Traffic and Political Bullcr@p

I went to a bank in Makati on a lunch break. The usual less than 1 hour ride took me almost 2 hours, no thanks to the traffic jam created by the militants in their street protests against the government.

 

People are clamoring for change, because they are poor and believe that the government is doing them injustice by not addressing poverty.

 

Let me get this straight, people go to the streets because they are poor. They did not go to work because they had to go to the streets. Because they did not go to work, they don't earn. Because they don't earn, they become poor. And so the cycle continues.

 

Let me look at it in another perspective. People go to the streets because they are poor. The peso is in bad shape because of the instability of the government brought by protests. The government/justice system is put into question because the people want to take everything in their own hands, much like in the previous revolts, never mind the due process. Investors shy away from the country because of the poor image of the government. Because there are no investments, people become poor. And so the cycle continues.

 

C'mon people, let's stop this culture of revolt. We elected representatives to do everything for us, congressmen and senators, so that we can mind our own work, our own businesses. They are all pro-administration you say, and they won't do anything good? Who elected them in the first place but us?

 

What do you think?

 

-Allan