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Mimi, You and I are on the page on this issue.

If I may elaborate a bit. We need to rid our country of shanty towns.

Why?

Because image is everything.

I coul never comprehend why past governments had plan to embellish such an unhospitable place as Cite Soleil! Anyway, we cannot just solely focus on Cite Soleil since there are lots of other shanty towns around the country.

We always need a national public housing plan, that way, all Haitians from anywhere and everywhere inside Haiti would feel they're not being forgotten.

I like the idea of developping suburbs outside medium size town like Leogane or state funded public buildings inside major cities like Port-de-Paix, Jeremie.

But we have to concern ourselves with the lack of resources available to the Haitian government at this time. Government assistance in Haiti is a touchy subject: " On n'a pas les moyens" " We do not have the resources" is what they'll tell you. So private investment is the only option.

However, the state of Haiti can provide government loan guarantees to private investors.

Loan guarantee is an assurance not an assistance.

In other words, the state of Haiti does not have to put out any money.

Make no mistake about it, the state of Haiti did guarantee loans for private investments in the past long time ago. It's just the terms were never in Haiti's favor.

So Haiti came out the looser big time.
There is a master plan in the works for mother Haiti.

You can contribute if you wish. Just keep in touch.

Thanks

Rubens F. Titus, February 11 2008, 8:08 PM

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Mimi, You and I are on the page on this issue. If I may elaborate a bit. We need to rid our country of shanty towns... read more >
Rubens F. Titus, 11-Feb-08 8:08 pm
Rubens, ne compte pas trop sur le gouvernement pour aider le peuple a se procurer une maison descente pour se loger... read more >
Robert P Toussaint, 11-Feb-08 8:33 pm
RPT, Rubens, and Mimi: All of your ideas are along the same line, each adding quality to the other. This is how great... read more >
Linda, 12-Feb-08 6:44 pm
Hey Linda, avan memm kem finn li pos ou wa, mwen te gentan dako ak ou. Nawedez, mwen pa pedi tanm li lot mounn yo... read more >
Soufnantiou, 13-Feb-08 12:23 am
Hey Sounantiou, I loved this "Bay de wey." There's great Haitian author, who actually won awards and honors from... read more >
Linda, 13-Feb-08 7:48 am
It's all great news about our people winning awards and honors throughout the world, but i'm just so far away from... read more >
Soufnantiou, 13-Feb-08 2:00 pm
Soufnantiou very few of us reach great professional heights. However, some of us do reach personal greatness during... read more >
Linda, 13-Feb-08 3:59 pm
Hi, Linda i guess today is my day. I'm so proud of you, i'm trying to keep you busy so nobody else gets a chance to... read more >
Soufnantiou, 13-Feb-08 5:08 pm
I,recently read something regarding Cite Soleil is to be RECONSTRUCTED with VENEZUELAN MONEY!! Does any know of such... read more >
Jacques Bouchereau, 17-Feb-08 5:09 pm
I AGREE 100 % THE FOUNDATION I HAVE IN MIND WOULD BE BASED ON DEVELOPING CITIES, BUILDING AND REBUILDING EFFORTS. THAT... read more >
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