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 20th, 2007 at 11:22 am
If I were President, I will eliminate poverty in 1 year. There are about 5 million poor families. The additional income they need to go above the poverty line is what economists call the income gap. The total annual income gap is P120 B. I will distribute P120 B to the 5 million poor families by employing them to clean our rivers, streets, public parks, or plant kamote, kangkong, talong in government land for their own consumption.
Where will I get P120 B? I will order the central bank to print P120 B new money to pay the wages of 5 million poor families. Economists say this will cause inflation. Yes but not too much. With money supply (M3) of P3 trillion, I predict inflation to rise by 4 percentage points. That’s like a 4% sales tax. Not too bad compared to 12% VAT.
Outlandish? BSP lost over P50 B this year trying in vain to defend the dollar. Where do you think it will get the money to cover this loss? Mr. Tetangco should use his magic for a good cause.
December 20th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Bert
Now I’m getting serious. The drift of Political Jaywalker is that to get the right solution to the problems of the country is to see it in a dream……
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tama ka bert, isang panag inip lang yata ang gusto nating lahat………
let us wish/pray that our dreams come true……
magpapasko na, sana ibigay na ng Dyos ating panag inip ……
merry christmas……
December 20th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Gloria Lavandera
Marius Lardizabal
I’d like to be part of Pagcor…….
Please no violent reactions just constructive comments.
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Whoa! You want the juenting Lord to be your silent parther…….
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ayan ka na naman eh……
nabasa mo lang na may ‘jueteng’ akala mo ang agad tulad ng jueteng noong kay erap……
basahin mong mabuti ang post ni marius, may magagandang punto na dapat ipairal at ipatupad……
hindi yung mga kumpare at kaibigan lang ang nakikinabang, lahat tayo dapat makinabang……
December 20th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Hi Ms Lavandera,
No offense, but I’ve never met anyone with such a colorful last name but I guess Ms Gloria Romero’s movie was based from your family.
What is a jueteng Lord anyway? And how does it tie to corruption?
My proposal was quite simple, the jueteng bankers know the financial ins and outs of the business (yes it is a game but the underlying fundamentals are the same with any business).
We need their expertise to make the endeavor a success.
I wanted to legalize gambling for the sole reason of preventing any irregularities aka Corruption.
Hope I stated my point clearly now.
December 20th, 2007 at 3:19 am
artificially planted daw ang corruption sa isip natin, planted daw ng media at ng opposition, sabi ni Tarsier. totoo ba iyon, Tarsier, ‘o nagbibiro ka lang. ibig mong sabihin planted ng opposition si neri para sabihin niyang sinusuhulan siya ni abalos tungkol sa corruption sa nbn, at planted din si Ate Glo ng opposition para aprub nya ang nbn? dius mi, clipmaster, grabe na talaga mga opposition na iyan, dapat sa kanila kalbohin talaga.