The Lozada expose has once again brought to fore the issue of graft and corruption in the country. He is neither a saint nor a matryr. In fact, like al the other crooks in government, his hands are just as dirty. The difference is that he was not appointed or voted by citizens to govern the country and its institutions. I am not naive to think that one can be spotless when you are a politician. But Neri, whose silence has not helped the cause, was nevertheless correct when he said "tell them to moderate their greed." In a country still heavily in debt and where a third are living below the povery line - the amount of money being made as kickbacks is mind-boggling.
The interesting thing is that a group of students of mine just completed a study where they found that the upper class are more accepting and morel ikely to commit corrupt acts compared to lower classes. The middle class, on the other, hand are the least accepting of it. Makes sense - because it hurts us more. Unlike the rich who probably get all sorts of tax breaks or whose incomes are just so large that taxes are inconsequential - we who work feel it. Everytime we see our paychecks and see how much we get taxed - we think about how all our hard earned money is being wasted by the government.
Randi and I came home in 2001 because we wanted to give back to the country. On the day we arrived, Erap had just stepped down. A good omen, I thought to myself. Maybe there really is hope for the country. And then GMA is turning out to be just as bad... or even worse. Times like these I wonder if we made the right choice of returning.... Don't get me wrong. I still love my country. I just hate the people running it.
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