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September 6th, 2013 08:12 AM #1
Miriam: Only taxpayers should be allowed to vote | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines - Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said only the taxpayers should be allowed to participate in the elections to prevent patronage politics in the country.
Santiago said those who don't pay taxes are among the poorest of the poor and are vulnerable to receiving money from politicians, which she said is a form of patronage politics.
"Change the Charter so that only taxpayers will be allowed to vote. Kasi kung hindi siya nagbabayad ng tax, mahirap na mahirap siya. Maski sino na lang, basta bigyan siya ng pera, kahit bigyan mo ng konti, that is patronage politics," Santiago said.
"The taxpayers are being ruled by the choice of the nontaxpayers," she added.
The feisty senator made the suggestion as she returned to the senate this week after being on extended sick leave for acute chronic fatigue.
But on Wednesday, she was able to preside over a hearing of the foreign affairs committee of the Commission on Appointments.
"The whole system is just so bad. That’s why people get sick. I think this is the country with the most sick population in the whole world," Santiago said.
"We continue to go to work as if nothing happens. We are really really sick. We are morally sick. We are mentally sick. The higher the position, the higher the mental sickness.
In a press briefing yesterday, Santiago also made a suggestion to her fellow lawmakers tagged in the alleged pork barrel scam.
"Eat blank and die," Santiago said, adding that those who are spared from the controversy should commit “hara-kiri.”
The veteran lawmaker also said she is raring to attend the Senate investigation into the pork barrel scam to grill the whistleblowers and Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged scam mastermind.
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September 6th, 2013 08:52 AM #4
Oo nga bro.,-
Ang problema, baka hindi na tayo taxpayer kapag napatupad iyan...
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September 6th, 2013 09:06 AM #5
Gotta love Miriam talaga :rofl:
Seriously, maybe then Gordon gets a chance to win the presidential elections. How about retired senior citizens living on pension/savings? They don't pay taxes na diba?
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September 6th, 2013 09:14 AM #6
Tama, without the iskwaking votes, no way in hell would the Binays, Estradas and Revillas etc. Establish political dynasties.
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September 6th, 2013 09:21 AM #7Dapat hindi tax ang basehan, dapat ay atleast COLLEGE GRADUATE at may trabaho...!
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September 6th, 2013 09:26 AM #8
dapat lang! our country will be in a much better position than it is if this happens.
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September 6th, 2013 09:30 AM #9
Puwede, pero tingin ko dapat may cut-off ang tax,- say minimum of P10K ang tax payment.... puwede mapa college graduate o hindi basta ma-meet ang minimum tax payment....
Kapag ganyan(minimum na P10K ang tax),- hindi kasama ang mga professionals (doctor, abugado, inhinyero et al) dahil P6K average lang ang ibinabayad nilang tax,- aba e- halatang may magic ito... Tsaka, ano na lang ang pupuntahan ng P6K annually sa "nation building"?
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September 6th, 2013 09:30 AM #10
I was quite affected by a book STARSHIP TROOPERS (written by Robert Heinlein) I read years before. In the book, citizenship (including the right to cast your vote) is not automatic. You need to give at least one term of military service to be granted "citizenship".
Anyway, I say those who have graduated from certified colleges or universities and those in the military should be the only ones granted the right to vote. This should (at least) create a voting base that is more intelligent and less likely to simply choose on the basis of popularity on TV.
Kwento ng katrabaho ko, meron daw sya officemate dati na Italiano na tinanong daw bakit...
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