Free education until university, free healthcare via UHC,
free cash transfer, free condoms and pills, free housing for the poor, wow.
Next will be free iPads, free flat tv, free cars for the poor. The PH is
turning socialistic, legislators and politicians do not have to think, just
promise "free ____ for the poor", endless and no timetable.
Consultants and academics (so many of them now) provide the studies to support
and justify all freebies. Taxpayers are bottomless milking cows, and if they
protest they are heartless and greedy for wanting to keep more of their
earnings.
See these two reports:
Education socialists, healthcare socialists, ecological
socialists, housing socialists, they expand fast. Save the planet, save the
poor, save the dolphins -- but what they don't admit is "save our pockets,
we need endless bureauacracies, pork barrel and endless consulting
rackets."
See these two reports:
(1) New department
eyes ₱1-trillion budget, squatter housing focus
February 25, 2019 | 10:26 pm
“’…we are
envisioning to have a budget of P50 billion per year for 20 years; because to
construct 2 million housing units, we need P1 trillion more or less. In the
next four to 20 years, we are targeting that,” Mr. Del Rosario explained.”
(2) House adopts
Senate version of proposed cash transfer law
February 25, 2019 | 10:24 pm
“The cash transfers
will be provided for a maximum of seven years, but may be extended upon the
recommendation of the National Advisory Council….
If enacted, the
DSWD will grant the following cash transfers to beneficiaries: at least P300
per month per child enrolled in day care and elementary school and at least
P500 per month for a 10-month school year for those in junior high school.
Students enrolled
in senior high school are entitled to a cash transfer not lower than P700 per
month. Currently, education grants range only from P300-500. The education
grant may be given to up to three children, aged 3-18 years old, in every
household.”
The UHC will never have enough money. P200 B a year, P500
B a year, won't be enough. When a service is given for free or
highly-subsidized, expect that demand will be larger than supply. Always, 101%.
Healthcare, education, ecological and housing socialists will always demand
"trillions more... forever."
Meanwhile, we may have exagerrated the role of politicians. We have
underrated the role of consultants and academics, the role of multilaterals
(UN, WB, IMF, ADB,...), the role of big NGOs, the role of mainstream media --
in justifying all sorts of freebies forever. The politicians happily listen to
them then legislate all sorts of freebies, all sorts of taxes to finance their
freebies. Income tax, consumption tax, franchise tax, property tax, vehicle
tax, travel tax, oil tax, coal tax, tobacco tax, alcohol tax, sugar tax, soon
bacon tax, candies tax, burger tax,...
Pwede pakuya-kuyakoy, painom-inom,
sugal-sugal regularly and do little or no work. Or work 6 days a week but also
drink and party 6 nights a week with zero savings. Only very few things are
personal and parental responsibility, they are now state responsibility. Tamad
or masipag, magastos or matipid, pare-pareho lang kakain, may free education
till college, may free housing, free healthcare, ayos na ayos. Lots of incentives for people who declare themselves as
poor.
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See also:
Inequality 34, Eric Jurado on the richest 1%, February 01, 2018
Inequality 35, Forbes' billionaires 2018, April 04, 2018
Inequality 36, Adam Smith the poor, December 11, 2018
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