To which I replied: And this is supposed to be a liberal government. Liberalism in theory loves free market, dislikes intrusive and bureaucratic govt. Most Filipino liberals do not understand liberalism, only politics and opportunism.
Today, there is this interesting news report,
http://business.inquirer.net/41613/gov’t-launches-one-stop-shop-for-entrepreneurs
Gov’t launches one-stop shop for entrepreneurs
By: Norman BordadoraPhilippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines–President Benigno Aquino III on Friday witnessed the launch of the Philippine Business Registry–a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs that need to transact with several government agencies to start their business.
Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said the PBR is one of the government’s priority projects to make business registration easier by streamlining the process and eliminating red tape.
Through the PBR, applicants no longer need to physically go to each government agency to start doing business.
These agencies include the Department of Trade Industry, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Social Security System, Pag-IBIG fund, Philippine Health and Insurance Corp., and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The launch is just the first phase of the program as several other regulatory offices and even local governmentunits will connect to the PBR.
At the LGU level, Quezon City is already connected to the PBR. Cities with streamlined business permits and licensing systems such as Caloocan and Mandaluyong are expected to be linked to the system in the coming months.
PBR kiosks will also be put up in selected LGUs nationwide to facilitate registration in far-flung areas.
This is good news but long overdue. In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July 2010, the President declared,
Ang walang-katapusang pabalik-balik sa proseso ng pagrehistro ng pangalan ng kumpanya, na kada dalaw ay umaabot ng apat hanggang walong oras, ibababa na natin sa labinlimang minuto. Ang dating listahan ng tatlumpu't anim na dokumento, ibababa natin sa anim. Ang dating walong pahinang application form, ibababa natin sa isang pahina.
(Translation: "The endless procedures in registering a business name, which takes between four to 8 hours per day, we will reduce it to 15 minutes. The old requirement of 36 documents, we will bring it down to six. The eight pages application form, we will make it one page.")See The President's SONA, 2010, July 26, 2010.
Ultimately, I wish to see that the number of business permits will be reduced to only two: one for national and one for local. Businesses simply show their transparency to the government, that they are a restaurant and not a beerhouse, that they are a beauty parlor and not a prostitution house, and so on. Local governments should also remove or abolish their multiple business permits -- electrical permit, health and sanitation permit, fire department permit, garbage collection permit, etc. before a Mayor's permit is issued.
Let the liberal leadership of the current administration implement really liberal policies, not bureaucratic and nearly socialistic ones.
Meanwhile, I wrote this last JULY 19, 2010
Unemployment and entrepreneurship
(This is my article for People's Brigada News, July 17, 2010)Being jobless or unemployed for someone looking for work can be a devastating experience. A person wants to feel “needed” by society for some productive work and yet no one seems to be interested in hiring him/her.
Some people are unemployed because they chose to. Like those with job offers that pay P15,000 per month but they wish to receive at least P20,000 per month, so they reject job offers that pay lower than their expected or “reservation” wage.
An unemployment rate of 2 to 3 percent maybe considered as a “full employment” because those 2 to 3 percent of people who do not have jobs are those that maybe considered as the “voluntarily unemployed”, such as the one described above.
An unemployment rate of 8 percent or higher reflects a problematic economy. Much more for those with 20 percent or higher, like Spain and Latvia in Europe. And if underemployment (those who have jobs already but are looking for additional work) situation is to be added, the situation would look really bad.
Unemployment Rate, in percent, May 2010 (unless specified)
A. Europe Latvia, 22.5 (April ’10) Spain, 19.9 Estonia, 19.8 (Q1) Turkey, 13.7 Ireland, 13.4 (June ’10) Slovakia, 12.2 Poland, 11.9 Greece, 11.6 Hungary, 11.4 Belgium, 11.3 Portugal, 10.6 (Q1) France, 9.9 Italy, 8.7 Britain, 7.8 Germany, 7.7 (June ’10) Russia, 7.3 | B. Other rich countries US, 9.5 (June ‘10) Canada, 7.9 (June ’10) New Zealand, 6.0 (Q1) Australia, 5.1 S. Africa, 25.2 (March ’10) Israel, 7.2 (Q1) | C. Asia India, 10.7 (2009) China, 9.6 (2009) Philippines, 8.0 (Q2) Indonesia, 7.4 (Feb. ’10) Japan, 5.2 Taiwan, 5.2 Hong Kong, 4.6 S. Korea, 3.5 (June ’10) Malaysia, 3.2 (April ’10) Singapore, 2.2 (Q1) Thailand, 1.2 (April ’10) |
Source: The Economist, July 15, 2010
http://www.economist.com/node/16592612?story_id=16592612
This is where entrepreneurs and job creators become really relevant. An economy and its government must strive to encourage more entrepreneurship, not discourage and penalize it with lots of bureaucracies and long business requirement regulations.
For the Philippines in particular with 8.0 percent unemployment rate and 17.8 percent underemployment rate, or one out of four able-bodied Filipinos are either unemployed or underemployed, the call for more entrepreneurship and less politics, less taxes and less bureaucracies, is even more relevant.
http://www.economist.com/node/16592612?story_id=16592612
This is where entrepreneurs and job creators become really relevant. An economy and its government must strive to encourage more entrepreneurship, not discourage and penalize it with lots of bureaucracies and long business requirement regulations.
For the Philippines in particular with 8.0 percent unemployment rate and 17.8 percent underemployment rate, or one out of four able-bodied Filipinos are either unemployed or underemployed, the call for more entrepreneurship and less politics, less taxes and less bureaucracies, is even more relevant.
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See also:
Business Bureaucracy 1: Avoiding government: Egyptian experience, March 12, 2007
Business Bureaucracy 2: We don't need a new DICT bureaucracy, July 13, 2010
Welfarism 11: Bureaucratizing Entrepreneurs, April 11, 2011
Business Bureaucracy 3: Their Rules and Life,July 15, 2011
Business Bureaucracy 1: Avoiding government: Egyptian experience, March 12, 2007
Business Bureaucracy 2: We don't need a new DICT bureaucracy, July 13, 2010
Welfarism 11: Bureaucratizing Entrepreneurs, April 11, 2011
Business Bureaucracy 3: Their Rules and Life,July 15, 2011
Rule of Law 1: Entrepreneurship and Government Permits, September 16, 2008
Rule of Law 7: Property Rights and IPRI 2009 Report, February 27, 2010
Rule of Law 7: Property Rights and IPRI 2009 Report, February 27, 2010
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