Digong, The President

[Ry_Tower]

well so far kahit mahirap na ang buhay hindi pa lumalabas mga tao sa kalye

so baka kulang pa

baka kailangan lalo mahirap pa bago lumabas mga tao

Hindi lang naman kahirapan dahilan ng PP. It may be something else that triggers it. Or maybe not.

Malay mo magresign si PDigong once si BBM na VP.

[uls]

globally, high food prices have been known to topple governments

see: Arab spring

[uls]

^ and they intend to lift the one/two child policy. On one hand it's a knee jerk reaction to their aging population, but if they can't provide sufficient jobs, ganun dun.

they're running out of workers

aging workforce

but it's too late

i asked a china lady (supplier) her opinion re China govt allowing them have as many children as they want

she said she doesn't want coz very expensive to have kids

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hindi matanggap na may kinalaman ang pagtaas ng oil at dollar kahit nandyan ang evidence

anyone can google the evidence

Oh well

sige

pag nagrollback ang pump prices next week

ang dahilan ay na-suspend ang excise tax ha

Kaya nga alisin ang TRAIN law, para di na magamit ng "kalaban" na dahilan kaya tumaas presyo ng delatang sardinas ... tinutulungan ko nga si mypres with that suggestion eh ....
pag wala ang TRAIN tapos taas pa din ng taas ang bilihin, eh pwede taas noo na sabihin ni mypres sa mga detractors niya "kitam, di kasalanan ng TRAIN law yan, coz even without TRAIN, inflation is high" ...
And di ba very very very empathic naman si mypres ... mabilis siyang maawa sa mga tao naghihirap ... he "feels" for them ... so for their sake, whether or not TRAIN is the culprit or not, he will suspend TRAIN .... kasi di naman "manhid" si mypres di ba?

[badkuk]

they're running out of workers

aging workforce

but it's too late

i asked a china lady (supplier) her opinion re China govt allowing them have as many children as they want

she said she doesn't want coz very expensive to have kids

chicken and egg problem. Me nagkumento na a few years back that labor in China is getting expensive. Anyways i'm digressing from the dicussion...

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globally, high food prices have been known to topple governments

see: Arab spring

So why is Maduro still in power?

[badkuk]

^ people too busy starving to death to care about the electiins i guess.

Kakaawa yung Venezuela ngayon. People killing each other over mango trees, hospitals placing newborns cardboard boxes.

[uls]

So why is Maduro still in power?

well if we're going to use Venezuela as a benchmark on how much pain a population can bear before they topple their leader

then the Philippines has a long long way to go before the population topples du30

which is bad news for the anti-du30 crowd isn't it?

i would think you would want the PH population to have a lower pain threshold before they demand du30 to step down

[A121]

So why is Maduro still in power?

Iniisip ko din yan kung bakit. Maybe guns, goons and gold plus you have severely weak institutions.

Why is Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro still in power? - The Economist explains

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Iniisip ko din yan kung bakit. Maybe guns, goons and gold plus you have severely weak institutions.

Why is Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro still in power? - The Economist explains

Weak institutions ... +1 ... we're on our way there.. again.

[uls]

Iniisip ko din yan kung bakit. Maybe guns, goons and gold plus you have severely weak institutions.

Why is Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro still in power? - The Economist explains

dictators around the world can use Venezuela as a template



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raise the salaries of policemen and soldiers

done

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well if we're going to use Venezuela as a benchmark on how much pain a population can bear before they topple their leader

then the Philippines has a long long way to go before the population topples du30

which is bad news for the anti-du30 crowd isn't it?

i would think you would want the PH population to have a lower pain threshold before they demand du30 to step down

We endured 20 years of Marcos ... so we already have an idea of what the PH population can withstand.

[uls]

We endured 20 years of Marcos ... so we already have an idea of what the PH population can withstand.

so du30 admin only 3 years old

matagal tagal pa

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so du30 admin only 3 years old

matagal tagal pa

Pwede naman "magbago" si mypres ... but until there are signs of that ... like biglang naging mas assertive siya against China over the WPS as one example... and not just #changescamming .... (corrupt) business as usual ... sadly, I have to agree with you there ... but that does not mean that good men should just give up when they see evil being done to their country ... that does not mean it's ticket to being apathetic about the situation until it affects one directly ... sabi nga ...

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

P.S. Ikaw nga di ka bumoboto, affected ka sobra ... ako pa na bumoboto.

[shadow]

hindi ba gusto ng anti-du30 crowd magkagulo para maalis si du30 sa pwesto?

so anti-du30 crowd must want life to become more difficult para magrally mga tao sa edsa

Ako ayaw ko, gusto ko mamatay sa gutom at maramdaman talaga nila yun hirap. Tutal karamihan ng bumoto mga galing sa mahihirap.

Pinili nila yan, sila magdusa.


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[A121]

*uls, zoomzoom

But we don't have oil to sell to fund the autocratic dream. I really don't know how maduro is (mis) managing this.

[kisshmet]

When i use the word ‘commodities” i refer to commodities traded on commodities exchanges like CBOT, CME, ICE etc

In case you haven’t noticed, global commodities prices have risen a lot since January this year

Most obvious example is crude oil

Train law made things worse

So did the weak php

Point is train is NOT the only factor but it is getting all the blame

I already explained this baka sabihin ng iba paulit unit

I was quoted so I had to reply

Thats it TRAIN law is suceptible to market volatility

now the consumers in general are in deep trouble

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[uls]

imagine instead of rising oil prices we had falling oil prices starting in January all the way to today (and let's assume USDPHP remained steady at 50)

so TRAIN starts in January with $65 brent and falls almost every week to $40 today

so we would have 1 major fuel price hike in January due to TRAIN

but there would be rollbacks almost every week coz oil prices was on a downward trend

we would barely feel the excise tax right?

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like i keep saying -- bad timing lang ang talaga ang TRAIN

nag umpisa siya when oil prices was on an upward trend

[uls]

another example:

sugar sweetened drinks

laki ng tinaas ng softdrinks diba?

but we don't see prices of softdrinks go up every week right?

one time big price adjustment lang

di kasi taas baba ang presyo ng softdrinks tulad ng crude oil


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re rising commodities prices (metals, energy etc)

if you're an importer, i'm 100% sure earlier this year your supplier in China advised that they would be raising prices due to higher raw material cost

dagdag mo dyan ang USDPHP rising from 50 in January to 52+ today

importers had no choice but to raise prices

since PH imports almost everything

higher import prices contributed a lot to inflation

[jut703]

Ako ayaw ko, gusto ko mamatay sa gutom at maramdaman talaga nila yun hirap. Tutal karamihan ng bumoto mga galing sa mahihirap.

Pinili nila yan, sila magdusa.


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Actually half of class ABC voted for Duterte.

More Class ABC voters picked Duterte: exit poll | ABS-CBN News

According to the SWS exit poll, 45.9% of those coming from ABC socioeconomic class said they voted for Duterte while 18.9% said they voted for Mar Roxas.

Grace Poe got 16.4% from this socioeconomic segment, while Jejomar Binay and Miriam Defensor Santiago received 11.8% and 6.2%, respectively.

College graduates, supposedly better educated, also voted for Duterte.

Meanwhile, 49.2% of voters who have college degrees said they voted for Duterte.
From the same segment of voters, Roxas got 19.8% while Poe received 13.4%. Binay and Santiago got 10% and 6.7%, respectively.

From those who were only able to reach high school, Duterte got 33.8% while Roxas received 25.7%. Poe got 22.1% and Binay received 16.1%. Santiago trailed at 1.5%.

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