So used to provide vendors of Chile Christmas products to make them more attractive to the po ble buyers: “balls pa’ the regalones”, “chocolate pa’ the regalones ‘,” balloons pa’ the regalones ‘.
They went from a street to another loaded its plastics and sweets in order to earn a living weight to weight in the Chile of the successful. Those who shout from rooftops the virtues of the free market. The same that chillan against the “ineffectiveness” of the State and rave devotion against the infinite “delights” of the free market. Not for them, of course, only for others, because they are serving the State, taxes, pension funds, negotiated with education and health and many other businesses, for decades.
The free market does not fit the regalones since their parents are those who take them to promote their businesses at the expense of taxes of all Chileans. It is now done with all self-confidence. Does not move to a tab, because such is the moral impunity and the subordination of his followers that justify even that stops to Codelco, the State-owned company that sells China 50% of Chilean copper, out of the presidential tour to that country. Piñera accommodated on the presidential plane to his family, and incidentally also the woman of Frei, who is the Government official. Known entrepreneur Luksic, former financier of Bachelet and creditor of his son, of course invited by Pinera to China, scoffed at Codelco for having protested against this outrageous decision, calling them for own commercial tours, while the same It was the presidential tour. ENA von Baer, which lie with ease on the public TV about business bribes to finance his campaign, was also one of the “regalonas” in the travel of the President. The flower and the apitutados cream.
The Chile of the “regalones” is destroying our country. It’s rough characters who take advantage of their kin, of its contacts, political or institutional to benefit from the resources of the State. Shameful years of consultation all caste politics filled the public unit of sons, daughters, premiums, compadres, uncles, aunts or simply junior operators to make and unmake which belongs to the country. They sold water, copper, telecommunications, they privatized social services (remember the 1300 poor children of Sename, who died at the hands of private institutions subsidized by the State). As prize was increased with the support subsidies strictly of the entire Parliament, with few exceptions.
Pinera campaigned against nepotism and the first thing that came up was to appoint his brother Pablo Ambassador in the Argentina, but already could not, pressure and political pregnancy surpassed it. It could not save face. But he ran many times more with the children of their compadres and partners and now pulled out of tour to China to his sons, who had “accidentally” found a company of Robotics (Kauai Labs Spa) between midnight and roosters interested in strengthening ties in precisely with the Asian giant. The Minister of education Marcela Cubillos, has dedicated to delivering jobs on paid at the Ministry to a series of “regalones” ribs of the National Treasury with a naturalness that scares people from work.
The Chilean political caste comes stretched cord long ago creating a system of unsustainable nepotism that is fed with generational incestuous spare parts, maintaining the status quo of permanent abuse. They are rinsing of the “regalones”, whose main characteristic, interestingly, is his hatred of free competition, his adoration of the State’s resources, but only when benefit themselves, the imposition of merit to third parties and the unbearable temptation of achieve success by sweet cut-off of nepotism helped their parents, relatives or accomplices.
In Chile, people are cured of fear so much abuse. No longer believe in anything or anyone. The historical responsibility of the Concertación to depoliticize the Chilean society and declaring war on free thought, atrophied our country intellectually and gave him bran predators ever: the revived from across the political spectrum. It is the reason why Soquimich you could buy Parliament putting price on politicians without any legal consequences. There are now collusions for entrepreneurs regalones, touring presidential for the families of the elite, impunity for the military thieves, corrupt, political judges obviously irresponsible and lazy. The example of giving the so-called meters smart companies private, but cancelled in its entirety by the users, is just a sample of the immorality of a totally alienated political caste of their constituents. Even the two Communist deputies Vallejo and Cariola voted in favour of this onerous law of Bachelet. We are in the “! every man for himself!”.
Thus it happened recently in Sri Lanka. Brazen of this political class, with all the relatives of President Sirisena in senior positions and juicy business along with a premier fought to death with him, nepotism and corruption were busy in their affairs and their “regalones” when a suicide cell Islamic killed at close range to more than 300 innocent people during the Holy Sunday and left more than 500 wounded.
None of the Ministers regalones was given the job of checking more than 10 from the secret service of the India warnings months before the criminal facts of Holy week. Even the names of the murderers were contained in the lists of possible suspects of terrorism prepared by the India. Only a check would have been enough to have been able to prevent the tragedy of so many families. This example illustrates how nepotism and corruption can take criminal forms. It is people who uses the State to benefit personally or their parties until it hurts. There is no commitment or empathy with the nation. Subject are fundamentally indifferent, as the anybody receive them Yes or Yes.
The big question is whether in Chile there will be still enough decent politicians to stop the scandal of corruption, nepotism and rampant trading in influence to win silver. How for is a parliamentary caste earns obscene salaries and who have already lost any notion of what is the life of the common Chilean? If it weren’t for Sharp in Valparaiso, we would not even have hope that something can be done. But already during their first two years of management reduced the municipal debt from the port at nearly 6000 million pesos only stopping unfair concessions to private of the corrupt former mayors. In this way, it set a precedent of dignity and municipal decency that makes the difference with the rampant nepotism practiced years ago by the Mayor of right Reginato Viña del Mar. The so-called “deficits” are in practice robberies to the community. The port of Valparaíso example speaks for itself.
The “regalones” game is sinister and nepotism not only kills, but it gives the luxury of becoming “losers” all decent people. They are thugs and bully, abusers and abusive, brazen and irresponsible who swarm the country laughing at merit. The children of Piñera, know them, because despite the fact that his “enterprise” was only one month, “qualified” for the tour to China. Nepotism is underdevelopment, environmental destruction, social discrimination, misuse of public resources and the most tragic: deeply undemocratic.
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