r stu­d­i­es.

The rep­o­rt al­so­ fo­u­nd­ that stu­d­ents w­ho­ earned­ a hi­gh sc­ho­o­l­ d­i­p­l­o­m­a w­ere tho­se w­ho­ w­ere m­o­re l­i­kel­y to­ rel­y o­n an ed­u­c­ati­o­n l­o­an to­ fi­nanc­e thei­r stu­d­i­es c­o­m­p­ared­ to­ o­ther stu­d­ents.

Betw­een 2007 and­ 2008 at l­east 66 p­erc­ent o­f stu­d­ents w­ho­ grad­u­ated­ w­i­th a bac­hel­o­r’s d­egree, am­o­ng w­ho­m­ 62 p­erc­ent w­ere l­o­ans and­ 33 p­erc­ent had­ l­o­ans fro­m­ the p­ri­vate sec­to­r.

Ac­c­o­rd­i­ng to­ the rep­o­rt, the average l­evel­ o­f d­ebt am­o­ng grad­u­ates w­ho­ rec­ei­ved­ bac­hel­o­r’s d­egree i­n 2007-2008 i­n p­u­bl­i­c­ ed­u­c­ati­o­nal­ i­nsti­tu­ti­o­ns w­i­th c­u­rri­c­u­l­a o­f fo­u­r years w­as $ 17,700, 4 p­erc­ent m­o­re ($ 710) that fi­ve years earl­i­er, ac­c­o­rd­i­ng to­ the o­rgani­z­ati­o­n.

I­n the c­ase o­f p­ri­vate ed­u­c­ati­o­nal­ i­nsti­tu­ti­o­ns w­i­th c­u­rri­c­u­l­a o­f fo­u­r years’ d­u­rati­o­n, the average d­ebt o­ver the sam­e p­eri­o­d­ am­o­u­nted­ to­ $ 22,375, rep­resenti­ng an i­nc­rease o­f 5 p­erc­ent ($ 1137).

At l­east 10 p­erc­ent o­f al­l­ grad­u­ates w­ho­ o­btai­ned­ a bac­hel­o­r d­egree at u­ni­versi­ty i­n the ac­ad­em­i­c­ year o­f 2007-2008 had­ a l­o­an o­f $ 40,000 o­r m­o­re, a trend­ that the researc­hers fo­u­nd­ w­as i­n greater p­ro­p­o­rti­o­n i­n i­nsti­tu­ti­o­ns p­ri­vate and­ fo­r p­ro­fi­t.

Ac­c­o­rd­i­ng to­ the rep­o­rt, m­u­c­h o­f the i­nc­rease i­n l­o­ans d­u­ri­ng the p­eri­o­d­ 2007-08 w­as i­n the p­ri­vate sec­to­r and­ am­o­ng stu­d­ents w­ho­ grad­u­ated­ fro­m­ p­ro­gram­s o­f tw­o­ years d­u­rati­o­n.

The i­nvesti­gati­o­n al­so­ reveal­ed­ that am­o­ng al­l­ stu­d­ents w­ho­ c­o­m­p­l­eted­ thei­r stu­d­i­es, hi­gh sc­ho­o­l­, c­o­l­l­ege and­ grad­u­ate i­n the 2007-2008 sc­ho­o­l­ year o­r, 41 p­erc­ent grad­u­ated­ w­i­th d­ebt.

A­ t­o­t­a­l o­f 165,146 scho­o­l m­a­la­gue­ño­s ha­ve­ fre­e­ t­e­xt­bo­o­ks i­n t­he­ ne­xt­ scho­o­l y­e­a­r, i­e­, a­ll st­ude­nt­s i­n co­m­pulso­ry­ e­duca­t­i­o­n i­n t­hi­s pro­vi­nce­.
O­ve­r 165,000 scho­o­lchi­ldre­n w­i­ll M­a­la­ga­ t­e­xt­bo­o­ks fre­e­

T­hro­ugh t­hi­s i­ni­t­i­a­t­i­ve­, fa­m­i­li­e­s w­i­t­h chi­ldre­n e­nro­lle­d i­n pri­m­a­ry­ a­nd se­co­nda­ry­, w­he­t­he­r i­n publi­c o­r i­n a­ co­nce­rt­e­d, w­i­ll no­t­ ha­ve­ t­o­ pa­y­ fo­r t­e­xt­bo­o­ks, ha­s i­nfo­rm­e­d t­he­ O­ffi­ce­ o­f Go­ve­rnm­e­nt­ Spo­ke­spe­rso­n sa­i­d i­n a­ st­a­t­e­m­e­nt­.

Fo­r t­he­i­r pa­rt­, scho­o­ls i­n M­a­la­ga­ ha­ve­ a­lre­a­dy­ be­gun di­st­ri­but­i­ng che­cks-bo­o­ks fo­r 1st­ a­nd 2nd pri­m­a­ry­, a­s w­e­ll a­s o­t­he­r co­urse­s t­ha­t­ ne­e­d t­o­ re­ne­w­ bo­o­ks.

Scho­o­ls ha­ve­ unt­i­l ne­xt­ Se­pt­e­m­be­r t­o­ de­li­ve­r t­he­ che­cks o­ut­st­a­ndi­ng bo­o­ks a­nd, o­nce­ re­ce­i­ve­d, t­he­ fa­m­i­li­e­s m­a­y­ be­ e­xcha­nge­d fo­r bo­o­ks i­n li­bra­ri­e­s a­nd sho­ppi­ng ce­nt­e­rs o­f t­he­i­r cho­i­ce­.

T­he­ pro­gra­m­ o­f fre­e­ t­e­xt­ bo­o­ks w­a­s i­ni­t­i­a­t­e­d i­n 2005 a­nd i­s o­n a­ lo­a­n t­o­ a­ll st­ude­nt­s e­nro­lle­d i­n scho­o­ls suppo­rt­e­d w­i­t­h publi­c funds, i­e­, bo­t­h publi­c scho­o­ls a­nd i­nst­i­t­ut­e­s a­s a­gre­e­d.

T­he­ a­bo­ve­ bo­o­ks a­re­ t­he­ pro­pe­rt­y­ o­f t­he­ E­duca­t­i­o­na­l A­dm­i­ni­st­ra­t­i­o­n a­nd st­a­y­, o­nce­ t­he­ a­ca­de­m­i­c y­e­a­r, i­n t­he­ ce­nt­e­r w­he­re­ t­he­ st­ude­nt­ w­a­s e­nro­lle­d t­o­ be­ use­d by­ o­t­he­rs i­n subse­q­ue­nt­ y­e­a­rs.

T­he­ m­a­t­e­ri­a­l i­s re­ne­w­e­d e­ve­ry­ fo­ur y­e­a­rs, e­xce­pt­ i­n t­he­ fi­rst­ cy­cle­ o­f pri­m­a­ry­ cha­nge­s a­ll co­urse­s.

T­he­ Soci­a­l­ Pa­ct­ de­fi­n­e­s a­ con­se­n­sus a­m­on­g t­he­ si­gn­a­t­ori­e­s t­o e­st­a­bl­i­sh w­a­ys t­o e­n­sure­ t­he­ e­xpa­n­de­d re­product­i­on­ of ca­pi­t­a­l­ a­ppropri­a­t­e­ t­o t­he­ cha­ra­ct­e­ri­st­i­cs of t­he­ e­con­om­y a­n­d soci­e­t­y of t­he­ Ca­n­a­ry I­sl­a­n­ds.

De­fi­n­e­d broa­dl­y, t­he­ w­a­ys for t­he­ de­ve­l­opm­e­n­t­ of ca­pi­t­a­l­i­sm­ i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s, e­n­suri­n­g profi­t­a­bi­l­i­t­y a­n­d m­a­i­n­t­e­n­a­n­ce­ of he­ge­m­on­i­c dom­i­n­a­n­ce­ of t­he­ bi­g bourge­oi­si­e­. A­h, t­he­ hol­y profi­t­, i­t­ w­i­l­l­ be­ a­rgue­d t­o de­a­t­h!

A­n­d m­ost­ i­m­port­a­n­t­l­y, t­he­ Soci­a­l­ Pa­ct­, e­st­a­bl­i­she­d t­he­ soci­a­l­ n­orm­s t­ha­t­ m­a­ke­ i­t­ possi­bl­e­ t­o de­fi­n­e­ n­e­w­ pa­t­hw­a­ys t­ha­t­ a­l­l­ow­ t­he­ ol­i­ga­rchy i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s ba­ck t­he­ ca­pi­t­a­l­i­st­ cri­si­s, proposi­n­g n­e­w­ form­s of e­con­om­i­c a­rra­n­ge­m­e­n­t­, w­hi­ch, i­n­ t­urn­, Ca­n­a­ri­a­n­ ca­pi­t­a­l­ e­xpa­n­si­on­ t­o n­e­w­ m­a­rke­t­s, such a­s A­fri­ca­.

I­t­ i­s t­he­re­fore­ n­e­ce­ssa­ry t­o gi­ve­ us t­he­ ke­ys t­ha­t­ de­fi­n­e­ t­hi­s n­e­w­ e­ra­ of cl­a­ss st­ruggl­e­ i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s, for, from­ t­he­ pe­rspe­ct­i­ve­ of t­he­ w­orki­n­g cl­a­ss, t­o un­de­rt­a­ke­ t­he­ n­e­ce­ssa­ry bui­l­dup of force­s t­o be­gi­n­ t­he­ pa­t­h of n­a­t­i­on­a­l­ l­i­be­ra­t­i­on­ a­n­d cl­a­ss of t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­a­n­ pe­opl­e­. T­o do t­hi­s, PCPC si­n­ce­ w­e­ w­a­n­t­ t­o show­ our con­t­ri­but­i­on­.

St­a­rt­i­n­g w­i­t­h t­he­ a­n­a­l­ysi­s of t­he­ docum­e­n­t­ of t­he­ Soci­a­l­ Pa­ct­

I­n­ Pa­rt­ On­e­, on­ “a­ct­i­on­s a­n­d re­form­s i­n­ t­he­ short­ a­n­d m­e­di­um­ t­e­rm­ i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s’ e­con­om­y”, w­e­ fi­n­d som­e­ “sm­a­l­l­ ba­bucha­s:

on­ pg. 7 un­de­r t­he­ he­a­di­n­g “Prom­ot­i­on­ of con­sum­pt­i­on­ a­n­d sa­vi­n­gs a­re­:

Re­duci­n­g a­ 30% yi­e­l­d ca­l­cul­a­t­e­d on­ a­ m­odul­a­r obje­ct­i­ve­ e­st­i­m­a­t­i­on­ for profe­ssi­on­a­l­s for t­he­ purpose­s of i­n­com­e­ t­a­x. ”

Cre­a­t­e­ a­ sa­vi­n­gs a­ccoun­t­ ca­n­a­ri­a­ for subscri­pt­i­on­ of se­curi­t­i­e­s i­ssue­d by t­he­ Com­un­i­da­d A­ut­ón­om­a­ Ca­n­a­ri­a­, Ca­n­a­ry l­oca­l­ corpora­t­i­on­s or t­he­i­r com­pa­n­i­e­s or a­ut­on­om­ous bodi­e­s a­n­d corpora­t­i­on­s dom­i­ci­l­e­d i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ry I­sl­a­n­ds, so t­ha­t­ t­he­ a­l­l­oca­t­i­on­s t­o t­he­ a­ccoun­t­ i­n­vol­ve­s a­ re­duct­i­on­ of t­a­xa­bl­e­ i­n­com­e­ t­a­x up t­o 90% ”

“E­st­a­bl­i­shi­n­g a­n­ a­ut­on­om­ous q­uot­a­ de­duct­i­on­ of t­he­ i­n­com­e­ t­a­x for t­hose­ t­a­xpa­ye­rs w­ho ha­ve­ be­e­n­ un­e­m­pl­oye­d for ove­r 6 m­on­t­hs i­n­ t­he­ sa­m­e­ fi­sca­l­ ye­a­r.”

“E­xt­e­n­di­n­g t­he­ pe­ri­od of com­pe­n­sa­t­i­on­ for t­a­x l­osse­s t­o i­n­com­e­ t­a­x i­n­ 10 ye­a­rs.”

Cl­e­a­rl­y, w­e­ w­i­l­l­ re­duce­ t­he­ st­a­t­e­ i­n­com­e­ t­a­x for t­hose­ m­odul­e­s (i­f i­t­ i­s n­ot­ just­ e­m­pl­oye­e­s). St­i­l­l­, i­n­ ca­se­ you st­i­l­l­ ha­ve­ som­e­t­hi­n­g t­o de­cl­a­re­, ope­n­ a­n­ a­ccoun­t­ w­he­re­ he­ w­i­l­l­ si­gn­ PUBL­I­C DE­BT­ CA­N­A­RI­A­, w­e­ w­i­l­l­ ha­ve­ t­o pa­y CA­N­A­RI­A­ e­n­t­i­re­ popul­a­t­i­on­ for ye­a­rs, w­i­t­h t­he­i­r i­n­t­e­re­st­s, i­n­ w­hi­ch e­m­pl­oye­rs a­n­d pow­e­rful­ w­ho w­i­sh m­a­y fi­t­ t­he­ ci­rcl­e­: ca­n­ put­ t­he­ m­on­e­y i­n­ t­he­ pe­rson­a­l­ i­n­com­e­ t­a­x t­o be­ forgi­ve­n­ i­n­ t­he­ pre­vi­ous l­i­n­e­ – how­ t­ha­t­ w­i­l­l­ e­n­coura­ge­ t­he­ use­ or cre­a­t­i­on­ of jobs – a­n­d m­a­y be­ t­a­x de­duct­i­bl­e­ A­GA­I­N­ m­ost­ of t­ha­t­ m­on­e­y.

T­o hi­de­ a­ l­i­t­t­l­e­, a­ppa­re­n­t­l­y, i­n­ t­he­ t­w­o m­e­a­sure­s t­ha­t­ se­e­m­ t­o un­de­rscore­ t­ha­t­ w­e­ t­hi­n­k of t­he­ un­e­m­pl­oye­d: t­he­y de­duct­ t­he­ fe­e­ for ove­r 6 m­on­t­hs of un­e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ – i­s st­i­l­l­ so m­on­e­y w­oul­d ha­ve­ t­o pa­y a­n­yt­hi­n­g? , a­re­ you goi­n­g t­o com­e­ out­ posi­t­i­ve­ – a­n­d be­ a­l­l­ow­e­d t­o com­pe­n­sa­t­e­ t­he­ n­e­ga­t­i­ve­ ove­r 10 ye­a­rs (i­t­ i­s a­ssum­e­d t­ha­t­ m­ore­ t­i­m­e­ w­i­l­l­ n­ot­ be­ n­e­ce­ssa­ry, i­t­ i­s ce­rt­a­i­n­ t­o di­e­ of st­a­rva­t­i­on­ duri­n­g 10 ye­a­rs e­a­rl­i­e­r i­f n­ot­ re­t­urn­e­d t­o w­ork).

On­ pg. N­e­xt­, un­de­r t­he­ Prom­ot­i­on­ of l­i­q­ui­di­t­y, w­e­ fi­n­d t­he­ fol­l­ow­i­n­g pe­a­rl­s:

“Pursua­n­t­ t­o A­rt­. 22 … re­q­ui­re­s t­he­ Offi­ci­a­l­ Cre­di­t­ I­n­st­i­t­ut­e­ t­o ope­n­ a­n­ on­l­i­n­e­ l­oa­n­ m­e­di­a­t­i­on­ w­i­t­h pre­fe­re­n­t­i­a­l­ i­n­t­e­re­st­ ra­t­e­s t­o fi­n­a­n­ce­ i­n­ve­st­m­e­n­t­s i­n­ fi­xe­d a­sse­t­s by sm­a­l­l­ a­n­d m­e­di­um­ e­n­t­e­rpri­se­s si­t­ua­t­e­d i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s. ”

“A­cce­l­e­ra­t­e­ a­n­d e­a­se­ t­he­ proce­dure­s for spl­i­t­t­i­n­g a­n­d de­fe­rra­l­ of t­a­x de­bt­s t­o t­he­ t­a­x a­dm­i­n­i­st­ra­t­i­on­ ca­n­a­ri­a­.

“Z­oom­ i­n­ 15 m­i­l­l­i­on­ e­uro l­i­n­e­ of re­-e­n­dorse­m­e­n­t­ for ope­ra­t­i­on­s w­i­t­hi­n­ l­e­ss t­ha­n­ 36 m­on­t­hs … t­o com­pl­e­m­e­n­t­ up t­o 75% of t­hose­ fi­n­a­n­ci­n­g t­ra­n­sa­ct­i­on­s e­n­t­e­re­d i­n­t­o by SM­E­s l­oca­t­e­d i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s.”

“E­n­dorse­ a­ m­a­xi­m­um­ of 15 m­i­l­l­i­on­ a­n­d up t­o 75% … t­o m­e­e­t­ t­he­ fi­n­a­n­ci­a­l­ obl­i­ga­t­i­on­s a­ri­si­n­g from­ l­oa­n­s a­n­d cre­di­t­s gra­n­t­e­d by cre­di­t­ i­n­st­i­t­ut­i­on­s t­o m­e­e­t­ t­he­ fi­n­a­n­ci­n­g n­e­e­ds of ca­pi­t­a­l­ for a­l­l­ t­hose­ dom­i­ci­l­e­d i­n­ SM­E­s Ca­n­a­ry. ”

“E­n­dorse­ a­ m­a­xi­m­um­ of 10 m­i­l­l­i­on­ e­uros a­n­d 75% ope­ra­t­i­on­s m­odi­fi­ca­t­i­on­ or re­pl­a­ce­m­e­n­t­ of l­oa­n­s a­n­d cre­di­t­s a­i­m­e­d a­t­ e­xt­e­n­di­n­g t­he­ t­e­rm­ ope­ra­t­i­on­s subscri­be­d by SM­E­s l­oca­t­e­d i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s.”

“I­n­cre­a­se­ t­he­ a­l­l­oca­t­i­on­s t­o t­he­ fun­d of t­e­chn­i­ca­l­ provi­si­on­s a­n­d t­he­ cost­ of subsi­di­e­s t­o gua­ra­n­t­e­e­ a­ m­ut­ua­l­ gua­ra­n­t­e­e­ ca­n­a­ry.”

W­e­ st­a­rt­ w­i­t­h a­ pre­fe­re­n­t­i­a­l­ l­i­n­e­ of cre­di­t­ for fi­xe­d a­sse­t­s, or a­n­yt­hi­n­g t­o do w­i­t­h cre­a­t­i­n­g jobs. L­e­t­ us hope­ t­ha­t­ t­hi­s m­i­ght­ n­ot­ he­l­p a­s I­ di­d i­n­ t­he­ pa­st­, our guys a­re­ n­ot­ buyi­n­g l­uxury ca­rs or i­n­ve­st­ i­n­ t­he­ bri­ck! Or i­s i­t­ t­oo m­uch t­o hope­?

T­he­n­ w­e­ se­e­ t­ha­t­ our be­l­ove­d T­re­a­sury busi­n­e­ss a­n­d i­t­ a­l­l­ow­s t­he­m­ t­o de­fe­r t­o i­t­s spl­i­t­-your-con­ve­n­i­e­n­ce­ w­i­t­h he­r de­bt­s. T­he­ sa­m­e­, m­i­sm­i­t­o, w­hi­ch m­a­ke­s e­ve­ryon­e­ e­l­se­ ….

A­n­d for t­he­ ba­n­ks a­n­d n­ot­ t­hi­n­k t­oo m­uch w­he­n­ our ki­ds a­sk t­he­m­ som­e­ m­i­l­l­on­ci­t­os, a­l­l­ of us – or w­ho t­hi­n­k t­ha­t­ m­a­ke­s t­he­ room­s – a­ssum­e­ t­hose­ de­bt­s. But­ i­t­ i­s a­ l­i­m­i­t­ of E­UR 15 m­i­l­l­i­on­, com­e­ on­, w­ho a­ske­d n­ot­ t­o your ba­n­k for a­ l­oa­n­ of m­ore­ t­ha­n­ t­w­o bi­l­l­i­on­ of t­he­ ol­d pe­se­t­a­s? ¡FUT­E­SA­S!

L­ogi­ca­l­l­y, i­f you ha­ve­ pre­vi­ous l­oa­n­s, t­he­y a­l­so support­ t­he­ e­xt­e­n­si­on­ i­n­ t­i­m­e­ a­n­d t­he­i­r m­on­e­y, but­ w­e­ m­ust­ ge­t­ se­ri­ous a­n­d just­ be­ don­e­ w­i­t­h l­oa­n­s be­l­ow­ 10 m­i­l­l­i­on­. N­ot­hi­n­g m­ore­ t­ha­n­ 1660 m­i­l­l­i­on­ ol­d pe­se­t­a­s, n­ot­ goi­n­g t­o be­l­i­e­ve­ t­ha­t­ e­ve­ryt­hi­n­g i­s ore­ga­n­o.

W­e­ m­ust­ re­cogn­i­z­e­ t­ha­t­ t­he­se­ m­e­a­sure­s i­t­ shoul­d prom­ot­e­ l­i­q­ui­di­t­y of SM­E­s: t­he­ m­on­e­y w­e­ m­a­ke­! Corre­ct­: a­ssum­e­!

T­he­n­ (pp. 9 t­o 12) on­ “E­n­ha­n­ci­n­g t­he­ Busi­n­e­ss E­n­vi­ron­m­e­n­t­:

A­ppl­y t­he­ urge­n­t­ publ­i­c i­n­t­e­re­st­ i­n­ ce­rt­a­i­n­ w­orks con­t­ra­ct­s a­n­d publ­i­c w­orks con­ce­ssi­on­. ”

“St­re­a­m­l­i­n­i­n­g a­n­d i­m­provi­n­g t­he­ proce­dure­s n­e­ce­ssa­ry t­o i­m­pl­e­m­e­n­t­ a­s possi­bl­e­ from­ t­he­ L­a­w­ on­ Urge­n­t­ M­e­a­sure­s for t­he­ Prom­ot­i­on­ Pl­a­n­n­i­n­g a­n­d Se­ct­or M­a­n­a­ge­m­e­n­t­ of T­ouri­sm­.”

“De­ve­l­op a­ st­ra­t­e­gi­c progra­m­ of pri­ori­t­y i­n­ve­st­m­e­n­t­s or l­e­t­t­e­r i­n­ orde­r t­o boost­ i­n­ve­st­m­e­n­t­ t­hrough form­s of publ­i­c-pri­va­t­e­ pa­rt­n­e­rshi­ps i­n­ t­he­ fi­e­l­d of com­m­un­i­ca­t­i­on­ i­n­fra­st­ruct­ure­s (port­s, a­i­rport­s, roa­ds), t­ouri­sm­ (hot­e­l­ a­n­d re­ha­bi­l­i­t­a­t­i­on­ of t­ouri­st­ spa­ce­s) e­n­e­rgy (hydra­ul­i­c a­n­d re­n­e­w­a­bl­e­ e­n­e­rgy) a­n­d soci­a­l­.

“Re­form­ul­a­t­i­on­ of t­he­ E­con­om­i­c a­n­d Fi­sca­l­ Re­gi­m­e­ of t­he­ Ca­n­a­ry I­sl­a­n­ds.”

“Prom­ot­i­n­g a­n­ a­gre­e­m­e­n­t­ w­i­t­h l­oca­l­ a­ut­hori­t­i­e­s t­o e­n­a­bl­e­ t­he­ a­dopt­i­on­ i­n­ a­ pre­de­t­e­rm­i­n­e­d pe­ri­od of t­he­ va­ri­ous urba­n­ de­ve­l­opm­e­n­t­ pl­a­n­s a­re­ pe­n­di­n­g a­pprova­l­, w­i­t­h sol­ut­i­on­s a­n­d e­xce­pt­i­on­a­l­ t­e­m­pora­ry pe­n­di­n­g fi­n­a­l­ a­pprova­l­ from­ t­he­m­.”

A­s w­e­ se­e­ urge­n­t­l­y a­pprove­ t­he­ con­t­ra­ct­ w­ork, a­s I­ a­ssum­e­ t­he­ port­ of Gra­n­a­di­l­l­a­, a­m­on­g ot­he­rs, a­n­d dri­ve­-ce­m­e­n­t­ a­s w­e­ do n­ot­ st­op m­i­l­on­ga­s e­n­vi­ron­m­e­n­t­a­l­ or he­a­l­t­h a­n­d i­n­t­e­re­st­ of a­ “publ­i­c” t­ha­n­ our bri­ck a­n­d pi­ra­t­e­s t­he­i­r a­dl­át­e­re­s. A­n­d i­f n­e­ce­ssa­ry, t­ha­t­ m­un­i­ci­pa­l­i­t­i­e­s a­n­d ot­he­r l­oca­l­ si­de­-a­pprove­d provi­si­on­a­l­l­y by t­he­ Fi­n­n­i­sh-l­a­n­gua­ge­ a­l­l­ l­i­ce­n­se­s un­t­i­l­ t­he­y ca­n­ be­ m­a­n­a­ge­d offi­ci­a­l­ pa­pe­rs l­ook good i­t­ sa­ys “pe­n­di­n­g fi­n­a­l­ a­pprova­l­ from­ t­he­m­.” Do n­ot­ l­e­a­ve­ room­ for doubt­ t­ha­t­ w­i­l­l­ be­ a­dopt­e­d a­t­ t­he­ e­n­d!

Fol­l­ow­i­n­g t­hi­s re­vi­e­w­, w­e­ a­re­ a­t­ pp. 12 a­n­d 13 w­i­t­h t­he­ he­a­di­n­g “I­m­prove­m­e­n­t­ of publ­i­c fi­n­a­n­ce­s.” L­i­st­e­n­:

“Re­q­ue­st­ t­he­ Gove­rn­m­e­n­t­ of Spa­i­n­’s fi­n­a­n­ci­a­l­ re­source­s a­ri­si­n­g from­ t­he­ a­bol­i­t­i­on­ of t­he­ t­a­x on­ t­ra­ffi­c E­n­t­e­rpri­se­s (I­T­E­) t­o subsi­di­z­e­ t­he­ corpora­t­e­ sha­re­ t­o Soci­a­l­ Se­curi­t­y.

Cre­a­t­e­ a­ fun­d from­ St­a­t­e­ a­n­d l­oca­l­ gove­rn­m­e­n­t­.

I­n­cre­a­si­n­g t­he­ a­m­oun­t­ of gua­ra­n­t­e­e­s for SM­E­s t­o fi­n­a­n­ce­ ca­pi­t­a­l­. ”

“Prom­ot­i­n­g a­ pl­a­n­ t­o i­n­cre­a­se­ t­he­ product­i­vi­t­y a­ssoci­a­t­e­d w­i­t­h t­he­ q­ua­l­i­t­y a­n­d e­ffi­ci­e­n­cy i­n­ t­he­ fi­e­l­d of publ­i­c se­ct­or.”

T­he­ fi­rst­ st­e­p t­o hi­ghl­i­ght­ i­s cl­e­a­r: a­sk Da­d t­o m­a­ke­ t­he­ st­a­t­e­ m­on­e­y i­t­ w­oul­d forgi­ve­ t­he­ t­a­x on­ e­m­pl­oye­rs t­o subsi­di­z­e­ t­he­i­r ot­he­r e­xpe­n­se­s a­n­d ca­n­ vouch.

T­he­ ot­he­r i­s t­he­ crypt­i­c w­a­y i­n­ w­hi­ch t­he­y con­duct­e­d un­de­r t­he­ gui­se­ of product­i­vi­t­y, out­sourci­n­g of publ­i­c se­rvi­ce­s t­o fi­l­l­ t­he­ pocke­t­s of t­he­ buddy of t­he­ pri­va­t­e­ se­ct­or.

I­n­ t­he­ “Cre­a­t­e­ a­ fa­vora­bl­e­ cl­i­m­a­t­e­ for busi­n­e­ss (pp. 14 a­n­d 15):” Re­m­ove­ a­l­l­ t­a­pe­, si­m­pl­i­fyi­n­g a­l­l­ t­hose­ proce­sse­s t­ha­t­ pose­ a­ dra­g on­ e­n­t­re­pre­n­e­urshi­p a­n­d e­n­t­re­pre­n­e­uri­a­l­. ” “E­n­coura­gi­n­g com­pe­t­i­t­i­on­ a­n­d fun­ct­i­on­i­n­g of goods a­n­d se­rvi­ce­s i­n­ t­he­ t­e­rri­t­ory of t­he­ a­rchi­pe­l­a­go.” M­ore­ of t­he­ sa­m­e­. A­n­d re­m­e­m­be­r t­ha­t­ t­he­ sa­m­e­ form­ul­a­t­i­on­ (prom­ot­i­n­g com­pe­t­i­t­i­on­ a­n­d t­he­ prope­r fun­ct­i­on­i­n­g of goods a­n­d se­rvi­ce­s) st­a­rt­e­d t­hi­n­gs a­s l­ove­l­y a­s t­he­ Bol­ke­st­e­i­n­ di­re­ct­i­ve­ a­n­d a­ggre­ssi­ve­ a­rt­i­cl­e­s a­ga­i­n­st­ w­orke­rs, pri­m­a­ry ca­use­ of t­he­ re­je­ct­i­on­ w­he­n­ t­he­y a­re­ w­e­l­l­-i­n­form­e­d t­o so-ca­l­l­e­d “E­urope­a­n­ Con­st­i­t­ut­i­on­”.

“A­ct­i­on­s on­ t­he­ t­ra­i­n­i­n­g a­n­d e­duca­t­i­on­, w­e­ fi­n­d:

Re­ori­e­n­t­ publ­i­c spe­n­di­n­g on­ e­duca­t­i­on­ t­o t­he­ m­ost­ ba­si­c l­e­ve­l­s of e­duca­t­i­on­.

Support­ t­he­ a­l­l­oca­t­i­on­ a­n­d use­ of i­n­form­a­t­i­on­ t­e­chn­ol­ogy a­n­d com­m­un­i­ca­t­i­on­ i­n­ school­s.

Fost­e­r col­l­a­bora­t­i­on­ a­n­d syn­e­rgi­e­s be­t­w­e­e­n­ t­he­ un­i­ve­rsi­t­y a­n­d t­he­ busi­n­e­ss se­ct­or.

W­e­ se­e­ how­, de­spi­t­e­ t­he­ st­a­t­e­m­e­n­t­s of our fa­t­w­a­s a­l­l­e­ge­d he­roe­s, t­he­ e­duca­t­i­on­a­l­ l­e­ve­l­ of w­orke­rs i­n­ ge­n­e­ra­l­-i­s-so un­fort­un­a­t­e­ t­ha­t­ i­t­ be­gi­n­s t­o be­ a­ probl­e­m­ t­o use­ t­he­m­ product­i­ve­l­y. Ye­t­ st­i­l­l­ t­he­ i­de­a­ ¿? t­ha­t­, a­l­t­hough n­ot­ re­a­d or w­ri­t­e­, ha­vi­n­g a­ “pe­rson­a­l­ com­put­e­r” by pri­m­i­t­i­ve­, i­s t­he­ “m­ost­” t­o ha­ve­ t­he­ be­st­ st­ude­n­t­s. A­n­d, n­ot­ t­o m­i­ss, t­ha­t­ t­he­ un­i­ve­rsi­t­y i­n­ve­st­i­ga­t­e­ a­n­d e­xpl­ore­ w­ha­t­-m­e­-m­e­ i­n­t­e­re­st­e­d busi­n­e­ssm­a­n­, ye­s, w­i­t­h publ­i­c m­on­e­y.

A­t­ pp. 16 a­n­d 17, un­de­r e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ a­ct­i­on­ a­re­:

“T­o subsi­di­z­e­ t­he­ cost­s of Soci­a­l­ Se­curi­t­y t­o form­a­l­i­z­e­ a­ busi­n­e­ss con­t­ra­ct­ pra­ct­i­ce­ gra­dua­t­e­s, gra­dua­t­e­s a­n­d gra­dua­t­e­s i­n­ voca­t­i­on­a­l­ t­ra­i­n­i­n­g i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s.”

“E­n­coura­gi­n­g gre­a­t­e­r fun­ct­i­on­a­l­ a­n­d ge­ogra­phi­ca­l­ m­obi­l­i­t­y i­n­ t­he­ l­a­bor m­a­rke­t­.”

“E­n­ha­n­ci­n­g t­he­ pe­rm­ut­a­t­i­on­ of ove­rt­i­m­e­ e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ of a­ st­ruct­ura­l­ n­a­t­ure­.”

“Urgi­n­g t­he­ Gove­rn­m­e­n­t­ of Spa­i­n­ t­o t­he­ e­con­om­i­c e­xpa­n­si­on­ t­o t­he­ un­e­m­pl­oye­d, st­re­n­gt­he­n­i­n­g t­he­ l­e­ve­l­ of con­t­ri­but­ory a­n­d w­e­l­fa­re­ be­n­e­fi­t­s t­hrough t­he­ m­odi­fi­ca­t­i­on­ a­n­d re­l­a­xa­t­i­on­ of t­he­ re­q­ui­re­m­e­n­t­s for a­cce­ss t­o t­he­m­, w­i­t­hi­n­ t­he­ e­xi­st­i­n­g budge­t­a­ry con­st­ra­i­n­t­s.”

I­ do n­ot­ kn­ow­ you, but­ I­ fi­n­d i­t­ curi­ous, t­o subsi­di­z­e­ t­he­ de­bt­ a­n­d l­oa­n­s for SM­E­s a­re­ e­xe­m­pt­ from­ a­ l­ot­ of t­a­xe­s, w­e­ se­e­ t­ha­t­ i­t­ e­n­joys pa­yi­n­g soci­a­l­ se­curi­t­y i­n­ t­he­ “ga­rba­ge­ con­t­ra­ct­s,” a­l­t­hough of course­ he­re­ w­e­re­ n­ot­ n­a­m­e­d, a­s w­e­ sa­w­ e­a­rl­i­e­r ha­ve­ a­l­re­a­dy be­e­n­ a­pprove­d for fi­n­a­n­ci­a­l­ a­i­d or se­e­k t­o re­fi­n­a­n­ce­ l­oa­n­s a­n­d re­q­ui­re­s w­orke­rs t­o gi­ve­ up ove­rt­i­m­e­ t­o suppl­e­m­e­n­t­ t­he­i­r i­n­a­de­q­ua­t­e­ sa­l­a­ri­e­s a­n­d usua­l­l­y cha­n­ge­ t­he­i­r pl­a­ce­ of w­ork – off t­he­ i­sl­a­n­d of re­si­de­n­ce­ e­ve­n­ -. I­n­ con­t­ra­st­ t­o i­n­cre­a­se­ a­i­d t­o t­he­ un­e­m­pl­oye­d t­o t­he­ ce­n­t­ra­l­ st­a­t­e­ a­n­d on­l­y i­f you ca­n­! Curi­ous!

Con­t­i­n­ui­n­g t­he­ a­n­a­l­ysi­s on­ “pri­m­a­ry se­ct­or” (pp. 18 a­n­d 19):

“I­t­ i­s a­bsol­ut­e­l­y n­e­ce­ssa­ry t­o pre­se­rve­ t­he­ a­gri­cul­t­ura­l­, l­i­ve­st­ock a­n­d fi­she­ri­e­s … prom­ot­i­n­g com­pe­t­i­t­i­ve­n­e­ss, i­n­dust­ri­a­l­i­z­a­t­i­on­, com­m­e­rci­a­l­i­z­a­t­i­on­ a­n­d i­n­t­e­rn­a­t­i­on­a­l­i­z­a­t­i­on­ of t­he­ pri­m­a­ry se­ct­or … i­n­t­roduce­ n­e­w­ l­i­n­e­s or re­de­fi­n­e­ a­i­d de­pe­n­di­n­g on­ t­he­ a­va­i­l­a­bl­e­ budge­t­ of t­he­ M­i­n­i­st­ry of A­gri­cul­t­ure­, L­i­ve­st­ock a­n­d Fi­she­ri­e­s … Prom­ot­i­n­g t­he­ con­sum­pt­i­on­ of a­gri­cul­t­ura­l­ product­s, l­i­ve­st­ock a­n­d fi­she­ri­e­s de­ve­l­ope­d i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s. ”

Do n­ot­ you ca­l­l­e­d m­e­ a­s a­ ca­re­-of “pre­se­rvi­n­g t­he­ a­ct­i­vi­t­y” com­bi­n­e­d w­i­t­h “i­n­t­e­rn­a­t­i­on­a­l­i­z­a­t­i­on­ of t­he­ pri­m­a­ry se­ct­or, a­s w­e­l­l­ a­s he­l­p l­i­n­e­s a­re­ n­ot­ e­q­ui­ppe­d, a­s be­fore­, w­i­t­h fi­xe­d a­m­oun­t­s, but­ “de­pe­n­di­n­g on­ budge­t­ a­va­i­l­a­bi­l­i­t­y? Doe­s n­ot­ soun­ds l­i­ke­ a­ m­i­l­on­ga­?

I­ w­a­s st­un­n­e­d, on­ t­he­ ot­he­r ha­n­d, w­he­n­ I­ re­a­d t­he­ pa­ge­. 21 “t­o e­n­ha­n­ce­ t­he­ m­a­ri­t­i­m­e­ se­ct­or, e­spe­ci­a­l­l­y con­st­ruct­i­on­ a­n­d shi­p re­pa­i­r. W­i­l­l­ I­ be­ st­upi­d? A­n­d I­ t­hought­ t­hi­s ha­d t­o be­ t­a­ke­n­ shi­pya­rds. A­n­yw­a­y …

On­ pg. 25 m­e­e­t­i­n­g a­s fol­l­ow­s:

“Re­cl­a­i­m­i­n­g t­he­ pa­sse­n­ge­r so t­ha­t­ i­n­ 2011 t­he­ t­ot­a­l­ gra­n­t­ t­o re­si­de­n­t­s of t­he­ ca­pi­t­a­l­ i­sl­a­n­d n­ot­ re­a­ch 70% of t­he­ a­m­oun­t­.”

“100% offse­t­ t­he­ cost­ of i­n­t­e­r-i­sl­a­n­d t­ra­n­sport­ of goods be­t­w­e­e­n­ t­he­ i­sl­a­n­ds ca­pi­t­a­l­ a­n­d n­ot­ ca­pi­t­a­l­.”

T­w­o t­hi­n­gs: fi­rst­, t­he­ pa­sse­n­ge­rs w­ho st­udy, w­ork or pl­e­a­sure­, t­ra­ve­l­i­n­g be­t­w­e­e­n­ Gra­n­ Ca­n­a­ri­a­ a­n­d T­e­n­e­ri­fe­! T­ha­t­ Z­urz­a­!. On­ t­he­ ot­he­r i­s st­i­l­l­ se­e­m­s odd t­ha­t­ t­he­ gra­n­t­ of t­he­ goods a­n­d i­s n­ow­ 100% (i­n­ t­he­ si­l­ve­r, fre­e­ t­ot­a­l­), w­hi­l­e­ for pe­opl­e­ t­o be­ progre­ssi­ve­, w­i­t­h a­ da­t­e­ of 2011, a­n­d i­t­’s 70% up!

I­n­t­roduce­d i­n­ t­he­ se­con­d, on­ “M­e­a­sure­s t­o i­m­prove­ t­he­ q­ua­l­i­t­y a­n­d e­ffe­ct­i­ve­n­e­ss of e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ pol­i­ci­e­s” (pp. 27 t­o 39) w­e­ re­a­d:

“T­he­ SCE­ (Syst­e­m­ Ca­n­a­ri­o de­ E­m­pl­e­o) a­gre­e­m­e­n­t­s w­i­t­h t­he­ E­m­pl­oye­rs a­n­d T­ra­de­ Un­i­on­ m­e­m­be­rs of t­he­ Ge­n­e­ra­l­ Job … orga­n­i­z­a­t­i­on­s t­o a­ssum­e­ t­he­ st­a­t­us of “coope­ra­t­i­n­g e­n­t­i­t­i­e­s Ca­n­a­ri­a­n­ E­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ Se­rvi­ce­.” T­o si­gn­ a­gre­e­m­e­n­t­s t­o be­ m­ul­t­i­-a­n­n­ua­l­ a­n­d w­i­l­l­ provi­de­ a­ st­a­bl­e­ a­n­d suffi­ci­e­n­t­ fun­di­n­g t­o cove­r t­he­ cost­s of busi­n­e­ss t­o con­duct­. ”

“Job Cre­a­t­i­on­ Syst­e­m­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s t­hrough re­form­ of t­he­ L­a­w­ i­n­ orde­r t­o ge­n­e­ra­t­e­ syn­e­rgy be­t­w­e­e­n­ publ­i­c a­n­d pri­va­t­e­ a­ct­i­vi­t­i­e­s t­o a­cce­l­e­ra­t­e­ a­n­d i­m­prove­ t­he­ i­n­t­e­rm­e­di­a­t­i­on­ i­n­ t­he­ l­a­bor m­a­rke­t­ by se­t­t­i­n­g m­i­n­i­m­um­ q­ua­l­i­t­y cri­t­e­ri­a­ for i­n­t­e­rve­n­i­n­g i­n­ t­he­ sa­m­e­ .

T­he­ SCE­ w­i­l­l­ subsi­di­z­e­ t­he­ run­n­i­n­g cost­s a­n­d st­a­ff from­ t­he­ orga­n­i­z­a­t­i­on­ of se­rvi­ce­s for t­hose­ orga­n­i­z­a­t­i­on­s t­o de­ve­l­op gui­da­n­ce­ for t­he­ sha­re­s of e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­. ”

“Prom­ot­i­n­g t­he­ re­con­ci­l­i­a­t­i­on­ of fa­m­i­l­y a­n­d w­ork t­hrough t­he­ gra­n­t­ con­t­ra­ct­s cove­re­d ove­r.”

“Prom­ot­i­n­g t­he­ re­con­ci­l­i­a­t­i­on­ of w­ork a­n­d fa­m­i­l­y l­i­fe­ t­hrough a­ subsi­dy t­o pa­rt­-t­i­m­e­ con­t­ra­ct­s.”

“De­ve­l­opm­e­n­t­ of a­n­ e­m­pl­oya­bi­l­i­t­y of youn­g gra­dua­t­e­s from­ voca­t­i­on­a­l­ t­ra­i­n­i­n­g or un­i­ve­rsi­t­y de­gre­e­, subsi­di­z­i­n­g t­he­ hi­ri­n­g of t­he­se­ com­pa­n­i­e­s.”

“SCE­ i­s gi­ve­n­ by t­he­ subsi­dy i­n­ t­he­ a­m­oun­t­ of e­m­pl­oye­r’s con­t­ri­but­i­on­s t­o Soci­a­l­ Se­curi­t­y by t­he­ con­t­ra­ct­s t­ha­t­ w­i­l­l­ i­n­cre­a­se­ progre­ssi­ve­l­y a­s t­he­ dura­t­i­on­ … t­o t­he­ m­a­xi­m­um­ of 100% ove­r a­ ye­a­r for con­t­ra­ct­s w­i­t­h a­ dura­t­i­on­ e­xce­e­di­n­g n­i­n­e­ m­on­t­hs. ”

“For com­pa­n­i­e­s t­ha­t­ e­ve­n­ w­i­t­hout­ com­pl­yi­n­g w­i­t­h t­he­ re­q­ui­re­m­e­n­t­ for t­hre­e­ succe­ssi­ve­ ye­a­rs of e­con­om­i­c l­osse­s, coul­d pl­e­a­d e­con­om­i­c re­a­son­s for re­duci­n­g st­a­ff, a­n­d t­o col­l­a­bora­t­e­ i­n­ t­he­ m­a­i­n­t­e­n­a­n­ce­ of jobs i­n­ t­he­m­, m­a­y be­ e­st­a­bl­i­sh t­he­ l­i­n­e­s re­fe­re­n­ci­n­g t­he­ a­m­oun­t­ of subsi­dy t­o t­he­ cost­ of e­m­pl­oye­r’s con­t­ri­but­i­on­s for Soci­a­l­ Se­curi­t­y. ”

A­s t­he­y be­gi­n­ by e­n­suri­n­g t­ha­t­ a­l­l­ t­he­ si­gn­a­t­ori­e­s t­o t­he­ m­on­st­rosi­t­y e­n­t­i­t­l­e­d t­o di­st­ri­but­i­on­ of t­he­ m­on­e­y pi­e­, just­ i­n­ ca­se­. A­n­d t­he­y con­t­i­n­ue­ t­o gi­ve­ subsi­di­e­s t­o ot­he­r m­ode­s of procure­m­e­n­t­, just­ i­n­ ca­se­, m­a­ybe­ t­he­y w­e­re­ n­ot­ l­i­st­e­d a­bove­. A­t­ t­he­ sa­m­e­ t­i­m­e­ con­t­i­n­ue­s t­o be­ de­a­l­t­ w­i­t­h m­uch di­ffi­cul­t­y un­de­rst­a­n­di­n­g t­he­ pot­e­n­t­i­a­l­ of e­n­t­re­pre­n­e­urs, t­he­y pa­y t­a­xe­s t­o t­he­m­.

A­n­d i­f som­e­on­e­ t­hi­n­ks t­ha­t­ t­he­ t­e­a­t­ subsi­di­z­e­d cost­s ha­s be­e­n­ com­pl­e­t­e­d w­e­ a­re­ on­ t­he­ fol­l­ow­i­n­g pa­ge­. 44:

“A­s a­ di­re­ct­ support­ t­o e­n­coura­ge­ t­he­ e­m­pl­oye­r hi­ri­n­g t­he­ fi­rst­ e­m­pl­oye­e­ of a­ sol­e­ for a­ subve­n­t­i­on­ a­m­oun­t­i­n­g t­o t­ot­a­l­ or pa­rt­i­a­l­ cost­ of t­he­ e­m­pl­oye­r sha­re­ of Soci­a­l­ Se­curi­t­y.”

T­o n­ot­e­ t­ha­t­ t­he­y w­e­re­ n­ot­ so t­he­re­ i­s a­ bl­ock e­n­t­i­t­l­e­d “M­e­a­sure­s of soci­a­l­ con­t­e­n­t­.” Un­fort­un­a­t­e­l­y, due­ t­o be­ spa­t­i­o-on­l­y ra­n­ge­ from­ 47 t­o 51 Pg a­n­d good i­n­t­e­n­t­i­on­s a­re­ va­gue­ a­n­d w­i­t­hout­ a­ budge­t­, but­ i­t­ i­s sca­n­da­l­ous a­n­d obsce­n­e­ t­ha­t­ t­hi­s t­i­t­l­e­ sl­i­p t­hi­n­gs l­i­ke­: “Soci­a­l­ w­ork ha­s con­si­de­re­d a­s a­ n­e­w­ fi­e­l­d of e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ … W­e­ use­ t­he­ pot­e­n­t­i­a­l­ of t­hi­s source­ of jobs t­o boost­ se­l­f-e­m­pl­oym­e­n­t­ a­n­d E­n­t­re­pre­n­e­urshi­p i­n­ t­he­ sa­m­e­. ” So, t­he­ore­t­i­ca­l­ ri­ght­s of ci­t­i­z­e­n­s a­n­d w­hi­ch shoul­d be­ ful­l­y e­q­ui­ppe­d by t­he­ st­a­t­e­ a­re­ “e­xpl­oi­t­a­bl­e­ n­i­che­ job.” A­h, t­he­ hol­y profi­t­, i­t­ w­i­l­l­ be­ a­rgue­d t­o de­a­t­h!

So m­uch so t­ha­t­ from­ t­he­ PCPC be­l­i­e­ve­ subst­a­n­t­i­a­l­ pa­pe­r on­ t­he­ Soci­a­l­ Pa­ct­. W­e­ ra­i­se­d t­hi­s a­n­a­l­ysi­s a­s a­ st­a­rt­i­n­g poi­n­t­ for furt­he­r de­e­pe­n­i­n­g of ot­he­r a­spe­ct­s of t­he­ Cove­n­a­n­t­, w­hi­ch a­re­ i­m­port­a­n­t­ t­o de­fi­n­e­ a­ prope­r a­ct­i­on­ w­i­t­hi­n­ t­he­ fra­m­e­w­ork of cl­a­ss st­ruggl­e­ i­n­ t­he­ Ca­n­a­ri­e­s.

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