Pork barrel? Pork chop? Pork? VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 07/18/2010

Pork barrel? Pork chop? Pork?

VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 07/18/2010 This is but a simple and candid question. This is merely a plain and timely query. The government is not only flat broke but also in dire need because the public coffer is not merely empty of cash but also full of debts — courtesy of the previous administration. There are too many government officials and much more government employees to pay salaries to and give reasonable perks too. The annual income and budget, especially in the past six years, are too depressing to know how they have been “balanced” in terms of local and foreign borrowings, real huge debits and supposedly consoling reality in the form of big “deferred payments” The needed funding for education is much less than actually needed. Hence, more children no longer good to school. The requirements of developing agriculture are beyond reasonable response. Wherefore, the matter of importing rice has become not only mandatory but are the salaries relatively low, but many do not even find any employment. Direct and indirect taxes are already too much. Yet public welfare has become less and less..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100718com6.html

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