To be honest, I am not an Economist but what I can tell you is that our counrty is dealing with this humangus problem. Surely, as the books say, the biggest contributor to our economy is education. We educate people in order for them to be able to find a better job and then be able to have a decent income to support his/her family. What happens in our society is that, a family invests a lot of money in education. But what happens after graduation? OOPS, no jobs. Now, we are pressured to work abroad. Who is going to develop our country? Meanwhile other countries are the ones who benifit from our people. If we keep doing this, nothing is going to happen in our country. If there is no ECONOMY there is no COUNTRY.

I think the government should work on cheaper education so that poor families don't have to invest all their earnings in education. They can instead invest their money into business. We also need to improve the education making the young filipinos concentrate on being an entrepreneur rather than just being an employee of a company. In that way they don't have to look for a job instead they can improve the unemployment rate of our country.

I just don't see decisive and strict implementation of our LAW. The Executive overshadows the other bodies... May kanya-kanyang pakay ang mga namumuna. Ay paano tayo uunlad kung kanya-kanya tayong diskarte. LAHAT TAYO LALO NA ANG MGA LEADERS MAG-ISIP MUNA SILA NA PARANG NASA TUNNEL SILA. Ang proseso, end-to-end. To resolve any problem, there should always be a procedure. We should always consider the following:

1. Objective
2. End-to-end procedure
3. Action Items
4. Involved Personalities/Resource Person
5. Resolution

Unless we think that way, we will never be progressive. WE SHOULD PUT GOD IN THE CENTER TO MAKE ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

I just heard that the government is deciding to have an additional VAT of 2% meaning from 10% to 12% and all Private institutions will have its Occupational tax aside from professional tax. I am objecting of this kind of issue. Having an added cost of taxes is not the proper way to uphold the present situation of our country. GMA should focused on graft and corruption which is the most reason why we are encountering such crisis and preventing our economy to be developed. Why does the masses will suffer for the abused power of the authorities? We should be transformed into Federal State so that no authorities can abuse their power. Filipinos should change. Graft and Corruption can be prevented if the body who governs will focused on it. GMA you should strive harder so that the masses will accept what you are doing. Change your platform of Government and be a man who have a word of honor. If you do so, we salute you!!!!

Removing Pork Barrel is enough. We don't need the increase of VAT instead increase of wage salary. It may even translate to economic activities because people will have more buying power.

Habang palaasa tyo sa kakayanan ng iban g dayuhan hindi kelan man uunlad ang ating Bansa. Habang walang oportunidad ang Pilipino sa ating Bansa upang maipamalas nila ang kanilang kakayanan at ito ay susuportahan ng pamahalaan hindi uunlad ang ating Bansa at sa halip ang mga Pilipinong may likas na yaman sa pag-gawa ay mangingibang bansa na lamang.

Ang pamahalaan ay dapat magtaguyod ng isang kaisipang magtatahi sa ating mga Pilipino upang paunlarin at mahalin ang nag-iisang bansa natin.

Bale wala ang lahat ng ipaiiral na batas pang ekonomiya kung mananatili ang korap na pamahalaan sa ating bansa. Dagdagan man ng 2% ang VAT sa dati nitong 10% VAT kung hindi siryoso mangulekta at nasusuholan parin ang mga kawani at maging ang namumuno ng pamahalaan ay bali wala din at sa halip mananatiling pahirap uli ito sa atin!

Alisan man ng PDF o CDF(Pork barrel) ang mga kongresista at senador kung ang magpapairal ng pagkakalagyan ng pondo mula sa mga mambabatas ay korap at tiwali bali wala parin! kaya ang dapat na solusyon ay isang tamang pagpalit ng mga namumuno!!!!!

OUST GLORIA NOW!!!!!!!

You're ON right there BUT, first we have to establish a strong, fair and independent JUDICIAL BODY so that we could put the government officials officials in trials and persecute who are unjust. This body should be without fear even with the President of the country....then, we could move on.....

Folks! 2% is nothing. I don't know what's the fuss is. It's either we make it or we break it. Our Economy getting another notch down will mean we're really in a deep shi!t Do you think we can solve corruption in a year? Not in this country Mate! Don't eat in restos if you don't want vat. Don't shop and buy groceries in big super mall if you don't want vat. There's no such thing as free if you want to leave in a democratic country.

WALA NA BA TAYONG ALAM GAWIN KUNDI MAGPATALSIK NG PRESIDENTE?

Kung papansinin mo...ILANG PRESIDENTE NA ANG UMUPO pero WALA PA RING NANGYAYARI...

IYON AY DAHIL ANG PROBLEMA AY WALA SA GOBYERNO KUNDI SA MGA MAMAMAYAN.

KUNG WALANG NAGLALAGAY EH DI WALANG KURAP!

Paumahin po kay Pilosopong Tasyo. Ngunit imposible ang suhestiyon mo na huwag nang kumain sa restos, bumili sa grocery at iba pa para makaiwas sa VAT. Normal ang VAT at tinanggap na ito ng mamamayan. Ang tinututulan lamang ay ang pagsasamantala ng pamahalaan sa pagpapataw ng VAT para lamang makalikom ng salapi para pondohan ang gobyerno. Ang pagpapataw ng buwis ay hindi solusyon sa suliranin ng pamahalaan. Sa pananaw ko, ang unang dapat gawin ay ang totoong pagpapatupad ng batas (political will) sa paraang makatao, pantay at walang kinilingan.


Hindi rin ako naniniwala na ang problema ay nasa mamamayan. Ang mahihirap, bunsod ng kahirapan, ay napipilitang kumapit sa patalim. Saan ba nanggaling ang mga "hinahakot" ng mga mayayamang politiko para sumama sa kanilang martsa, hindi ba't mahihirap na tulad ng galing sa Payatas, Smokey Mountain, Tondo at iba pang mahihirap na lugar at pamayanan.

Dapat bang pairalin ang prinsipyo? Tama pero dapat munang busugin ang sikmura ng taong nagugutom bago natin pag-usapan ang prinsipyo. May pagkakataon na nagpapabayad ang mahihirap, ngunit hindi dahil sila ay totoong bayaran sa halip ay wala na kasi silang matakbuhan at mahingian ng tulong.

Teka... sino ba ang nagpasimula ng mga pag-aaklas laban sa pamahalaan noong panahon ni Pang. Estrada.... hindi ba't mga mayayaman. Nang magsimula ang EDSA 2, sino ang nagtawag, di ba ang mga mayayaman sa Makati at Kamaynilaan? Pero sino ang totoong nagbantay sa EDSA, di ba't higit na nkararami ang mga mahihirap na umaasa sa ipamamahging libreng pagkain?

Sa forum na ito, sana ay maging maktwiran tayo at huwag hayaang talunin ng emosyon ang ating sarili. Muli paumanhin sa iyo kaibigan. Maraming Salamat.