“The Arroyo Administration has decided to spend P93.6 billion more than the approved national budget of P1.236 trillion this year to fund more pro-poor programs.”
SOURCE: Remo, M.V. (2008, May). Gov’t to spend P93.6B more this year. Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. B1, B4
At first, I thought this idea of GMA, and her cronies (if I may call them that), spending more than the approved national budget for this year was a great proposal. How will the government fund for the said additional spending? A nearly P18.6 billion would be taken from the Value Added Tax on oil since oil prices are sky rocketing! And the other portion would be funded by borrowings. Sure, the Arroyo Administration would be funding programs for the poor such as scholarships as well as loaning to PUV operators so that they may modify their engine to a cheaper one that consumes low-priced gasoline. The administration also said that they will be directly giving money to the poor. But would this really benefit the poor and our deteriorating society?
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MS. PRESIDENT, I believe that the government should not openly give cash to the less-fortunate. WHY?
1. How sure are we that the money that will be given to them will be used for a good cause? For all we know, they would use that money to buy drugs!
2. They would not want to work thus creating more unemployed lazy Filipinos AKA MGA TAMBAY.
3. They would depend on the money given to them and not find other ways of earning money.
4. Lastly, don’t you think that it is a bit degrading on their part if they were just handed money.
The government must formulate other means of helping the poor; they should not dole out money!!
My other concern about this issue is that there is a possibility that the Philippines would be exposed to more graft and corruption. Come on, an additional spending budget? Do we seriously need that big amount of money just for extra spending? I say that the government might use this money for their personal expenses.
To conclude this post, I believe that the additional spending budget would help a bit but would also cause trouble in our community.
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Repost of my comment from the original post.
The money will be better spent on funding projects that benefit the poor. This creates job opportunities which also benefit the poor.
Directly giving the money to the less fortunate spoils them and turns them into lazy bums (tambay). They will use the money for drugs, alcohol, and gambling. Do we really need more of those?
No.
So, just fund projects, improve education, whatever. Just don't give it directly.
I completely agree to what queenbee and bitterblossom said. Giving money directly to the poor would only worsen their situation. That's why if I donate to REALLY pitiful beggers, I buy bread with the money I have and that is what I give.
I don't understand why the government is now saying things that are not so smart. First is its proposal for free SMS, and now the giving of money directly to the poor. If they could only think as citizens of the Philippines, then maybe they'd realize the bad outcomes that would result from their proposals. Or they could gather data and conduct surveys or research to see if their proposals would be effective or a failure. In that way, they would be informed, they'd make good economic decisions, and not waste money, which they didn't even worked for.
sang ayon ako.. hindi nman pdeng lgi nlang tulungan ang mhhrap e.. kc mgiging tmad lng cla lalo.. bgyan dpat cla ng mga trabaho.. mga bata dpat lgay sa foster care.. pag 18 na cla.. patrabho na cla.. hndi ung puro bgay bgay lng ng pera..
The money should be used to help, but in less direct of a way, like creating job opportunities for them. Just giving them money won't really help and might not really be appreciated.
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