Why do you think Pinas is lagging behind its ASEAN neighbors?

**5Speed** · December 7th, 2006 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by uls

when ur day to day existence is a struggle just to survive and make it to the next day, u dont think about what's good for the country, u think about what's good for u.

If a country is in deep turmoil, (war/civil war/nature's catastrophe/all the lady looks like madam auring and there is only one angelica panganiban...

) that kind of mentality is quite right, 'survival of the fittest' ika nga.......herherherherherher

**nerbyoso** · December 7th, 2006 02:41 PM

low moral foundation...kaya maraming corrupt...hindi ito limited sa government..kasama na sa business and religious sectors...dyan sa tingin ko lahat nagmula...majority sa atin baluktot ang utak..yes, majority.

**bbt** · December 17th, 2006 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by niky

Don't be too quick to assume that it's only people with no money who don't vote wisely. I've met lots of people with money, who should know better, who didn't give a second thought to their vote...

i didnt say anything about only people with no money not being able to vote wisely. what im saying is that if you're not paying to keep the government working you shouldnt have a say in how its run. if you're paying your taxes, whether other people think you're deciding wisely or not, it's your right, since you paid for that right and kept the government running with your tax money.

**niky** · December 17th, 2006 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by bbt

i didnt say anything about only people with no money not being able to vote wisely. what im saying is that if you're not paying to keep the government working you shouldnt have a say in how its run. if you're paying your taxes, whether other people think you're deciding wisely or not, it's your right, since you paid for that right and kept the government running with your tax money.

Bwahahaha... late response...

Ideally, yes, I agree. But then, like I've said here or elsewhere, that'd be "anti-poor", and political suicide for anyone who says that out in public.

My point is: Even those paying for government service sometimes (well, most of the time) don't give a damn what's going on as long as they have lights, water and a place to live. My opinion is that all people who want to have a say in who sits where should render service to the government (service for service) in order to see firsthand what goes on, instead of relying on the shiny happy faces on the TV telling them "we're your friends, we're upright guys... vote for us!"

Even more ideally, it'd be like schools. If you don't agree with the school's laws or policies, then you could change schools. Of course, since you need the government's cooperation to change countries... oops. As a side note, one of the most bizarre and idiotic ideas of government is to give the student council a right to sit on boards at their scholastic institutions...

**explorer** · December 17th, 2006 08:23 PM

why? because majority of the population like it...the philippines deserves to lag behind with its current state (meaning...considering everything)...put it this way...why are those neighboring countries are overtaking the philippines...because majority of their population 'WORK' HARDER for the common good of their country. who among us filipinos who can honestly say we are working not just for ourselves or family but also for our country?

Originally Posted by CVT

IMO:

1. Too much politicking - they're busy with con-ass; they should be working on rehabilitating the typhoon-ravaged areas in the south
2. Too much corruption - eliminate this and there should be no more budget deficit
3. Inconsistent policies; changes all the time - investors are always caught by surprise, inconvenienced and frustrated,- result? invest anywhere but not in the Philippines!
4. Expensive cost of utilities - we have one of the more, if not the most, expensive cost of electricity in the region! Malacanang has not acted on this inspite of the various appeals made by the various industries. Scared away a lot of investors.
5. Lack of unity / Too much regionalism
6. Lack of discipline
7. Too much freedom without responsibility
8. Everyone who loses an election (or a barangay basketball game) claims that he/she was cheated
9. No one gives a damn
10. Too much attention for those people who squat and do not pay their taxes because of item 1 above

PEACE!

:starwars:

**jonski** · December 18th, 2006 12:39 AM

dami kasi nag rarally sa kalsada imbes na magtrabaho at ipakain sa pamilya eh gumagawa ng banner pang rally.

kasi dami nagrereklamo sa sistema ng gobyerno pero pag papalitan naman eh dami nagrereklamo.

kasi imbes na kagandahang asal ang gawin ng iba para may disiplina tayo eh yung ginagawa ng ibang priest ay mag jogging.

kasi yung mga ibang escolar ng bayan eh puro reklamo ginagawa pero wala naman sila naitutulong...mahilig sila pero tumakbo ng nakahubad kasi baka dahil sa pagtakbo nila ng nakahubad ay yumaman mga mahirap.

kasi yung iba eh mas loyal sa political party nila kasya sa bansa na kahit maganda layunin ng isang gropu A ay aayawan nila kasi group B sila at yung sakanila lahat tama sa bansa.