GMA is Overworked & Underpaid!

[chua_riwap]

Kayo na humusga dyan. Ano masasabi nyo?



Journal.com.
Sept. 2, 2008


http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?...ec=4&aid=71711

Arroyo's Raise, Justified - Andaya

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is “overworked and underpaid.”

Thus said Palace officials yesterday, as they defended President Arroyo in the wake of a proposal to double the salaries of top government officials.

Budget chief Rolanda Andaya said the proposed salary increase in the 2009 national budget is meant to adjust the salary grade of all those employed in the public sector, not just the President.

Andaya insisted that the salaries of all government employees should go up, pointing out it is simply a coincidence that the current salary grade of the President will also be adjusted.

The DBM secretary argued that if Mrs. Arroyo’s salary is not adjusted, she will end up being paid less than her subordinates, including her Cabinet.

He further stressed that raising the salaries of government employees will make the public sector’s pay scale more competitive with those working in the private sector.

Andaya emphasized that the public school teachers and health workers will be the ones who will greatly benefit from the proposed salary adjustment.

The President who gets about P50,000 to P60,000 in basic salary will get a 100-percent pay increase once Congress approves a resolution for the adjustment.

Tonight gathered that taxpayers however, will shoulder all the expenses for the pay hike for the Office of the President and other government officials and employees including the First Family’s stay in Malacañang.

The DBM top official submitted the proposal for the proposed P1.415-trillion national budget, inclusive of the upgrading of the salary for government employees.

[Gen. Miting]

50,000 to 60,000? i thought it's 100,000 bucks

from what I can remember

the president has 100K, the vp has 75k, senators at 32K, congressmen at 25K, the speaker of the house receives 50K - goes to show that the speaker is more powerful than any senator.

this was taught in our school way way back.

well, i guess it doesnt matter anyway. allowance lang ng mga anak nila yan hehehe

[chua_riwap]

Langya, 50-60K lang pala sweldo ng Presidente. Pero ang daming gustong umupo sa Malacanang ano?

[XTO]

kawawa naman pala sila. eh mataas pa sweldo ko sa kanila ah teka matulungan nga. :kill:

Tonight gathered that taxpayers however, will shoulder all the expenses for the pay hike for the Office of the President and other government officials and employees including the First Family’s stay in Malacañang.

:hang:

[Galactus]

GMA overworked and underpaid??

Underheight, pwede pa. Also over***ed, hehehe. Remember the time 2 years ago when a FOCAP member (Foreign Correspondents Association of the Phils.) asked her if she still has ***? She answered, "Plenty!" Eeeew, gross!

[alwayz_yummy]

mali! pero problem din kasi pag di mo tinaasan sweldo ng head, di tataas ang mga sumunod.. for me dapat:

mga 10-25% lang itaas ng presidente at mga elected officials kasi may mga COLA, at kung anu anung padrino/kurakot..este...elected lang naman sila,e.. plus the fact na may "other incomes" na sila e...

ung mga goverment employees/servants dapat mag-enjoy ng 100-200% increase kasi trabaho nila yun.

ayon nga sa news, sila mga elected ata 100% increase, but the goverment employees HINDI HIHIGIT sa 50% lang!

[fast lane]

all of this has to do with the budget for the years to come,

hmmmmmm

GMA: "sige approved na yan pero hiramin muna natin yung pera"

[empy]

i guess you can make the argument that most presidents are underpaid. they all make far less than, say, a CEO of a major company who has a smaller scope of responsibility than the chief executive of a country.

also, di yata talaga pede na mas mataas sweldo ng subordinate sa bosing nila...that's unheard of.

of course, none of these reasons mean a damn if you hate GMA

[Galactus]

Actually, there are exemptions to the Salary Standardization Law, so there are situations wherein a subordinate of the President has a higher salary, usually executives of GOCC's and GFI's (e.g. SSS Chairman, GSIS President, PAGCOR Chairman, etc.)

The perks of being a President far outweighs the remunerations. Kaya ka naman naging public servant is because you want to serve, and NOT because of the financial considerations attached with the office. (But of course, in the Philippine context, this is a paradox)

But at any rate, there is a constitutional prohibition on incumbent elected officials from gifting themselves with pay increases during their term. If ever naging batas yung proposal, yung susunod kay Pandak ang magbe-benefit.

[badsekktor]

yun salary talagang maliit.... pero alam ko 10% ng worth ng project nila eh legal na kumisyon nila so kung may 100 milyon ka na proyekto, automatic may 10 milyon ka na.... ang tanong eh 10 percent lang kaya ang kinukumisyon?