Pork Barrel

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

Despite the fact that the Philippines is now one of Asia's fastest growing economies known for its Churches, Islands (We even have a children's Island apparently) and people. Our nation is in the grips of a new issue... The Pork Barrel Scam.
Now this has been going on for months, but now it's gotten to the point that people can't even tell apart what the Pork Barrel is and what the DAP is... The Philippine public sentiment right now is this, but as the previous link shows even the Presidential Social Fund is in trouble, which is by the way used in emergencies, such as: This and this
Now NSers, what do you think?

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

Philippines is starting to become Brazil, good.

Expect right-wingers raining from all over the place trying to make "anti-corruption" a cause just as they are "anti-taxes" in countries with less corruption, while more important subjects like health, education and social equality are forgotten in the next years. Until your middle class and youth, tired of all this, try to pull some next Arab Spring, they suffer police brutality, and you start to see in the media who is in favor and who is against the people.

Good luck!

[Costa Alegria]

So the Philippines is a corruption infested country where the few exploit the many for personal gain and insane wealth? Colour me shocked.

Just be glad your country isn't in a state of near perpetual anarchy where the government can't even remember who is Prime Minister.

[Risottia]

Despite the fact that the Philippines is now one of Asia's fastest growing economies known for its Churches, Islands (We even have a children's Island apparently) and people. Our nation is in the grips of a new issue... The Pork Barrel Scam.

How can a select few in our country freely appropriate billions of people’s money to themselves without transparency and accountability? How can a select few squander so much of the people’s money without any sense of guilt? How can a select few steal billions of the people’s money without any fear of reprisal or being punished?

1.Quite easily. 2.Very well. 3.Bet they have also some political power, don't they?

Really, man. I live in Italy. I should bloody well know.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Doesn't the Philippines have other problems besides rampant corruption, like horrific levels of gun violence and the like?

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

Doesn't the Philippines have other problems besides rampant corruption, like horrific levels of gun violence and the like?

It's basically Latin American, just in Asia.

[Risottia]

Doesn't the Philippines have other problems besides rampant corruption, like horrific levels of gun violence and the like?

Philippines: all the worst sides of Italy, plus the worst sides of the US, and we'll throw in also some religious and political terrorism as a bonus!

Now I understand why so many Filipinos want to immigrate here...

[The Nuclear Fist]

Doesn't the Philippines have other problems besides rampant corruption, like horrific levels of gun violence and the like?

It's basically Latin American, just in Asia.

At least that part of the world has attractive Hispanic/Latin folk. The Philippines just has people shooting each other (and politicians) with guns they made themselves.

[Risottia]

guns they made themselves.

Isn't that going to be good for the GDP and the import/export balance?

[The Nuclear Fist]

guns they made themselves.

Isn't that going to be good for the GDP and the import/export balance?

They're rugged entrepreneurs.

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

So the Philippines is a corruption infested country where the few exploit the many for personal gain and insane wealth? Colour me shocked.

Just be glad your country isn't in a state of near perpetual anarchy where the government can't even remember who is Prime Minister.

Was, we have a new President...

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

Despite the fact that the Philippines is now one of Asia's fastest growing economies known for its Churches, Islands (We even have a children's Island apparently) and people. Our nation is in the grips of a new issue... The Pork Barrel Scam.

How can a select few in our country freely appropriate billions of people’s money to themselves without transparency and accountability? How can a select few squander so much of the people’s money without any sense of guilt? How can a select few steal billions of the people’s money without any fear of reprisal or being punished?

1.Quite easily. 2.Very well. 3.Bet they have also some political power, don't they?

Really, man. I live in Italy. I should bloody well know.

Don't worry, you should give your new Prime Minister a chance...

[Costa Alegria]

Was, we have a new President...

Has Benny Aquino done much since he came into power?

[The Equal Peoples State of Steelia]

Philippines is starting to become Brazil, good.

Expect right-wingers raining from all over the place trying to make "anti-corruption" a cause just as they are "anti-taxes" in countries with less corruption, while more important subjects like health, education and social equality are forgotten in the next years. Until your middle class and youth, tired of all this, try to pull some next Arab Spring, they suffer police brutality, and you start to see in the media who is in favor and who is against the people.

Good luck!

Always with the Brazil please it's far from a paradise

[Vandelstein]

Let's just go to Canada, alright?

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

Always with the Brazil please it's far from a paradise

I didn't imply it was.

I implied that the Filipinos are closer to getting a greater political consciousness that might be the start of the end their long-term corruption problems, but at the same time it might be a destructive force. And the people will have to be consistent and strong in their opposition to bad government actions.

[The Equal Peoples State of Steelia]

Always with the Brazil please it's far from a paradise

I didn't imply it was.

I implied that the Filipinos are closer to getting a greater political consciousness that might be the start of the end their long-term corruption problems, but at the same time it might be a destructive force. And the people will have to be consistent and strong in their opposition to bad government actions.

But Brazil is corrupt

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

Was, we have a new President...

Has Benny Aquino done much since he came into power?

Well... we used to be called the "sick Man of Asia", now we're known by many names, including The newest "rising tiger" and Asia's "brightest spark".

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

Let's just go to Canada, alright?

Who doesn't...

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

I didn't imply it was.

I implied that the Filipinos are closer to getting a greater political consciousness that might be the start of the end their long-term corruption problems, but at the same time it might be a destructive force. And the people will have to be consistent and strong in their opposition to bad government actions.

But Brazil is corrupt

1. we are starting to effectively fight against that, because now we finally have more conscience as a group in voting times

2. talking just about corruption is bad

3. Brazil isn't even that absurdly corrupt, we just got a lot of embezzlement and overbilling but these can be solved with relatively simple solutions such as more transparency, a less monstrous bureaucracy and less freedom at government use of private companies and NGOs (btw, the reason why I am already familiar with issues similar to the one the Filipinos discovered by these days)

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

But Brazil is corrupt

1. we are starting to effectively fight against that, because now we finally have more conscience as a group in voting times

2. talking just about corruption is bad

3. Brazil isn't even that absurdly corrupt, we just got a lot of embezzlement and overbilling but these can be solved with relatively simple solutions such as more transparency, a less monstrous bureaucracy and less freedom at government use of private companies and NGOs (btw, the reason why I am already familiar with issues similar to the one the Filipinos discovered by these days)

We basically just had terrible colonizers, otherwise known as Iberians...

[Kiveria]

Aquino didn't do much things for the poor. He entertained the rich. And almost all the politicians were included in the Pork Barrel Scam.

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

Aquino didn't do much things for the poor. He entertained the rich. And almost all the politicians were included in the Pork Barrel Scam.

CCT, PSF and Sin tax....

[Hetalian Indie Rio de Janeiro]

We basically just had terrible colonizers, otherwise known as Iberians...

Compared to the French, English, Dutch, German, Italian and Russian ones, I find the Iberian exploration colonization preferable.

Even though the Dutch should've stayed on Brazil for more time.

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

We basically just had terrible colonizers, otherwise known as Iberians...

Compared to the French, English, Dutch, German, Italian and Russian ones, I find the Iberian exploration colonization preferable.

Even though the Dutch should've stayed on Brazil for more time.

Well I'd say that the Americans were the best...