South Korea gives trucks to Philippine military

[mazdamazda]

Are we really that poor, Every day we come across high end vehicles (expedition, lc 100, pajeros lexus and even sequoia) on the road with red plates. or should i say, that there is something wrong with the way our
goverment provides service vehicle to goverment employees.

i think they should issue/purchase picanto's, norkis, getz etc only

handyman

Well, you should check out first which government agency those vehicles belong to. Most high-end vehicles that you see are the property of PAGCOR as these are being used to also chauffer VIP casino patrons. The Supreme Court also has a high budget for the vehicles of their justices (if you want to have a clean judiciary - you have make sure that the justices are well compensated to begin with).

Directors of government agencies use 1.6L sedans or AUVs.

hirap kasi sa atin yung talagang pambili ng equipments and vehicles kinukurakot, kaya eto tayo kahit sino kayang kunin na ang pilipinas.

As I've been saying before, if all Filipinos were paying the right amount of tax we wouldn't have this problem. More than P200B a year is lost due to the underdeclaration of income tax, wrong remittance of VAT, tax leakage, etc. P200B is a lot of money and can effectively double the salary of all gov't employees and double the money used for infrastructure & defense.

[Jun aka Pekto]

As I've been saying before, if all Filipinos were paying the right amount of tax we wouldn't have this problem. More than P200B a year is lost due to the underdeclaration of income tax, wrong remittance of VAT, tax leakage, etc. P200B is a lot of money and can effectively double the salary of all gov't employees and double the money used for infrastructure & defense.

Makes me wonder how Marcos was able to maintain the AFP then. I'm sure the lease from using Clark AB and Subic Navy Base played a part. But, I doubt it would've been enough to sustain the whole AFP.

Anyway, this should be a wake up call for the Phil government to start taking care of the AFP more. They've been neglected far too long.

[vhenok]

di nga ba iisa lang din ang hinaing ng mga junior officers, na talamak ang corruption within the military organization. Ilang presidente na ba ang nagdaan at hanggang ngayun neglected pa din sa mga hinaing nila.

Sa mga soldiers, saludo ako sa Pinoy but when it comes to equipment, ah forget it. Ultimo helmet na lang ginagawa pang gatasan tsk tsk hay naku!

[funky_monkey]

As I've been saying before, if all Filipinos were paying the right amount of tax we wouldn't have this problem. More than P200B a year is lost due to the underdeclaration of income tax, wrong remittance of VAT, tax leakage, etc. P200B is a lot of money and can effectively double the salary of all gov't employees and double the money used for infrastructure & defense.

i cant agree 100% to this. Taxpayers are at fault? Not Corrupt government officials stealing the money and not using it for what its intended for?

[oldblue]

If one were to look at the act of the S.Korean's donation pessimistically, it looks as if we solved their problems by accepting junks which they have to spend money on if they were to scrap them.

I wonder if those trucks will pass the emissions testing at LTO.

trucks and bulldozers as junks? are you kidding?

bigay nila sa'kin yan papakitain ko yan. mahal magpa-rent ng bulldozer ah even so trucks. kahit $2 each bibilin ko hehehe

[orly_andico]

According to a friend whose dad was In The Navy (YMCA!) the US government was even responsible for paying the Navy's fuel bills. The rent on those US bases, pegged at ~$1.5 Billion a year back then, wasn't the only form of aid the US provided.

As for M2.. I have to disagree regarding the taxes. While it is true that the vast majority of people evade taxes, the fact is that most of the taxes that DO get paid (me included, being a salaried employee I've been paying correct taxes my entire professional life) are stolen anyway, is sickening.

I think what tax evaders say is, 70% of what I pay will get stolen anyway, so..

[Jun aka Pekto]

Since this is in the Thumbs Up section, what I forgot is kudos for the Koreans. Very generous of them....

[Syuryuken]

Directors of government agencies use 1.6L sedans or AUVs.

Punta ka ng Santiago City Nissan Safari, Mitsubishi Pajero ang service ng mga lespu, Sa Banawe Nissan Terrano, Frontier.

As I've been saying before, if all Filipinos were paying the right amount of tax we wouldn't have this problem. More than P200B a year is lost due to the underdeclaration of income tax, wrong remittance of VAT, tax leakage, etc. P200B is a lot of money and can effectively double the salary of all gov't employees and double the money used for infrastructure & defense.

Wala sa mga taxpayer ang problema, nasa mga namamahala. Kahit magbayad pa tayo ng tama wala pa ring pupuntahan ang 40% ng mga taxes natin kundi sa mga bulsa ng mga tiwaling pulitiko.

[awing]

Wala sa mga taxpayer ang problema, nasa mga namamahala. Kahit magbayad pa tayo ng tama wala pa ring pupuntahan ang 40% ng mga taxes natin kundi sa mga bulsa ng mga tiwaling pulitiko.

+1

walang katapusang kurakot buti na lang may mga bansang naawa sa atin

[Dr.Kamiya]

Are we really that poor, Every day we come across high end vehicles (expedition, lc 100, pajeros lexus and even sequoia) on the road with red plates. or should i say, that there is something wrong with the way our
goverment provides service vehicle to goverment employees.

i think they should issue/purchase picanto's, norkis, getz etc only

handyman

Luxury cars are small fry compared to military hardware. Take the F16 for example. About $20,000,000 each. To acquire just one F16, and run it for one year, we can probably buy a Ferrari F430 for every single congressman.

We gotta face the facts, our country is way too poor to maintain a modern military.