The illegal numbers game is at the heart of our moral construct. The beneficiaries are mostly Philippine government officials led allegedly by the top honcho in the Palace and high-ranking police officers.
In the same moral vein run the scandalous fat salaries and obscene allowances of Government Service and Insurance System and Social Security System officials amid the widespread poverty and misery of our people.
Not to mention the "legal" robbery committed by our lawmakers in the name of Development Assistance Program and Presidential Development Assistance Fund. Imagine P10-billion lining their pockets and their cohorts in the local government units and other influential individuals.
Think again, Sergio, of your "peanuts" in millions of pesos when you see the squatters in the esteros of Metro Manila, who eat only once or twice a day, while you splurge in parties and other bacchanalian feasts. Will your heart break if you see dirty children and frail adults begging for alms in Quiapo and on the pavements of Cubao?
Of course, you will not see the downtrodden, the scums of the land, because you live in towering condominiums and mansions and gated subdivisions in expensive real estate in the suburbs, away from the filth and squalor of the cities.
I share your thoughts, Peter, seeing the 'unsee'ables' which should be blatantly clear to those concerned -and can do nothing except silent prayers for the better of our country!
ReplyDeleteThey say our country is no longer the sick man of Asia, Sonja. The economy is booming. Sad to say, such claim does not match the reality on the ground.
ReplyDeleteIt is now 2020 and the country' conditions have not changed.
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