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Rich Philippines VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 02/20/2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

Rich Philippines

VIEWPOINTS
Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz
02/20/2011
Now it can be said with both proper accounting and pursuant moral certitude that the Philippines is a rich country, and that the fact of poverty therein is caused by gross graft and flagrant corruption perpetrated and perpetuated precisely by its leaders — individuals holding public offices seemingly for public welfare. The shameful stealing and scandalous burglarizing of public funds being gradually revealed in but the AFP are not only depressing to people but also the downgrading of their government. Yes! Everybody is presumed innocent until proven guilty — before the court of law. But before the tribunal of public opinion, there are instances when certain individuals are presumed guilty until proven innocent!

If there is no much money in but one agency as the AFP, and with so much thereof going to private pockets and individual families, the legitimate question that comes to mind is how many agencies are there in the government, how much money is poured therein? And this is money coming not only from direct and indirect taxes paid by every Filipino citizen from birth to death, but also from many different foreign grants? In a nutshell, the Philippines must be rich in resources but the Filipinos are poor in fact. And the practically omnipresent poverty in the country has but graft and corruption as its well paired fundamental cause..... MORE

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