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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 08/19/2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t



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Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz
08/19/2010
Without the least intention of being offensive, much less of expressing irreverence, the above quoted axiom is simply meant to emphatically drive home the truth about the present huge financial predicament of the current administration — in terms of inheriting a national vault that is empty of assets and full of liabilities. As already well noted and exposed, the previous administration with visionary plans and glorious aspirations, proved to be an expert in spending public funds while piling on personal wealth. Conclusion: The incumbent administration is at a loss on how to raise government funds — even if only to keep the country standing and the people surviving.
If someone is flat broke, what does he do? Brood and do nothing? Finger point and blame everybody else? Wallow in despair and jump out of the window? Or: Think of the doable. Have a plan of action. Act on what is proper, right and just? 

The national leadership with the assistance of sincere and competent Cabinet members is “counting the ways” on how to gather public funds, how to fill the government coffers — how to make “both ends meet” in terms of government earnings and expenditures. This is an expression of social justice, specifically in terms of the people giving to their government what is hereto due, and of same government giving back to the people in return what is required by their common good and public welfare.... MORE

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