
Originally Posted by
BananaQ
The Philippine government is just too inefficient. Whatever the system is, there are just too many officials doing nothing.
Just combine the legislative districts. Cut the number of congressmen by 75%, retain only 25%. Our provinces are too small. Just change our regions to "provinces" instead and reduce the number of governors and other provincial officials. Di ba millions na ang na-save ani?
The Philippines is smaller than California. We have 80 provinces + NCR and we're always creating more provinces, making government even more inefficient and paying for more government officials who just collect their salaries without doing much. The US only has 50 states + DC. China only has 33 main political divisions (provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, SARs). Indonesia has 33 provinces. We have way too many at 80 provinces + NCR!