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The government should do more to help ease the inflation in order the poorest of poor. Pulse Asia, an independent polling agency, reported that based on its July 1 to 14 survey, which covered 1,200 respondents nationwide, 22 percent higher than the 44 percent last quarter admitted to spend less on food consumption. The survey results that the inflation rate in July reached a 17-year high of 12.2 percent. It also showed that about 24 percent of the respondents is now cutting back on their rice consumption or spending, while 55 percent said they are reducing expenditures on other food items. Due to the high inflation, about 530,000 households or about three percent claimed that at least one or more of their family members go without food for at least one whole day in the month preceding the survey, because they have no money to buy food (89 percent), no food could be bought (six percent), were not feeling well (three percent) or they were on diet (two percent).
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this is happening becuse of all the crime and corruption present in the country. these officials really are going over the limit with the greed they possess and insensitivity they encounter.
This is a major sign of poverty. It's time that the government help the people in solving this problem. Food is one of our basic necessities in life. We have to start saving our resources and use them wisely.
Kawawa naman ang iba nating mga kababayan. Pati pagkain nila ay tinitipid na rin nila. Sana ay may himalang mangyari na magliligtas sa ating bansa mula sa kahirapan na ito.
Starvation is probably the most significant sign of poverty in a country. It just shows how people are left with drastic alternatives just to make ends meet. Filipinos cutting back on a vital need like food should be very alarming to the government. How can we expect progress from a country that will most probably starve to death.
With this poverty increasing, it's not helping our country. We should somehow try to make them have some jobs and earn money. They can't always depend on the charitable funds and the church for what they receive, it's the first step to failure and leads to poverty. It's just not reasonable that we work and they just bum out.
Fruits and vegetables can be planted, even rice, corn, and grains. Am I right?
Would that statement be a valid reason why Filipinos spend less on food?
this is jsut a reaction to the peole to soaring prices of today. Its just not food that people are cutting budgets on. . .
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