if you were in their shoes?
Faithful reader Abbygail asks a provocative question:
… if you will be tapped by the govt. to serve in teves’ shoes, what will you do to change the rut we’re in? help the people w/ your ideas. we cannot be blaming each other forever and just sit still. what will you do if given that chance to serve?
I personally do not think that an interactive forum like ours requires its participants to offer specific alternatives (in contrast, for example, to a newspaper editorial). It’s more than enough to express ourselves and discuss issues with others. But I do share Abbygail’s concern about moving forward (note, please, that I did not use that old plea to “move on” — euphemism for forgiving and forgetting).
If we were in a high official’s place, what, specifically, would we do? No need to limit ourselves to Finance Secretary Gary Teves; how about we choose one department (say, DND) or agency (say, Pagcor), and then offer our proposed (specific) solutions?
Should be interesting. But, please, keep it specific. As they say, God (or the devil) is in the details.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
First thing first. If I am ask to serve in a morally bankrupt admin I will never accept. And that is because nothing beats the feel of some cleanliness inside myself. But if I do not mind the dirt, and there are so much chance to improve my economy, and I want so much to move forward, so that when power is in my grasp I could safely say ‘Back Off’ to any one standing in the way of my quest to improve my economy some more, then, with all my heart including my stomach, I will eagerly accept with two open arms any position, any juicy position. So, if I am Bunye, I will say that the Pulse Asia survey result is wrong because I was not ask; if I am Ermita I will not let my minnions attend the senate hearing; if I am Teves I will sell more dollars to strengthen the peso so the economy will look improve to simple-minded folks, etc. All of these to make my president look good to simple-minded folks for the betterment of my country, but mainly for my betterment, especially so if my president stayed there forever.