somewhat rhetorical question for filipinos

[cebugdev]

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mga istoryans,

to settle the issue once and for all, please answer 1 of these questions (if not all) para ma hibaw.an na to kng naa ba jd since inyung mga complain against government.

a) Why do you blame the government's 'corruption' as a cause of YOUR poverty?

b) What would you want the government to do for you para ma convince mo na The government REALLY is DOING their JOB.

c) Why do you think you are 'Directly" affected on most of the political drama (most of the filipinos are) inour country?

d) Why are you not happy living in the Philippines?

Im inviting strong activist, anti-government, leftest and all open minded istoryans to answer these questions.

dont Chicken out, share your opinions

GAME!

[godwhacker]

Bro para thesis ni nimo?

[td209]

a) Why do you blame the government's 'corruption' as a cause of YOUR poverty?

I do not necessarily blame government's corruption as the cause of my poverty. I believe that what I have or didn't have is the result of what I did or didn't do. I do believe that corruption adds another burden for us to achieve success.

b) What would you want the government to do for you para ma convince mo na The government REALLY is DOING their JOB.

I'm convinced that the national government is doing their job as on international forums, I get to hear from foreign observers that Philippines is doing great but their having media problems. Whenever they do something right, it hardly get any news but when something goes wrong, its magnified. But we tend to forget that national government runs the country on the macro scale. What can easily be felt is the workings of the local government. The local government may be working hard but I can feel that they have failed to deliver some of services such as fixing of roads, solving the traffic problem, prevention of flooding, peace and order and waste management.


c) Why do you think you are 'Directly" affected on most of the political drama (most of the filipinos are) inour country?

The national government is something that I look up to. Whatever they do could reflect how we look on the international community. But what I'm concerned most is the local government where I live because this will directly affect me. Anything they do like on peace and order will have direct impact on my day-to-day life.

d) Why are you not happy living in the Philippines?

I am happy living in the Philippines that if I have my way and succeed here, I will never leave this country. Unfortunately, its not that easy to succeed on your own in this country. Opportunities here are scarce and usually with strings attached. In working alone, most of us will be forced to accept multitude of responsibility sans relative compensation because we know that we can always be replaced with someone who is more willing and hungrier to do the job. There is little respect for the employer to its employees and loyalty hardly matters, what matters is who cost less. That is why I'm aiming to go abroad where most of the time, you get payment will reflect how much you have worked.

[reptoid]

A/ Government officials (local and national) in many cases have wealth that far exceeds the explainable. If you were to compare internationally these people are much richer than their counterparts in developed countries. When tax is misappropriated social development is stunted, when international corporations are subjected to irregularities foreign investment is discouraged.

B/ I would like to see graft cases successfully prosecuted with hot money and assets being frozen and seized even from extended family of these people. This wealth which nationally may run into many billions should be redistributed in the form of internationally managed charitable projects within Philippines.

C/ The political drama brings shame to our country. People get angry when they hear bad comments about Philippines, but what inspires such beliefs held by outsiders?

D/ I am not unhappy for my situation is better than most, just frustrated for my less fortunate brothers and sisters and tired of complacency in the face of deceit.


# I am a firm believer in the free-market and consider our democracy in need of streamlining. Singapore is a fantastic role-model to follow.

[verneon]

a) Why do you blame the government's 'corruption' as a cause of YOUR poverty?

I blame some but not all, there are good politicians out there...so what make a politician corrupt? the people...is it because they voted for them? no, not really, we have to realize that GOVERNMENT is not just POLITICIANS but PEOPLE(citizens) as well; until we realize that we as citizen's have our own roles, be it upholding/following the law or caring as to what happens to our community and the likes...we will not move forward..and take note most of us filipinos' values have diminished, poor filipinos want to be american, rich filipinos want to be spaniards, no filipino wants to be simply filipino...

b) What would you want the government to do for you para ma convince mo na The government REALLY is DOING their JOB.

Once again, we are in a democrazy este democracy...the people have the power...Until we are aware of our rights (Including the statutes and local laws) "some" government services will be annoyingly inefficient and w/o a sense of urgency, until we care, they too will care...which means we have to do away with apathy..bare in mind...90million living in a small country, around a maximum of 1% let's say are public servants..should we be afraid of government...or should we exercise our rights properly? We must help each other and help the government by being citizens and not slaves in our own country...


c) Why do you think you are 'Directly" affected on most of the political drama (most of the filipinos are) inour country?

We will be affected directly or indirectly whether we like it or not...We are very much capable of solving our own problems, we were once envied by our neighbors which has now overtook us, we must look more inwards than outwards and we must have the courage, the will to change for the better. Do it not for yourselves but for the next generations of Filipinos.

d) Why are you not happy living in the Philippines?

Filipinos are poor simply because we are defeated in our own minds before we are able to act upon something and do it...and besides happiness is subjective...kitang mga bisaya mabaw raman tag kalipay...hasta ko mabaw rag kalipayun...

Cheers...just my 2 cents...you may want to read some of my articles in my blog: vernongo dot com

[digitalsuperman]

My Answers:

A: I don't blame the government.
B. I don't want the government to do anything for me. It has to be for the greater good of all.
C. I am not affected. I just react. I have my own opinion whether solicited or not, Im entitled to it.
D. I am happy living in the Philippines.

[bumblebee1]

A/ Government officials (local and national) in many cases have wealth that far exceeds the explainable. If you were to compare internationally these people are much richer than their counterparts in developed countries. When tax is misappropriated social development is stunted, when international corporations are subjected to irregularities foreign investment is discouraged.

B/ I would like to see graft cases successfully prosecuted with hot money and assets being frozen and seized even from extended family of these people. This wealth which nationally may run into many billions should be redistributed in the form of internationally managed charitable projects within Philippines.

C/ The political drama brings shame to our country. People get angry when they hear bad comments about Philippines, but what inspires such beliefs held by outsiders?

D/ I am not unhappy for my situation is better than most, just frustrated for my less fortunate brothers and sisters and tired of complacency in the face of deceit.


# I am a firm believer in the free-market and consider our democracy in need of streamlining. Singapore is a fantastic role-model to follow.

Same. Best set of answers I've spotted in this thread so far.

[elvishtattoo]

A: ) I am not blaming the government. I am not satisfied with how they address this issue.
B: ) do for me? they have to do it for the 90 million Filipinos.
C: ) because all these drama divert their attention from the REAL work they need to do.
D: ) I live happily in the Philippines. If there is a happier place than here, then I won't be a Filipino anymore.

[Tirong-say]

a) Why do you blame the government's 'corruption' as a cause of YOUR poverty?

Aside from of having the notion to strive and do hard work to augment one's status, such a scheme is also reliant of what is to be offered. Such an offer is somewhat rely on our government officials as persons who embodied the entire whole as to promote and henceforth inadvertently to provide. But corrupt government officials in it's essence would never ensue this endeavours, they will only encourage things that would benefit their own behalf. Let us say for the most basic, enticing foreign investors to do business here in the Philippines, businesses that eventually would provide jobs for the jobless filipinos, but what did these corrupt politicians do, they ask for a certain enormous amount of money from prospect businessman before they could do business here in the Philippines, and then what do you think how these businessmen would react, logically it would be either recanting from their business proposal or they would pay that amount of money do business but minimizing operation cost by giving lower salaries and benefits so that they could cope up with the initial cost of corruption. Either way the common filipino is the losser and thus I think one of the corrupt government's contribution towards Philippine poverty.

b) What would you want the government to do for you para ma convince mo na The government REALLY is DOING their JOB.

Be transparent on all of it's dealings, we have a good information media now in the Philippines, we have the TV stations and radio stations they could transmit all the information there. They should enforce the law against graft and corruption.

c) Why do you think you are 'Directly" affected on most of the political drama (most of the filipinos are) inour country?

We are electing people to manage our country make it progressive as a whole, but sad to say our Filipino politicians nowadays want the government position not because they want to serve the country, but because it will give them more power and money for their own pockets. I heared that for any government sponsored infrastructural projects only 40-60% of the allocated budget goes into the pocket of the corrupt government official. So their political drama is just a front so they could retain or have that position, where they could start or continue divesting the filipino people's money, denying us for better roads to transport our products and better and well equipped public schools for good education..etc.

d) Why are you not happy living in the Philippines?

There is so much power imparted on the government officials and they are so cunning and evil enough in upholding it, but in spite of this, I still love Philippines, it is the only place I could call home here in this world.I am not a European nor an American but a Filipino....

[gikapoy]

- im no longer paying withholding tax, wala ko sa pinas, dili pud ko under sa agency diha

ang sa ako lang unta kai tarongon ug gasto ang ang taxes.

my answers
A - i dont blame the gov but the government officials

B - dili mag ipa mukha sa mga taw nga nangurakot sila (mo palit ug hunasan, super overpriced lampost, mga karsada nga wala na human pero gi declare nga huma sa reports)

C - dili man affected. ang mga taw nga cge reklamo kai kanang ganahan dayon ug instant solution sa problema. awa ra gud nang nga nanarbaho.. naningkamot aron maka lingkawas sa kalisod.

D- maski ingon ana ang pinas. theres no place like home

kanang mga taw nga cge reklamo "mga negosyante samot ug ka dato.. mga emplyado samot ka probre"
diba ang point sa business kai para mo daghan ang kwarta nila? kung tan aw ninyo naa na human rights violation or dili maka taw hanong pag treat sa emplyedo.. mao na i reklamo.. dili ang pag ka dato sa negosyante

peace