Economic Issue 2: Out Of Reach---Republic Health Care Budget

http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/08/11/where-do-the-sick-go/

         I got shocked by the economic concern of the masses about the public health care budget here in our country. It is given that more than half of our population belongs to the below average family or commonly known as poor people living in the squatters and slum areas specially in metro manila and some in the provinces. They cannot afford the service of the doctor, medicine and other fees that is in the billing form in the Public hospital that owned by our government, though they had already released a budget of 570 million for every Filipino , still it is not yet enough because it only means we can only avail almost 300 pesos per year in the public hospital! it's very disappointing and frustrating to hear that. well lucky are those who has a stable work and elite people because they won't be suffering these issues. but the most concern people are those salary wage earner and poor people, all they can do is to complain and complain and wait for some donations from different private sectors or the worst, they're going to die so helpless. I wish the government will put more focus on this issue, they should prioritize this next to the educational budget because our health budget is placed rank 7 in the priorities this year.

Economic Issue: GMA's 1M Dinner

http://2010presidentiables.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-1-million-peso-meal-show-us-the-bill/

I really think what GMA did was not appropriate. Seeing her eating dinner for 1M with her crew while her country men are suffering from poverty. She should have known it better that she's eating such expensive meals. I think that money is enough to help many people rather than serving yourself first. Thinking that poor Filipinos cannot even eat 3 times a day. Looking at our economic status it is not pretty good. We have abundant resources yet not used rightly. Supposedly we are richer than any other countries here in Southeast Asia but since  the end of World War II, the Philippines has been on an unfortunate economic trajectory, going from one of the richest countries in Asia (following Japan) to one of the poorest. Growth after the war was rapid, but slowed as years of economic mismanagement and political volatility during the Marcos regime contributed to economic stagnation and resulted in macroeconomic instability. People who are rich become richer and the poorer become poorer. We aim for justice and fight corruption but the situation right now is unstoppable. I hope people learn their ethics well and right.