*jut703, words of the enlightened.
I am always thankful that we can afford to give our children a comfortable life esp during their developing years. AC 24/7, they can sleep at noon well into the afternoon kasi nga malamig sa buong bahay, they can eat anything they want, they travel overseas kahit infant/ toddler pa lang. .
While I wish the same for these poor people, di talaga nila kaya e. Magkaiba ang circumstances namin.
Back in UP Diliman, I've met a diverse set of people from the poor trying hard to make ends meet, to the rich pretending to be poor (and the poor pretending to be rich

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That's where I realized (first and only public school kasi na pinasukan ko ang UP) na magkakaiba talaga ang palad ng tao. We can never compare ourselves to others. It would be selfish and arrogant to do so.
Back then, I earn my own money and pay for ALL my expenses kasi I'm a technical enthusiast (computers). So I earned off that skill. I can say they should do the same pero what if they don't have the same acumen or brain power to do that? Likewise, I don't have the skillset to plant and grow veggies.
Opportunities kasi ang kulang sa mga resettlement areas. Kahit minsan natatawa na ako sa mga demands ng mga squatters, hindi mahirap intindihin kung bakit nila gusto ang mga iyon (like living in the city where their jobs are). The fact is, they have loved ones that they care for, too. In the provinces where we travel to, I usually tell the people I meet there na Manila is a big pile of trash. Mainit, mahal lahat ng bagay, masasama ang ugali ng tao, etc. Akala kasi ng mga tga province, paraiso dito.
They come here mas-shock sila na ganito pala dito and they end up in survival mode.
Some people aren't happy taxpesos are being spent on the poor pero saan ba dapat ang mga ito? Should we just leave them to die? I'd wager that they don't like their circumstances too.
Back when I was young, studying at montessori, marami akong naging kaibigan from the squatters area. They taught me to how to make a toy, that stick where you fasten a can lid on as a wheel. We'd roam and roam around happy and carefree. They are people too.
Instead of CCT (that useles 1,500 per month stipend), the Govt should just put industries near these relocation sites. Factories. Recycling plants, whatever. Napakalaki ng resources ng Govt.to do just about anything it wants.
Pag gutom na kasi family mo, you will do anything, literally, just to alleviate that.