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En Villavicencio dicen que están regalando dinero

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Según los habitantes de esa ciudad, una camioneta gris y otra roja con hombres encapuchados recorren los barrios populares entregando billetes de 20 mil y 50 mil pesos, aunque la Policía dice no tener información de la existencia de algún billete que haya sido entregado.

Algunos aseguran haber recibido hasta 300 mil pesos y dos millones de pesos y muchos aprovechan el dinero para comprar uniformes escolares, comida o satisfacer otras necesidades.

Los testigos aseguran que los billetes son verdaderos y muchos pasan la noche en vela esperando que estos sujetos 'fantasmales' aparezcan en algún punto de la ciudad, para ordenarles hacer una fila y entregarles lo que puedan como han hecho durante las últimas dos semanas en horas de la noche.

'Eso están repartiendo plata en los barrios pobres para entregar el dinero a las personas con más necesidades', indicó a Caracol radio un testigo identificado como José.

El Comandante de la Policía en el Meta Coronel Paulo Emilio Gómez afirmó que cada vez son más fuertes los rumores sobre dinero que es regalado en parques y plazas especialmente de Villavicencio pero oficialmente no se ha podido confirmar el primer caso.

Según el ministro de Hacienda Óscar Iván Zuluaga, "lo sucedido parece un hecho increíble" y pidió a las autoridades competentes adelantar una investigación, pues "podrían ser dineros ilícitos.

By jonas on Feb 10, 2008, 23:05 in Friendly Talkzone.

Peter Solano says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:22:

Jonas, the name of our country is COLOMBIA, not Locombia, nor Columbia get it?You sound very familiar hmmm.

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jonas says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:27:

but then again... wouldn´t you call a place where people give money away like this from their car LOCOMBIA? Or was it the US where W is giving every family US$300????? My god, this world lacks something...

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jonas says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:29:

Monpirri says on Feb 23, 2008, 16:54:

While there are rumors in Villavicencio that money is being given away by who knows who, in New York it seems that the prospect of given money away it’s a strategy to improve the US economy.

"NY mall tries cash handouts to stave off recession

Fri Feb 22, 4:37 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York shopping mall is doing its part to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy by giving away $20,000 in cash to unsuspecting passers-by, hoping that handing out $50 bills will boost consumer confidence.
People dressed as Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty started handing out $1 bills around the borough of Queens earlier in the week, then began shelling out $50 bills at the Atlas Park shopping center on Friday.
Recipients are asked to spend or invest the money and told that if people have confidence in the economy it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The handouts will continue for two months until reaching $20,000, equivalent to $0.05 per square foot of retail space.
The mall owners say the private-sector effort will "supplement" the $168 billion stimulus package signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on February 13.
Atlas Park owner Damon Hemmerdinger noted that tax rebates in the stimulus plan won't reach consumers for months.
"It (the stimulus package) is important and I'm not at all critical of it, but I'm watching layoffs and bankruptcies and pain and suffering," Hemmerdinger said. "That's not enough. We shouldn't wait for anybody else to solve our problems."
Hemmerdinger estimated that if every shopping center in the country gave away cash using the same formula it would pump $340 million back into the sagging economy.
One economist, while acknowledging the giveaway may not have much impact on the $13 trillion U.S. economy, but said the gesture could boost consumer confidence.
"It moves us in the right direction," said Frank Tinari, professor emeritus at Seton Hall University. "It's taking money out of savings or profits and pumping it back into the economy."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080222/us_nm/usa_economy_stimulus_mall_dc

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Monpirri says on Feb 23, 2008, 17:10:

I would bet that nobody knew that Llaneros have the best business ideas? :>)

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