Soundwave said:
I dunno if he's actually doing that, but I can say for certain he's giving your country a bad reputation worldwide. I used to think the Philiphines was a cool place, yes with some poverty issues, but a cool place. Now when I mention the Philiphines or think about it, people think it's like a zombie-land where like 70% of the country are drug addicts, and it's largely due to the outrageous statements of your president. It's how people think now, I asked my girlfriend where she wanted to vacation, and she mentioned Thailand might be cool, and I said Philliphines is similar, but she recoiled and said "that's that drugged out place", but the reality is there's probably as many addicts in Thailand. I can't speak to his full policies, but I don't think this president is really doing much for the name of the Philliphines worldwide. It's fine to be tough on drugs, but some of the statements are just ... ridiculous I think. |
There are far more hideous things not reported here.
Bad reputation is just the least of my concern now. I actually enjoy seeing the shitstorm going on than pretending the whole pillar of our government isn't being eaten away by termites.
And yes drug addicts are indeed a lot here. Simple measures like Rugby boys are all over manila. Lots of Cocaine addicted bus/jeepney drivers/operators just so they can "stay awake" longer. Hell I know someone personally who was bus driver who said that a franchise owner was discretely looking for Bus Drivers who can end someone in the case of an accident. Simply because hospital bills are a pain and once you kill the victim, you end with a settlement.
Someone already asked. Why not tackle poverty? Good question. A lot of people just don't want to. As long as I can feed my family's mouth and I live good and my kids can finish college who the fuck cares about them. That's how most of our corrupt government officials think.
Big wig politicians don't want to control birth rate of poverty stricken areas. Simply because their predicament is where they can serenade them. Basically they're livestock for their voting farms. You need more idiots to grow to put off the sensible ones.
It's Money first before some service. If there's a solution they always just put a temporary one then forget it.
Good thing about now is that they are actually rethinking our tax policies and adjusting brackets for those who get taxed way too much for an outdated value that barely gets anything. That might actually sway away some from entering red taping practices.
