Poor Juan

Why is the Philippines once one of the wealthiest countries in Asia now one of the poorest? Why do most Filipinos starve and does not have complete meal a day?
Why are Filipinos poor?

The government blames the people because population explosion in the Philippines that made the country poorer. The people also, put the blame on the government for its corrupt government officials. Who should be blamed then?

The population of the Filipinos, according to most estimates, already reached eighty million. Why did the population ballooned like this? There was even what they call the two child policy but what can you see? Most of the Filipino couples have more than two children. We have birth control pills in our drug stores yet the population is still increasing. Even without birth control pills, condoms, and other contraceptives, the parents can control the birth of the mother if they only have discipline. Discipline is the key. Sad to say, most of the families that have two or more children are those families that are poor.

Have you heard of the fertilizer scam? Have you heard about the price of the deco lamps? Do you know the cost of the Cebu International Convention Center? These amount to very large sum of money. Much of the money went into the pockets of corrupt government officials. Why are there corrupt officials? They as corrupt officials came to being because they are lazy. They are lazy and do not want to work hard to earn money that is why they corrupt money. They are not willing to sacrifice to get what they want because they are lazy. This is I think the same reason why we have gamblers and drug lords.

There is no side to be blamed. We do not have to blame the government. The government also must not blame the people for the Philippines’ poverty. We should blame ourselves. Because of our character, we contributed to the falling of the Philippines. If we want to change something in the Philippines as a whole, we should start the change inside us. The change should start within ourselves.