What hinders Filipinos from acquiring Prosperity?

[Luskan]

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I think rich merchants are the most likely people to feel the effect right now. The poor people?it depends on their situation.

[bert]

asenso? damang-dama? hindi seguro, sa mahal ng bilihin ngayon... naa pa jud nang VAT, ambot lang.

[Motownkid]

Dama ko ang asenso..

pero the govenment has nothing to do with it.

[taga_ipil]

yeah.. damang dama ko rin ang asenso... also, government has nothing to do with it...

kay kung magpaabot ka sa governo ug tabang... daghan namo.

take advantage nalang sa unsa ang ihatag nila hehehe like housing na barato...

you need also to adjust sa imo lifestyle, kay kung gamay raka ug kita unya

mura ka ug donya... ayaw nalang!

[rodsky]

Ganahan ra ug sige'g kaon ug tulog ug jerjer...ug, gimik...ug shopping...ug pangandoy sa latest nga celfone/gadget...that's how they define life. Mao nga walang kinabukasan.

-RODION

[markepogi]

1. the CORRUPTION of the GOV'T OFFICIALS... resulting to

2. POVERTY...resulting to

3. the rapid increase of the population ( cge nalang ug panganak bsan alay ikabuhi sa pamilya )... resulting to

4. Low quality of life.... resulting to

5. WALA...walay ASENSO ang piNaS...

sad But true

[mustrufnuthn]

ng mga tao nga ug naa sa position, dili maduolan... singhagan lang ka ug naa kay ipangutana.

and......

VSMMC scandal

[giddyboy]

Mas maau pa ning Indian ay. Positive and analytical thinker, not like some of us here that are always complaining about their poor situation in life and blame anything under the sun to our gov't.

This guy or gal sees us in a different way, in contrast to Encarnacion's column titled, "WITH SO MUCH TALENTS AND SKILLS, WHY IS RP A BASKETCASE?".

The missing piece? BASIC GOODS SHOULD BE PRODUCED LOCALLY. ANOTHER IS OUR SELF-ESTEEM.

read on...

The missing piece in Philippine devt

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:44:00 04/22/2008

This refers to Romeo Encarnacion’s letter titled “With so much talents and skills, why is RP a basket case?
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquirer...-a-basket-case

(Inquirer, 4/17/0 I come from another developing and equally corrupt country, but allow me to put in my two pesos’ worth of opinion on this question.

I am writing this letter because I lived in Manila for about six months in 2005. I was born and raised in India. For the past 10 years I’ve been living in North America.

While in the Philippines, I would start my day with a hearty breakfast. I would usually have some toast, butter (made in New Zealand), jam (made in Australia/United States) and some juice (made in United States/Thailand/Brazil). I assumed the bread for my toast was made in the Philippines.

Compare that with my similar breakfast in India. There I never came upon a breakfast item that was not made in India. The point is, daily needs—be it jam, juice, butter or rice—should be homegrown.

Just like India, the Philippines has a huge pool of cheap labor. The government and the people should insist that basic goods be produced locally. That will create jobs, save precious foreign exchange and protect the nation from external dependencies and threats. So with cars, electronics and household products. The Philippines must set up more manufacturing facilities—with the help of foreign experts if needed—but the country should make sure that the units and parts are manufactured in the Philippines, not merely “assembled” here.

Another thing I noticed, which was so glaring and evident in Encarnacion’s letter—more specifically when he compared the Philippines with America—is the entire Filipino nation’s low self-esteem.

Having lived in India until the age of 26, I could feel the Indian people’s high national pride. Yes, India is as poor as the Philippines; yes, we do have tall, shiny buildings and malls but they are right beside shanties. Indians are complaining all the time about our government agencies but seldom or never do we compare ourselves to America. But in the Philippines, you open any local newspaper and almost every day you read at least one article singing hosannas to America.

Every country has its own culture and way of doing things. There’s no one cap that fits all situations. I believe the Philippines can develop and do things its own way. If China can do it as a communist, if India can do it as a socialist, so can the Philippines, Filipino style.

Many Indians, just like many Filipinos, are going abroad every day, but the Indian exodus has not hampered India’s progress. The Philippines has better infrastructure than India, arguably better quality of English speakers, fairly fertile lands and a vast pool of human resources.

I believe that the day the Filipinos wake up and take charge of their situation and take less pride in being a “balikbayan” [visiting overseas-based Filipino] than in being Filipino, that day when the Philippines will become another “Asian tiger” won’t be far away.

SANDEEP KANJILAL (via email)

[cdburgh]

Mas maau pa ning Indian ay. Positive and analytical thinker, not like some of us here that are always procrastinating about their poor situation in life and blame anything under the sun to our gov't.

what do you mean procrastinating? def: procrastination - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.
i think you need to use another word.

are you saying that some of our people here are deferring their action about their poor situation in life? do not blame them if they criticize the government. mind you, not only the poor are blaming the government. there are many affluent individuals who also see what is really happening, and did they procrastinate?

i agree with that Indian, the government and the people should insist. what is happening to us is that the government is going left and the people is going right. why? because the government have not given a clear direction and focuses on several directions which confuses the people. we can never move forward and attain progress if our efforts are not placed where it counts most. we will always go around in circles.

[giddyboy]

what do you mean procrastinating? def: procrastination - the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.
i think you need to use another word.

are you saying that some of our people here are deferring their action about their poor situation in life? do not blame them if they criticize the government. mind you, not only the poor are blaming the government, there are many affluent individuals who also see what is really happening.

i agree with that Indian, the government and the people should insist. what is happening to us is that the government is going left and the people is going right. why? because the government have not given a clear direction and focuses on several directions which confuses the people. we can never move forward and attain progress if our efforts are not placed where it counts most. we will always go around in circles.

sori for the wrong choice of word 'pre. it's "complaining" diay, not procrastinating. im not blaming people to criticize the gov't. what i want to say is that mo-criticize unta lang but with a solution in mind, just like what the Indian is doing. Being political-minded, not politicized. There's a big difference there. Being political-minded gives u focus and direction.

Yes, we can always complain, both rich and poor. but do our complaints always been put in a proper perspective? are u sure that some of these criticisms don't have personal or business motives also?

and who are the people confused on focus & directions? those people who value more on hearsays and trial by publicity than the rule of law. those people who think that the gov't is all to blame for their personal problems. those people who are more of blind followers. those people who are interested more on "soap operas" like the senate circus on ZTE than what's happening in the courts.

IMHO, focus and direction should come from the personal self first...if we don't have a personal focus & direction in life, there's no reason for us to complain or criticize issues beyond our personal boundaries.