All those who want to reform the Philippine politics and economy should therefore strive to remove the nexus between politics and the economy. This policy reform objective could be achieved through measures including low and neutral tariff rates (to discourage smuggling as well as the incentive to make deals with Customs officials), the removal of the pork barrel system, opening up entry and exit of all businesses including utilities and telecommunications without having to acquire franchise from Congress, and lowering of corporate taxes coupled with the removal of fiscal incentives, among many others. The central idea is to prevent political motivations to encroach in people’s economic decisions, subject to certain limited criteria such as environmental regulations and national security.
We should adopt the concept that doing business or engaging in entrepreneurship is an inalienable right on par with our freedom of assembly and speech as well as of pursuit of happiness. That way mayors, governors, and bureaucrats will not have any power to put barriers against people’s entrepreneurial energies. You remove political intervention in economic decisions and you can see that “public service” will only attract two types of persons, either statesmen or masochists, and that will be for the good of the country.
Tinanong niya kung agree tayo o disagree.
I pretty much agree with Llorito on that part. Lalo na yung sa pagtanggal ng pork barrel, para naman hindi na palipat-lipat ang mga trad pol House members from one president to another every six years.
Let's say the pork barrel system is still in place after 2010. if mar roxas wins the presidency, yung mga dating trapo LAKAS at KAMPI members ay magiging LP na. Kung si Villar naman ang manalo, tataas ang membership ng NP. We've seen it before with FVR, Erap, and GMA getting the majority of the congressmen to switch sides after becoming president.
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Item #2: Adel Tamano blocked in Senate,tapped for PLM presidency
Ho Well, I guess this things can happen if Villar sleeps with the administration.
Biro mo yung mismong GO spokesperson na kakampi ni Villar na-veto ni "independent" candidate Kiko Noted Pangilinan, as Senate Blue Ribbon lead counsel. Noted, Kiko, Noted!
Former Genuine Opposition spokesman Adel Tamano’s appointment as general counsel of the Senate blue ribbon committee was allegedly blocked by majority leader Francis Pangilinan at around the same time the latter was nominated by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim to chair the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Senate sources said the animosity between Pangilinan and Tamano which started during the campaign for the May elections was the reason for Pangilinan’s move. The source said the senator, who does not want to see Tamano in the Senate, went to Senate President Manuel Villar when he learned about Tamano’s impending appointment to the BRC.
It was Tamano who reportedly gave Pangilinan an ultimatum to attend the GO proclamation rally and its sorties if he wanted to be drafted into the GO senatorial lineup. Pangilinan stuck to his independent stance and was subsequently dropped from the opposition slate. He won his senatorial bid just the same.
Naku, bakit pa nagalit itong si Noted. Ayaw naman talaga niyang sumali sa GO eh.
Ipinilit lang ng LP si Kiko Noted sa opposition, kahit na alam nilang mas panig sa Wednesday group ito at sa admin. Kaya 11 lang ang candidates ng GO dahil sa agreement ng LP at Opposition na isama si Noted no matter what.
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The thing about pork barrel is that it is a means of ensuring that congressional districts get their share of the national pie.
Nandun na ako na ninanakaw yan.
Pero ganun pa man din, kung walang mapapakitang pork spending ang congressman hindi siya mananalo. In other words, kahit konti may umaabot pa din sa taong bayan.
To eliminate pork barrel completely, kailangan natin ng magaling ng presidente. Fair and non-transactional kc mabigat ang implications ng giving the president full discretion over the national budget.
I would go slow on eliminating pork barrel without putting safeguards on presidential discretion.
I would think that maybe we should rationalize pork barrel instead of just eliminating it.
The thing about pork barrel is that it is a means of ensuring that congressional districts get their share of the national pie.
Nandun na ako na ninanakaw yan.
Pero ganun pa man din, kung walang mapapakitang pork spending ang congressman hindi siya mananalo. In other words, kahit konti may umaabot pa din sa taong bayan.
my reform would be to eliminate the middleman (congressman) and reallocate the pork barrel money to the Local government units and officials--meaning, give the money to the guys who are actually running the city or province like a mayor or governor.
Read this too from Neal Cruz. Money quote:
Why should a congressman, for example, tell the Department of Public Works and Highways what roads and bridges to construct, and to even dictate which private contractor should get the contract? The job of congressmen is to enact laws, but each one of them acts as de facto secretary of public works, health, agriculture, etc. Congressmen actually overrule the department secretaries when it comes to projects in their respective localities.
The reason, of course, is the kickbacks from contractors. The contractors kick back to the congressmen as much as half of the budget for a project. The cost of any project, therefore, doubles, while the congressman runs laughing all the way to the bank.
Congressmen say it is they who know first-hand the needs of their districts so they should be the ones to identify what projects to build. But isn’t that the job of local government officials? A congressman who spends most of his time in Manila cannot know more about the needs of his constituents than a local official who lives and works with them in the province. Besides, there are the development councils of which the congressmen are members and therefore can propose projects for their districts.
To eliminate pork barrel completely, kailangan natin ng magaling ng presidente. Fair and non-transactional kc mabigat ang implications ng giving the president full discretion over the national budget.
doesn't the president in reality can get anything she wants (budget, kill impeach, chacha push) out of the House by using the pork barrel to reward and punish those who don't toe her line? bakit ba palipat-lipat na panig ang mga trapo congressmen natin everytime may bagong presidente? bakit sobrang dependent ang majority ng mga tonggressmen natin sa presidente for allocation of funds?
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