About the PUP Protesters

[missingyouso]

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It is disingenuous to say that because some PUP students are workers (and therefore also taxpayers) that they have a right to speak for all taxpayers in demanding that we pay more taxes to support their studies. The only way this assertion would make sense is if the PUP protestors demand that we increase the taxes only of the PUP working students. In which case, I would support that.

There was never any mention of PUP students demanding that taxes be increased to fund their subsidies. Or maybe i'm just not aware of it. But, really, about tax increases? what's new. they increase every year or so.

[raski]

There was never any mention of PUP students demanding that taxes be increased to fund their subsidies. Or maybe i'm just not aware of it. But, really, about tax increases? what's new. they increase every year or so.

No, just to clarify, they have not asked for an increase in taxes per se, but because they succeeded in rolling back the 2000% tuition increase, PUP will now need to receive larger subsidies from the government (as mentioned by the PUP president himself). Everyone knows such subsidies come from taxpayer money, and because these now have to be increased, the burden to the taxpayer has therefore also increased. That is why I say that if these students don't understand that the money has to come from somewhere, if not from them, then from the taxpayer, then they are being ungrateful because as "Iskolar ng Bayan" they should know it is the taxpayer who subsidizes almost the entire cost of their education. This is true even if we were to factor in the 2000% increase in tuition.

[hulagway]

ako ma example ani akong classmate before..nakuha niya nga maka graduate sa college maski ng trabaho siya sa isa ka fast food chain,,take note dili pa gani to public school ha private to..ngano nakaya man niya?(dili lang kay ang ako lang kauban ang naka graduate daghan pa unya same ra ang situation ng trabaho sila sa food chain) unya sa PUP na hinoon dili nga public school man na?..mao naka ingon ko nga tapolan..i justify nat nga sakto ang ila gibuhat tungod kay mga skolar sila ug dapat sila ato silang kaluyan? sure uy...kung sayop sayop na dili na pwde ma sakto...

sakto ka sir wala ko kaila nila..pro karon nga ila ng gibuhat naa nako gamay nga idea kung unsa nga klase sila nga pagkatao..sakto pud ka nga walay koy right nga mo criticize nila pro sila pud walay right nga mg violent ug protest para dili sila sayon sayonon ug husga...tama ba?

dili babag sa atong damgo ang mga kalisud nga atong maagian kung kita mgningkamot....best example nako ang akong classmate....and kibaw ko nga mas ng lisud pa ang akong classmate kaysa aning nga bataa..

[elvandesantos]

wahhhh!!!! kalagot gayud.

[raski]

ako ma example ani akong classmate before..nakuha niya nga maka graduate sa college maski ng trabaho siya sa isa ka fast food chain,,take note dili pa gani to public school ha private to..ngano nakaya man niya?(dili lang kay ang ako lang kauban ang naka graduate daghan pa unya same ra ang situation ng trabaho sila sa food chain) unya sa PUP na hinoon dili nga public school man na?..mao naka ingon ko nga tapolan..i justify nat nga sakto ang ila gibuhat tungod kay mga skolar sila ug dapat sila ato silang kaluyan? sure uy...kung sayop sayop na dili na pwde ma sakto...

sakto ka sir wala ko kaila nila..pro karon nga ila ng gibuhat naa nako gamay nga idea kung unsa nga klase sila nga pagkatao..sakto pud ka nga walay koy right nga mo criticize nila pro sila pud walay right nga mg violent ug protest para dili sila sayon sayonon ug husga...tama ba?

dili babag sa atong damgo ang mga kalisud nga atong maagian kung kita mgningkamot....best example nako ang akong classmate....and kibaw ko nga mas ng lisud pa ang akong classmate kaysa aning nga bataa..

Maimpress sad kaayo ang mga employer sa mga estudyante nga hardworker. Kanang mga troublemaker mahadlok jud ang employer ana, suwerte na sila kung makakita pa na silag trabaho bilang janitor o sekyo kai wa ju'y businessman nga ganahan og emplyado nga reklamador, labi na kanang mga tao nga mangita lang jud og rason para majustify ilahang di maayong gipangbuhat...

Kung businessman ka, kinsa man imong hiron?

Kanang naglisod nga estudyante pero naninguha jud sa iyahang kawgalingon aron makatapos og eskuwela o kanang estudyante nga magsigeg rally rally og pangitag away. Sayon ra kaayo ang decision.. ma-realize ra ni sa mga PUP protesters inig ka graduate nila. Kung wa silay uwaw sa ilang gibuhat angay na nila ibutang sa ilahang CV.

[buyogon]

grabe pod to plano sa PUP nga 2000% ang increase dili kaha ka malisang og kalit ana
pero sobra na sab to mangguba og school property

[missingyouso]

oh well, you have your opinion about this issue, i have mine. i guess we grew up in different cultures. although i did not join any rallies or was active in any activist group in UP, it was ingrained in us to be socially aware, to take a stand, and to fight for what we believe in, for the greater good. we were taught that student activism promotes change, speaking out is good, and understanding human behavior is key to surviving. i guess you have to be in their shoes to understand why those students did what they did. i guess if it concerned you directly, you'd be happy that something good came out of it. but since you're not really involved, the fact that CHED, at least, now sees their side just don't matter to you one way or the other, what concerns you is that they burned some junk and how it's not right---doesnt matter why they did it, just that they had the gall to fight

ako ma example ani akong classmate before..nakuha niya nga maka graduate sa college maski ng trabaho siya sa isa ka fast food chain,,take note dili pa gani to public school ha private to..ngano nakaya man niya?

i think it all boils down to expectation. when you're in a private school, you understand that it would be expensive and there is no government subsidy. when you're in a state school, you understand that it is less expensive compared to private schools since there is government subsidy. when circumstances suddenly change and are now contrary to expectations, thats when people react, and thats what happened at PUP

[grovestreet]

before you post ignorant statements, learn more about the issue... use the internet for god's sake so you can make an informed opinion (<---notice the bold letters?) before you click that reply button.

Naka kita ra gani ug news sa tv... feel ninu kibaw na mo sa whole issue. You barely scratched the surface mga pre.

[grovestreet]

edited. canceled

[stellaire princesse]

mr. elvan right here doesn't even know the whole truth and he's judging the PUP students, what a shame... student activism has been there for a very very long time...

i'm a proud gabriela member and guess what? almost 1/4 of my colleague's right here in the office are PUP/activist during in our college years...

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