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 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
You might wonder why i chose the presidency and not just in any cabinet secretary’s shoes. MY reason for that is clear: the problems besetting the Philippines is one of direction and not just performance.
Ours is a country whose so-called fundamentals are not fundamental at all. And that the so-called sound economic fundamentals are not sound at all.
December 18th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
What a question… but certainly, this question is worth a thousand answers..
If I were given the chance, I would want to become President. He he he. And here are the priorities of my administration ( he he he):
a. Negotiate for Debt Moratorium, and use the budget for debt servicing to improve the domestic economy and enhance provision of basic social services.
b. Increase the budget for agrarian reform in order to democratize the countryside, and ensure that the purchasing power of the rural folks are significantly increased. Only a stable domestic economy can serve as basis for industrial development. To prevent landlords from obstructing agrarian reform, bring more teeth to the agrarian laws and program.
c. Convince landowners to invest their money into agri-industries.
d. Re-organize agricultural production from household-based to collective farms or cooperative farms or corporate farms. Scaling up agricultural production will boost efficiency and effectiveness. This also entails transforming farmers into workers– thus ending the highly seasonal income generation.
e. Re-organize Philippine education and ensure that the system responds to the demands of domestic development.
f. Invest in research and development for agriculture, industry, pharmaceutical, etc..
g. Re-orient the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The thousands of troops should be mobilized to engage in production– be it agricultural or industrial.
h. Re-train the police forces, and make them capable of responding to disasters. The modernization program of the police and the afp should be geared towards increasing capacity for disaster response. There is no justification for modernizing the afp only to make it a serious threat to legitimate dissent and legitimate protest movement.
i. Re-organize the government. Put an end to the rule of the elite. Adopt a 100 per cent party-list system where sectors are effectively represented. When congress becomes an assembly of farmers, workers, professionals and businessmen, it will become a more effective avenue for charting national development.
ha ha ha. kita nyo na.. Mahirap sagutin ang tanong. Kasi lalabas na puro ilusyon o panaginip.
Ang mga sagot ko nakalutang, at pagbinaba mo na sa lupa di papasa dahil makakaharap mo ang tunggalian ng mga interes. At laging mananaig ang may hawak ng pang-ekonomiyang kapangyarihan. After all, those who have political power today were only able to hold political power by virtue of their control over the economy.
December 18th, 2007 at 8:57 am
if all is true and i have all the evidences to prove it……
i’ll do a chavit and spill out all the beans…….
God help me…….
merry christmas to all!
December 18th, 2007 at 8:56 am
What would I do if I got catch robbing the government coffer? I’ll do the same thing what Gloria Arroyo, Doing! Ika nga Protect myself from the power grabber Senator Trillanes, & Co. Are you kidding me, Money is so good while squatting in Malacanyang Palace you can do whatever you want to do and get away with it. Ang dapat sa kanya bitayin na! Oras mismo.
December 18th, 2007 at 5:20 am
Congrad. You finally succeed on blocking all my posting. I guess you don’t want to know the truth. Oh, well….Hasta la vista baby!!!