Friday, October 16. 2009Why price controls will fail
(Following is the transcript of the segment “Analysis by Winnie Monsod” which aired on News on Q on October 13, 2009. Prof. Winnie Monsod is the resident analyst of New on Q which airs weeknights at 9:30 p.m. on Q Channel 11.)
A book entitled “40 Centuries of Wage and Price Controls” traces price control attempts from as far back as to the Old Testament of the Bible, to the Code of Hammurabi, to the Roman Republic and Empire, to medieval Europe, to the first centuries of the USA and Canada, to the French Revolution, the 19th century, world wars I and II, the Nazis, the Soviets, including rent controls in the US in the 1970s under Nixon and Carter. The Philippines is no exception. Republic Act 4164, which was passed during the Commonwealth Era, aimed to prevent excessive price increases after public calamities – which is exactly what this government is attempting to do at present, after the ravages of Ondoy and Pepeng. Both typhoons have damaged regions that account for over 60 percent of the country's GDP, over 40 percent of our agricultural production, and close to 40 percent of our rice production. What do the lessons of history tell us? Have price controls over 40 centuries been successful in achieving the objective of ensuring that the poor get their basic commodities at reasonable or affordable prices? The answer, unfortunately, is a big fat no, whether for the Philippines or anywhere else in the world. In fact, the complete title of the book is: “40 Centuries of wage and price controls: How Not to Fight Inflation." Not only did imposing controls not work, they also caused additional damage, such as continued shortages and crime, and the encouragement of corrupt practices. Let us explain once again, using a market demand and supply curve to illustrate the issue. Suppose that the demand and supply for a basic commodity, say rice, are balanced at the current price, and that the government then fixes a lower maximum price. The quantity of rice supply will decrease because the producers – whose costs are higher than the maximum price – cannot, of course, be forced to sell their products at a loss. In the meantime, the quantity demanded will increase. The result will be an excess in demand. The problem will be: how are you going to allocate the limited supply to those who want to buy? Obviously, not all who want to buy will be lucky enough to purchase the rice at the lower price – those who are ahead of the long queues, those who have connections with the sellers (maybe long-time customers), and of course, those who are willing to pay a little cash on the side. The creation and operation of black markets would be next. Or government could issue ration coupons, which will require additional bureaucracy with, of course, the incentives for corruption or "patronage politics" coming to the fore. This essentially means that the poor, marginalized, and unconnected are not going to be among the lucky ones. On the part of the suppliers, the imposition of price controls provide incentives to evade those controls. One of the simplest forms of evasion is quality deterioration. In the Philippines, when there were price controls on paper, the quality of notebook paper and pad paper was so bad that you could not use both sides of a sheet of paper because the ink on one side would show on the other side. Newsprint was the same way – anyone reading the newspapers had to wash their hands because the inkprint would come off onto their hands. Of course, the excuse for price controls is that they are temporary, and will last only a very short time. But again, history does not back up that claim. If price controls are not the solution, what alternatives are there to make sure the poor are really being helped through hard times? For one, one can have a program targeted specifically at the poor instead of general price controls. Last year, when the price of rice was spiraling up, the [Department of Social Welfare and Development] had already identified households that comprised the "core poor" or the "food poor." Why not build on that? And have the government purchase basic commodities, either here or from abroad, and allow the poor to use their cards to qualify them to buy these commodities at subsidized prices? That way, the price system is allowed to work, there will be less distortion in the allocation of resources, and the poor are at least assured of access to food at prices they can afford. Trackbacks
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The price control system will not apply in a country like ours which is fundamentally working under the competitive type of economy where basically current price of commodities in the market is dictated by the natural law of supply and demand. Price control law is a communistic approach to economic management, designed under the guise of protecting the interest of the poor. True to what is being claimed here, its implementation would only motivate entrepreneurs to think of selling a vey low quality products priced in compliance with the price controlled level, all to the disadvantage of the general public, particularly the less fortunate members of our economy. For me, nothing replaces an economic system that is purely democratic in nature, except in certain cases like monopoly where our government must enter into the price control system
Your response made sense until you started using the term 'communistic' - a red scare, propagandist term good wich are only for those living in a Cold War mindset. There is sufficient longer term economic logic on the cons of price control to counter the short term benefits of such a move. Red scared zealot arguments are less credible. - DLSU Professor
One reason why locals (same with us, expats) have Iqama (ID) in this kingdom is to identify the social status, rich or indigent, educated or not, good citizen or not, doctor or not, engineer or not, etc etc; and in times of calamity or any social disturbances, the government can identify solutions immediately, and in many cases, the ID did not failed them.
Same is true, if we had implemented the National ID systems same as in this kingdom, we could have identified the "core poor"/"food poor" the direction of the relief efforts, price control, allocation of government funds, social problems, etc etc....and no more pork barrel. And its not limited there, we could have identified the criminals, the people with unknown sources of wealth, terrorist, non-filipinos, single-mothers?... I agree. However, leftist (and even People with Marcos-Era mindset) thinks that it will be used by the government to spy on them.
Dear Winnie,
Your argument is superficial and your economics are faulty. In terms of price controls, rationing in Britain during World War Two was essential for the war effort and worked very well. Your argument against prices and incomes policies are both false and well-worn however, as they presuppose that unbrideled market forces and capitalism are the answer to poverty and shortage of basic goods to the majority of the population, when infact, they are part of the problem. Needless to say that your arguments have always been rehearsed over and over again by those who control the economy. In fact, all of the things you mention which you say will happen as a result of price controls are common place in the Philippines now. As for your alternative policy of restricted price control via coupons, this simply begs the prior question of, who are the "core poor", and in fact is not in any fundamental way economically different than any other form of price control. For one thing, after identifying the "core poor", you will soon find that just about anyone who can't afford to live in places like Makati, Forbes Park and the like, would qualify and just as much open to corruption as any other scheme. The problem in the Philippines is not prices of goods, but massive disparity in income and wealth caused by the fact that about four families own 80% of the economy and make sure that they keep control by controlling the political system and the media. To remedy this, as a start, I suggest the following. 1. Tax the rich at 97% of their income (this worked very well in England until a thriving middle class, which you don't have in the Philippines, was allowed to emerge); 2. Get rid of the senate and the Presidecy and replace it with a parliamentary system not based on personalities but political parties who have to be accountable to real people in barangays and who can dump them if they perform badly in government. As it stands now, anyone with money can get elected to the senate, particularly if they represent one of the rich and powerful families who own the Philippines. Who could possibly imagine someone standing for Parliament in England and seriously trying to be elected on the slogen: 'my sister is the host of "Deal or no deal, and my mother's just died"'?; 3. Get rid of the present constitution of which its only purpose is to maintain the semi- feudal society in the Philippines, thus keeping the poor in 'their place' and the rich with their wealth and power. Introduce real competition into the Philippines to blow away the monopolies of the ruling families, thus at the same time introducing massive influxes of foreign capital and investment which will create real jobs; that is, jobs with with a decent salary for ALL Filipinos so that they can live a comfortable life without segragated price controls designed to offer crumbs from the tables of the rich families, while the latter's kin are campaigning for the senate and the Presidecy in order to make sure that the crumbs are never turned into more equal distribution of wealth. Gee Patrick, you seem to be one smart fella... managing to solve the country's problems in just one long paragraph.
If only your examples were applicable to the Philippine setting. Oh, and do you want to see a preview of what a Philippine parliament would look like? Imagine Congress... without the Senate and just the House of Representatives. Oh, and tax the rich by 97% What makes you think that they will stick around for that? Nicely said Uzisero. I bet my remaining british pound that you Patrick are part of the a-holes that are pro-admin who wants to prolong their stay in govt to even ravage our country not by natural disasters but by their sheer genius ways.
In my opinion at least, winnie's idea could be easily executed and implemented not compared to your utopian dream. my 2 cents. I appreciate your concerns and suggestions for the Philippines, however your suggestion no. 1 to tax the rich by 97% is not possible as you cannot implement it without a law otherwise this will be dictatorial, undemocratic and unfair. The Senate and/or the House of the Representatives are the "Legislative" part of the Philippine Government and unfortunately DOMINATED BY THE RICH and/or members are working for the rich. How generous of them if they will pass a law to tax themselves by 97%.
I wish we can have your suggestion no. 2 implemented, specially removing the senate and the house of the representatives who are just wasting our money in their daily and neverending mud slinging activities. However, it is almost impossible here that the Prime ministers and ministers will be coming from the poor sectors. It seems irreversible here that the poor will be the one controlling the rich. What will replace the present constitution? A constitution that will favor foreign companies that will keep the poor in 'their place?' A constitution that will introduce massive influxes of foreign capital and investments that in disguise creating "DECENT" jobs. This is killing the poor instead as we are controlled by foreigners. I wish we can stand alone and have our own companies here exporting our own products and not importing goods. In that way we can say that we can have "REAL DECENT JOBS." If ever there will be a new constitution, that surely be for the rich disguising as poor man's charter. The poor has no chance of making a law here in the Philippines not even in a dream. Philippines has many problems to solve as well as Britain and other countries. Not all solutions however will be applicable and/or effective to all as there are different circumstances to consider. Thank you again Mr. Winn. Cheers! Wow! Easier said than done, and REAL change will not happen overnight Mr. Patrick. Have you ever tried it yourself, that you decided to change something within you and the next day you already changed?
It will take time and hardwork. The problem of the Philippines are the Filipinos itself. If each and everyone of us are willing & committed wholeheartedly to change for good, from the President down to the simple citizen, then that would ensure genuine change for the better. For now price control by the govt. is badly needed to help the poor and the victims of the typhoons. Filipino's need an urgent solution for the current problems.
yes. we do...and this is not a solution...not even a good one. have you ever played chess? or any strategic game? except Wii. Anyway, when you are cornered and focused on your cornered piece and then...try to defeat your opponent/or get out of the mess with the same cornered piece...you're toasted!
Hindi pede ang pamsamantalang solution. Dyan tau nadadale e...pag-election...binigyan ka lang ng bigas para sa isang linggo, iboboto na. Isa pa, kilala natin ang pinas...ang pangsamantalang solution, nagiging pansamantagalan. Ano ba ang ni-hire natin bilang "PRESIDENT"...akala ko ba't economist yan ha...BILANG EKONOMISTA, YAN NA BA ANG PINAKAMAGALING MONG MAIISIP? RPICE CONTROL???? yung sit-in economist, yan ang maiisip, kc yan ang generic answer. yung mga nag-iisip dyan na kaya hindi pabor c mareng winnie sa price control dahil d cya makikinabang...talaga naman ang mga talangka ano? nagkalat na naman kc nabasa ang pinas. we have to stop thinking that a person has nothing to gain if what they think is different from our approach. if it is different, analyse, but don't go down to a reason that is so lame as "because she has nothing to gain on it". pathetic. uneducated. Kung pagmamasdan mong mabuti ang mga talangka na inilagay sa palanggana ay mukhang hindi naman sila naghihilahan pababa kundi naghihilahan sila at mukhang nagtutulungan paakyat.
OR MAYBE DEPENDE KUNG NEGATIBO O POSITIBO ANG PANANAW NG NAGMAMASID SA MGA TALANGKA??? Price Control and Price Manipulation are two different animals...to control price Manipulation by unscrupulous traders to create demand and artificially create "shortages" during emergencies thereby necessitate mandatory Price Control is different from Price Control per se that doesn't Work in Normal Times..what is happening in the Philippines in times like now in not Normal Times and Controlling Price Will Work duration of Emergency. And this is the Time that Responsible Authorities may declare and exercise Estra Judicial power to impose Price Control...it worked during the Sars Crisis where not a single store or supplier raised the prices of their Masks or other "Virus or Bacteria" fighting merchandise, duration of the Crisis...it does work, Ms Monsod, I doubt if anything will ever work in the Philippines though...
i´d believed "price control" has its advantage and disadvantages to the consumers and the manufacturers,as well as to the gov´t and to its country´s coffer.
isa lang masasabi,ko magmahal o hindi ang apektado ng mataas na presyo ang mga mahihirap dahil hindi na nila mabibili ang mga bagay na gusto nilang bilhin dahil sa mataas na presyo nito,ang mga mayaman may mga pera yan at laging may perang pambili kaya kawawa talaga mga taong walang permanenteng trabaho,walang buwanan suweldo at lalong-lalo na ang mga taong mahirap pa sa daga. kaya tama rin si madam Winnie dapat ang gawin na lang ng gobyerno magtayo ng tindahan para sa mga mahirap kung saan ang presyo ay abot kaya ng mga mahihirap at hayaan ang mga mayaman mamili sa pangmayaman kung saan mga mayaman lang ang pwedeng maka-afford ng presyo. doon madali maregulate ng gobyerno kung tama ang presyong pinapatong ng mga negosyante at dapat bawat paninda may presyong nakasaad para hindi nalilinlang mga mamimili. The thing is the general price control. What Mareng Winnie means is that the ones who are not targeted to be helped by this will abuse this. They will buy in huge quantities (hoarding) and then change the flow of the demand-supply. Tama si Mareng Winnie. Hindi masyadong makikinabang yung mga mahihirap talaga diyan. It will all end up in the same direction, prices up because of excessive quantity demand.
I dont think it's a good idea putting up shops for the poor & another for the rich. No doubt the poor end up eating double dead meats or out of date foods. These things are imminent in a third world country. Where's the equality?????
Stable economy is what you need Philippines, SELF DISCIPLINE, not being obsessed on POLITICS & RELIGION. think of an alternative winnie monsod.... Thank you for this piece, Ms. Monsod.
I would be interested how the DSWD came up with identifying the core poor and/or food poor list of households. If this list is existing, this could be very useful in establishing food banks. Ms. Monsod, do you if this list is ready, updated? I might have a use for it, soon or in the future. I applaud your idea in regards to food banks...yes it works for so many years in Canada, particularly in Big Metopolis such as Toronto...But, we must take note that Food Banks are not meant to be a Primary Source of Daily Bread for our Poor and Low Income and Social Recipients (the Disabled and non-working Single moms and Unemployed)but a Supplement so they can use some of their social assistance to other Basic such as entertainment, clothing, transportation, etc...but Still there are Many Well-to-Do Middle Income individuals in the Philippines..granting there is a comprehensive identifications (our is easilly done by their income Tax Returns) of the core Poor that need the assistance, the Food Banks is One Great Idea...large Grocery Store can participate in the program...
MRS. MONSOD IS CORRECT. BUT TO FIGHT INFLATION DIRECTLY, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE BECAUSE THESE CONDITIONS, CAUSED BY MAN OR NATURE...THEY'RE ALL TEMPORARY. THOUGH IT MAY SEEM LONG FOR THE POOR. SO WHAT'S THE REAL SOLUTION? WELL...
THE REAL ANTIDOTE FOR HIGH PRICES IS HIGH PRICES. THE PRICE OF ANY INFLATION CAN ONLY GO UP SO HIGH. SUPPLY WILL INCREASE VS DEMAND BECAUSE NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO BUY. THEREFORE, PRICES HAVE NO WHERE TO GO BUT DOWN. I agree that imposition of price control breeds quality deterioration. It also discourages fair competition in the market.
Almost similar to what Prof. Winnie suggested, a food coupon program for the poor will help them purchase goods at subsidized prices. However, the poor will buy from the same places or stores where the rich shops. The government does not need to buy or import products specifically for the poor. The poor will buy the goods at the merchant's general price, discounted by the amount of their coupons. The merchant will then redeem the used coupons from the government. Of course, elibility criteria and guidelines need to be set up to qualify for the food coupons. #2 USA-United Saudi Arabia
Tama lang na magkaroon ng ID system sa lahat ng Pinoy..malaking bagay talaga ang ID at napaka lawak ng pakinabang sa lahat ng transaksiyon maging sa pagkaka kilanlan sa isang tao..kung may ID ay madaling malalaman ang mga mayayamang pamilya at mahihirap na pamilya..at maging sa mga kriminal at hindi taga Pinas ay madaling malalaman.. Ewan koba kung bakit maraming umaayaw ng ipapatupad ito ng gubyerno.. Iniisip kasi nila na dagdag sakit sa bulsa or bayarin..gayong kung aalamin talaga ang kahalagahan nito ay hindi hamak na napaka laking bagay.. Kung mgatatayo ng mga tindahan para sa mahihirap at walang ID para sa mahihirap ay hindi malayo na pati mayayaman ay siguradong sila rin ay mamimili rin..dahil nga sa MURA.. Ang mga pinamimigay na "cupon" noon ay kadalasan ay nagiging palakasan at kadalasan ay inuuna ang mga kakilala.. gaya nalang ng NPA rice..una ok ng magtagal nawawala na ay nakaka awa ang mga mahihirap na nakapila na napaka "HABA" tapos hindi pa magkakasya sa lahat ng nakapila.. So saan sila HAHANAP uli ng NPA rice..bukas pa or magtatanong tanong kung saan mayroon.. Kahit pa magtayo ng tindahan para sa mahihirap kung walang valid ID ng gubyerno ay WALA RIN pati mayayaman ay makikihalo rin sa bibili.. Ang cupon ay ginagawa lang ng ordinaryong tao sa monisipyo at puwedeng gumawa kahit ilan..at ipamigay kahit kanino nila GUSTO.. Price control.. Ewan ko.. National ID?
Baket, nakalagay ba diyan sa ID na yan kung mayaman o mahirap ako, desente o criminal? Yang miracle ID na yan, di pa napepeke yan? Di mo ba naisip, na ang mga law-abiding citizens lang ang kukuha ng tamang National ID? National ID System = Utopian Bullshit Gaya nalang ng pagtaas ng gasolina..hindi ba kadalasan umaangal ang mga nag aangkat ng mga paninda sa taas ng gasolina..
Tumaas ang bilihin walang nagawa ang gubyerno.. Ng bumaba ang gasolina bumababa ba ang bilihin ng mga nagreklamo sa pagtaas ng gasolina.. Ganoon parin naka PAKO na ang presyo..at ngayon may kalamidad tumaas nanaman ang mga bilihin lalo na ang mga gulay..sana at sana ay bumaba pag maganda na ang panahon.. Ang mga mahihirap ano pa gagawin.. kung hindi magtiis..at mag antay ng relief goods.. Papaano kung wala dumating..lalo na sa mga lugar na may tubig baha.. MARENG WENNIE...para lang ba sa mahihirap ang PRICE control? di rin ba nakikinabang dito ang mga mayayaman?
Di mo ba ramdam ang imposition ng PRICE CONTROL...sa analysis mo mukhang di mo randam at " BIG FAT NO" ang sagot mo sa price control? Bakit? So gusto mong makinabang sa PRICE Control di mo ramdam eh... MAYAMAN ka na nian at may analysis explanation ...okey ka Mareng Wennie ... So baguhin natin para sa lahat ang PRICE control... parati nalang para sa mahirap, para sa mahirap,,, para sa mahirap..... ..PAANO na kung wala ng mga MAHIHIRAP? mas okey yun. Ngaun Mareng Wennie sinasabi mo parang walng PRICE CONTROL tayo ngaun samakatuwid kayang bumili ng mga mahihirap ng pangunahing bilihin nila ngaun ... ganun ba yun .. so maraming pera mga PINOY kasi masisipag ang mga PINOY maghanapbuhay.. BAKIT ayaw mong deretsahan na LOKOHAN pala ito.. Ikaw tanong ko lang Mareng Wennie.... dyan sa Forbes Park di ba pinatutupad ang PRICE control? .... Okey lang yan marami naman kayong pambili..... Maganda yung topic...daming flashback...malinaw ang sagot pero ... ano ang idea mo para makamit ang objective ng Price Control? Ano ang alternative recommendation mo para makarating sa mga mahihirap ang bangis ng PRICE Control? O baka naman wala talagang stock kaya tumataas ang bilihin... Di nakakarating ang mga pangunahing pagkain sa mercado.... May PRICE CONTROL nga pero wala ka namang MABILI.... WEDER WEDER lang yan Mareng Wennie.. PILIPINAS .. magtamin ay di biro maghapon nakayuko..di naman makatayo.. di naman maka upo..babayuhin pa ni ondoy at pepeng.. ANO ang e-price CONTROL? ANALYSIS ulit Mareng Wennie.. ..... PILIPINAS MATALINO at MASIPAG KA.... What do the lessons of history tell us? "Have price controls over 40 centuries been successful in achieving the objective of ensuring that the poor get their basic commodities at reasonable or affordable prices? The answer, unfortunately, is a big fat no, whether for the Philippines or anywhere else in the world." I salute all ur comments. Filipinos are really brilliants... but unfortunately walang bright SUGGESTION to come up w/ convincing solution. The problem w/ us is: we focus much on the problem but we never realized the purpose of the problem. Did we spend time asking the Lord why these things happened to our country? Ang pinaka problema ng Pilipinas is: marami ang nakakikilala kay Kristo ngunit di tayo kilala ni Kristo. Many filipinos seek only the hands of God but never His face. It's about time to yield on what the word of God says: REPENT & BE SAVED. We need to admit that Filipinos chose to spend most of their time watching telenovelas rather than spending time w/ the creator. Our situation is beyond man's capacity. Our country can only be spared by God's GRACE & GREAT MERCY. Heaven & earth will pass away but His Word will remain forever. So STOP making disco (magdiskusyon) but rather let's all humbly bow our hearts & knees before Jesus, who alone can solve this very simple problem. God bless Philippines.
Idol!!! Ma'am winnie very well said. Di natin kailangan ang price control. Bakit di na lang maglabas kaagad ng pondo ang gobyerno para sa calamity? Kung election nga nakakagastos ng limpak limpak na salapi, bakit ngayon walang perang lumalabas bilang tulong sa mga nasalanta ng Bagyo. kung sa 1 milyong pilipino na nasalanta ng bagyo, pagbibigyan ng gobyerno ng tig 1,000 pesos ang suma total ay 1 Billion pesos or 22 million dollars. Panis iyan kung ikukumpara sa mga ginagasta ng ating mga opisyales ng gobyerno. Ang kaso mas malaki pa ang nakukuhang tulong ng mga nasalanta sa mga private institutions gaya ng GMA na nagtala ng halos 100,000,000 pesos na donations sa mga private citizens.
Ma'am Winnie mabuhay ka ipagpatuloy niyo ang magandang adhikain nyo sa ating bansa. Sana tumakbo kayong senador. Salamat Isn't local rice a minority in terms of source of supply for this country?
The RP has an established policy to import foreign rice as a primary means of supply. They followed the UN's recommendation to do so. So how would price controls affect the importers? Would the govt then step in and subsidize? This problem is a little more dynamic because supply is heavily weighted on imports. If you sum up the idea of Ms. Monsod, simple lang. Una, sinasabi nya na hindi pwede at hindi maaring mangyari. Sumunod, sabi nya ganito ang solusyon, pwede pala...Ano po ba talaga tita? In fairness, magulo ha?
Lets look at the ID SYSTEM; I worked before for an electric cooperative, our main job is to gather data from Sub-Station up to the end consumer. Part of the Distribution Systems Loss(A Republic Act BLAH..BLAH..BLAH), managed/supervised by NEA. And the fund comes from the cooperative’s offset budget annually. Now, if the DILG will create the same “scenario”, making it into a law the data gathering of personal identity of each citizen by the LGU, siguro mapadali ang ID System natin. We will not be spending that much, it will directly create jobs, and in 5 years max, we can have concrete data of people in each municipality, provincial, and national government, plus their ID’s This data can now be utilized to allocate budgets, relief goods distribution control; control for, goods and services, the safety and security of citizens, reduce drugs trafficking, mga anak sa labas na kelangang masustentuhan…..Ayaw din nating yung lasenggo s kalye sa hatinggabi na humihiyaw…prostitution…mga taong pumuga sa bilangguan. We have nothing to fear, as long as we are law abiding citizens. ISA PA!!! Sawa na rin ako sa FOREYNERS na nagbibigay ng suggestions (at sinusunod naman ng gobyerno natin). Kalimitan kasi, gusto nilang magaya sila. Samantala, hindi naman applicable sa local setting natin. PROMISE LAST NA!!!Tignan mo ha? Bakit hindi tayo gumawa ng batas na kung saan lahat ng public officials, government employees, and media people ay kaylangang gamitin ang national dress natin? CYEMPRE, Kasama na lahat ng OFW na umaakyat ng eroplano. In that way, we can start loving our country. It will create jobs sa mga naiwan natin s Pinas…. Mahirap sabihin na ang mga ordinaryong mga mamayan at mga negosyante ang siyang gumagawa ng "Price Control" hindi ang gubyerno..kaya talagang mahirap ipatupad yan maraming negosyante ang "MALULUGE"..
Sa dami ng mga pulitiko bakit ayaw nilang pasukin ang pagtaas ng mga bilihin..?? Kaya ang dapat gawin ng mga Pinoy lalo na ang mahihirap..MAGPAKA TATAG at MAHIGPIT NA IPINAG BABAWAL ANG MAGING ""TAMAD"".. Kung tatamad tamad ka mammatay ka na "TIRIK" ang mata mo sa GUTOM.. Yes you are right, price control is not going to work. What then? When one deals with a problem one should look first at the root of the problem. As in this case of helping the poor, temporary aiding and helping measures can be done( let us forget first the root of the problem which is corruption and mismanagement and misgovernance which created this tremendous poverty). The poor can be aided to buy basic commodities at a lower price with the combined help of the church and the government. Its now time the church should get involved in the practical aspects of lending a helping hand rather than wordly and prayerly deeds. The church can help identify, segregate the real poor and open their spaces as to would be stores for subsidized commodities. Of course the well to do and the rich wouldnt have the kapalmuks courage to register to their respective dioceses as poor and avail themselves of the poor identification status. Its up to the church and the government to come up with what income ceiling to be categorized as poor. The government in its part can help by tax exempting goods that will be sold in such stores. Mis printed or wrongly labeled products from manufacturers locally can be donated by companies in exchange of tax deductions. Definitely with this system price can be reduced, This is just a suggestion for an eye opener in dealing with prices for the poor.
( I am the same engineer who wrote about the untimely, unprogrammed releasing of water from the dams during the heavy rains, i even stated that engineering brains of the dam operators should be guided by humanitarian concern----and now all the politicians are coming up with their heroic accussations more than ten days after i wrote my comments on Ellen Torsedillas blog--kinopya lang nila sinulat ko) Now it is up to the new government to reform and for the meantime should do something for the poor. Election is coming..pwede lahat magpakitang gilas...para sa mahihirap. Salamat and sorry for my very long comments. Good Day Ms. Monsod
My comment is not with regard of your topic- however I am very thankful that there are avenues like your site to air out opinions, ideas, suggestions etc.Bravo to You & our "kababayans" who have a decent outlook for the future of our Government, our Country &especially for our children. A week ago Central Luzon was devastated by the flood- unfortunately our property & house is one of the many that got affected (thank God we're okay we are here in the U.S.) but my family suffered , displaced & put up with the massive clean-up afterwards-my thoughts & prayers goes out to all that went through that ordeal- it was very heartbreaking to see all those footages & news since Ondoy but when your hard earned investments & family is on the line- its a different story. I can accept that part of it is Mother Nature's wrath but what makes me sick is the Incompetence of the Employees, Operators,Managers of the San Roque Dam.I think that they ride with the bandwagon about what happened in Manila-so they seek for publicity for all the wrong reasons( well I hope you Idiots will have your day)This is a shoutout to the President & The Senate to probe these people to let them come forward for questioning & hold them accountable & liable--& by all means FIRE them if necessary for a very deadly & expensive Big Mistake that they caused a lot of people..same also goes to The Department's of NDCC & PAGASA--for everybody's sake get some training so you can give credible & life-saving contingency plan before you tell your people to suck it up-coz in this day & age that's not acceptable!..Note to Government: set-up a system to HIRE only those Highly Qualified People to work in a Gov't Agency- OR any work sites para umasenso ang Pilipinas o hangang Suntok Sa Buwan na 'yan?...Thank You MABUHAY Addition for Suntok sa buwan....I wrote the #20 comments. You know what is missing...aside from highy technically qualified engineers......the spillway. That is water...it goes with gravity, definitely water will follow its path of getting to the lowest point which are villages, fields, streets below. Why...because there is no adequately, technically, volumetrically, mathematically calculated spillways. You got the point...I have another line of engineering but I can face the batallion of engineers assigned in all those dams, and i can point by point argue the points they dont see because they do not have properties or on their public spillway.
Paano kilalanin ang mga mahihirap nating kababayan? Sa pamamagitan ng National ID system. Ito ang pinakamabisa na pangmatagalang lunas, hindi yung patsamba-tsamba lang na pagkuha ng listahan tuwing may kalamidad o krisis. Kaya sangayon ako kay #2 USA sa itaas.
Ang Price Control kaya hindi maipatupad tupad dahil sa marami mga malalaking negosyante ang tatamaan...
Napakalawak ng sakop ng Price Control.. Ano ba ang mga pangunahing kaylangan ng mga tao lahatin na natin mahirap at mayaman.. Bigas pag ihahanda mo kaylangan ng tubig tapos gas para maluto.."uulamin kaylangan ng mga sibuyas bawang patis toyo vetsin at mga de latang pagkain etc.etch..pag maglalaba sabon koryente para maplantsa..maliligo shampoo sabon tubig toothpaste..pag papasok sa trabaho pamasahe..etc. etc.. Napaka "DAMI" ang koneksiyon ng Price control papaano at sino ang BABANGA sa mga malalaking kumpanyang yan kaya napaka hirap sabihin na may roong Price Control.. May roong "Price" pero ang "Control" wala at nawawala.. Kaya ang gumagawa ng Price Control ay ang mga Negosyante..hindi ang gubyerno.. Pasensya na kung d2 ko pinost....paki verify na lng.....
This is a forwarded message: The Financial Analyst of World Bank would like to inform each and everyone of you that the present currency exchange rate of US Dollar to Peso is actually $1 = P52. Your government is manipulating the exchange rate for some years now. It is very much improbable and impossible that the Philippine Peso is appreciating compare to Euro, British Pound, Rials, and any other foreign currency. Even your ASEAN neighboring countries are suffering from the Global Crisis. Singapore , a developed country is affected by depreciation of their currency what more of your country? We admire you for your hard work but we also pity you for having such a very corrupt government that is taking advantage of your hard earned money. The ARROYO ADMINISTRATION is blatantly milking each and every OFW's all over the world of billions of pesos for its own greedy, selfish ends. Investigations reveal that this milked money from OFWs will be spent to BRIBE not only PGMA's pet CROCODILES in CONGRESS but some in the SENATE as well for her to PERPETUATE IN POWER BEYOND 2010. The rest would be deposited to the family's SECRET ACCOUNT in Switzerland . Another money-making scheme is the LOTTERY DRAWS. Filipinos should be aware that all LOTTO DRAWS are orchestrated, and big money goes to the two sons of the lady president. Recent example is the SUPER LOTTO 6/49 draw, where supposedly two individuals from Luzon won. Do you know WHO these individuals are? It's Mikey and Datu, who else? One might ask how can the draw be rigged when it is being televised in front of millions of viewers. The answer is simple. As you all know, all bet combinations are being entered into PCSO's main data base as it is on-line, therefore, it is easy to determine which combinations were NOT betted upon. If they want to raise big money, no winners will be declared until the JACKPOT reaches sky-high because they could dictate the outcome at will. When it's "HARVEST TIME", viola, there would be "winner or winners" and the process repeats all over again. One might ask how this is being done. One insider told our investigators that actually the "DRAWN BALLS", six balls to be exact, are the only set which could fit into the transparent tube which sucks the balls up. All others are slightly bigger than the diameter of the tube which could not be distinguished by the viewers, therefore, there's no way they could be drawn! You Filipinos are being skinned alive, fried in your own fat and lard by your own government. Do you ever wonder why president-elect BARACK OBAMA, avoids your president like a stinking leper? -World Bank- KINDLY PASS THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS UNTIL IT REACHES MILLIONS OF FILIPINOS AROUND THE GLOBE. salamat po....concern lng sa bansa natin!!!!! Pasensiya na ananymous pero yang mga ganyang message ay isa sa mga internet frauds na natatanggap natin. Kaya wag kayong magpapaniwala ka agad...tandaan niyo, madaling mambentang pero mahirap panindigan.
I AGREE. Marami or puro corrupt nga ang kahit sinong nakaupo, umupo at uupu pa sa gobyerno. Pero ang mga balitang kutsero na yan ay hindi makakatulong, lalo lang gugulo.
KABULASTUGAN ANG TAWAG SA MGA GANYAN! What I want is another live interview by Prof. Winnie kay Mikey. Part 2! kung talagang tutoo ang mga bagay na ito....hay naku !!!! grabe at nunu ng kurakot ang pamilya arroyo...nakakagigil .....bakit hinde ang pamilya nila ang tamaan ng mga kalamidad...por diyos !por santo!
Why price controls will fail - because of the stupidity of some individuals that control the system.
Sa buhay buhay ng tao ay may mahirap at may mayaman ang mahihirap lagi ang talo..
Kaya "matira ang matibay"..kung tutulog tulog ka ay talo ka..magreklamo ka walang makikinig..itodo mona ang galit mo "talo" kapa rin..walang paki alaman pati mga ordinaryong tao kanya kanya diskarte para mabuhay..aminin na natin sa ating sarili ganito na ang kalakalan ng buhay buhay.."Bahala ka sa Buhay mo".. Kaya mabuti pa ang langam laging naka handa.. Ang tao kadalasan hindi naka handa...at marami ang tamad..lalo na ang mahihirap type pa mag parami ng anak..kaya kadalasan sila lagi ang nasa eksena at bida pag ganitong may mga problema..lalo na ngayon na napaka hirap talaga ng buhay sa taas ng mga bilihin.. World crisis sapul halos lahat ng tao sa buong mundo..papaano na ang mga mahihirap..? Papaano ba talaga..? Mahirap..napaka hirap talaga mabuhay.. Kaya sipag lang talaga at tiyaga.. ABOUT THE LOTTO DRAW SCAM:
Actually, matagal ko na ring narinig yang lotto draw scam na iyan. Hindi naman daw talaga live yan ang taping. Sabi ng isang insider, naka taping na sila an hour bago ang showing sa telebisyun. Then nilalagyan lang ng word na "LIVE" ang mismong draw eh hindi naman talaga LIVE yan in real time. Kung ayaw nyung maniwala. Pansinin nyu next time ang "live" drawing ng lotto sa TV. Mapansin nyu na ang bilis ng mga pangyayari parang edited na yung tape. Kaya nga dito sa amin, marami nanalo ng swertres. Yan ang illegal na gambling game base sa lotto draw. kasi yung insider ay tinatago nila yung cellfone nila sa CR during taping (kasi bawal yung fone) at pagkatapos agad na may resulta ay agad mag CR at mag text sa result para sa swertres dito. Kaso hindi ka na pwede mag buy ng lotto ticket kasi closing time nila ay maaga. Kaya sa swertres nalang kami kasi matagal ang closing time nila kasi illegal nga. 1 peso bet wins 400 pesos. Sana imbestigahan ng GMA o ABS-CBN ang lotto live draw scam na hindi naman live. Kasi nga delayed ng isang oras daw para mamaneho nila ang resulta. Do you remember the now Mayor Lim winning 5 million in the midst of his investigation on the allege PCSO scam?
Hmmmmmmm... oo nga naman.. tsk tsk tsk...
I quoted from the article above: "The quantity of rice supply will decrease because the producers – whose costs are higher than the maximum price – cannot, of course, be forced to sell their products at a loss."
Are we to believe always that the producers / sellers have a higher cost compared to their merchandise price? That's the perennial common alibi but most often it's a big FAT LIE. If we bite on that, it's like telling Price Control has no control after all. It's like having to play a game without rules. Price control fails simply because we fail to implement it. That's how simple it is. Even before we apply it, we're announcing it won't work. We need price control because everyone including me is vulnerable to greed. ------------------------------- Another from the above article: "On the part of the suppliers, the imposition of price controls provide incentives to evade those controls. One of the simplest forms of evasion is quality deterioration." Yes, there's rampant deterioration of a product's quality in our country because the authorities fail to impliment the right quality control, even not strict. If these producers can't come up to the standards, then the govt. should shut them down. For sure this producers will find ways to innovate just to come up with a cheaper yet novel way of creating quality products. ------------------------------- Quoted above: "price control attempts from as far back as to the Old Testament of the Bible, to the Code of Hammurabi, to the Roman Republic and Empire, until our present times". In general the Israelites of the old testament were nomadic and have to depend on gathering and hunting. Yet they were commanded to deal justly with everyone including the foreign residents within their midst so price manipulation is barely non existent. Coins aren't in wide use then and yet they were commanded not to exact an interest when lending money (Exodus 22:25). It's a far cry compared to our generation where majority worship money. Deuteronomy 16:19 You must not pervert judgment. You must not be partial or accept a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of wise ones and distorts the words of righteous ones. Proverbs 15:27 The one making unjust profit is bringing ostracism upon his own house, but the hater of gifts is the one that will keep living. In the pre-Christian era, Jesus entered into the temple and threw out all those selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. And he said to them: “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but YOU are making it a cave of robbers.”Matthew 21:12. Not only they've made the temple a commercial area but Jesus' reference to them as robbers suggests that their fees were so excessive that they were, in effect, extorting money from the poor. God doesn't actually hate making a profit as long as it is just. It's diff. if it's unjust like what we have in the Phils. http://www.watchtower.org/e/19980315/article_01.htm As I blogged before: Sa panahon man ng kalamidad o hindi para hindi malugi ang mga nagnenegosyo at may hustisya naman para sa lahat ng mamamayan, ipatupad ang karapat-dapat na presyo ng mga bilihin. Hindi pwedeng irason na lang nila sa malademonyong prinsipyong "supply and demand". Marami man o salat sa supply na producto, hindi pwedeng itaas ang mga presyo ng walang pahintulot ang pamahalaan. Sa ganitong paraan maiiwasan ang pagkagahaman ng mga nagtitinda o nagsusuplay ng mga producto. Ang isang tunay na mabuting manufacturer ay hindi nagsasamantala sa mga tao ng hindi naman nalulugi sa negosyo at ito ay posible. Ako ay hindi isang ekonomista pero gusto kung ipaabot sa lahat ng mamamayan na ang pagtangkilik sa "supply and demand" ay isang tunay na pagpapahirap sa mga mamamayan! Hindi yung naniniwala't tumatangkilik tayo sa mga western capitalist na pag-iisip. Kung tatanggapin na lang natin ang "supply and demand", siguradong magpepyesta ang mga nagnenegosyo at maghihirap naman ang bawat mamimiling mamamayan. Kung andito lang sa mundo ngayon si Kristo, siguradong ipapataob nya ang mga produkto ng mga mapagsamantalang nagnenegosyo ng walang takot. (See also Matthew 21:12, 13) But what about imported products like oil, ect.? The govt. should subsidize the price so it won't harm the people, both for rich & poor like here in China, not that preferential selection. Giving of food coupons may sound generous and sincerely good but it's prone to partiality and politicking. In every bit we're too afraid of the socialist way of living simply because from a young 'till old age we were taught to shun it. That's the bad thing of believing without actually seeing or knowing the reason behind it. In reality the social security system is a socialist idea that even rich countries adopted including the US. But still the socialist way is worse because western media loves to perpetuate it to be bad than democrazy. In china I see motorist loudly argue with police without any additional offense, top rank officials go to jail or death (death sentence mostly commuted to life when there's good behavior in jail), there's bayanihan but they don't flaunt it, women (ugly or beautiful) stand up on the bus here when an elderly has none, lots of public parks are big,beautiful,&clean, wide roads both for bike & cars, nice decent homes, and most importantly prices of basic commodities are of quality in contrast to what they export and prices justly controlled by govt. at all times for both the poor, rich, & producers. The poor's standard of living here is far comfortable than what the poor we have. We Pinoys have lots of good ideas but the kind of leadership we have is outwardly beauty-concious. I just hope politicians come up with our the right ideas and enforce it. Concerned people can't always blog or suggest something good but in the end nothing happens. (Sorry if my comment is too long.) Anong sabi mong "the poor in china is far living better than the poor people in the philippines?!"
hello... hindi mo pa siguro napuntahan ang ibang lugar o probinsya sa china, ano... Punta ka dun sa lugar, na mismong card board o karton box ay ginagawang siopao! Ang pobre sa china ay mas pobre pa sa pinas. Get your facts straight... I've been to other places of China even the so-called poor isolated places. Their poor is really far better than ours. Why? Their govt. makes nice shelters for them like a multi-storied apartments. Why should they settle for cardboard boxes when they can plead the govt. to make houses for them? Of course not everyone will be given a house if you can afford to have a decent one. I wouldn't post it here if it's not a generalized fact, it will only make my comment too long. But of course until now we think of the chinese standard of living as worse than us because we're always taught to be that way always.
Deterioration of products? Para matibay o mas OK bili ka ng productong China. Mas masarap yung kending White Rabbit na made in China. Hi hi ...
Fr:Suntok sa buwan Round2- well i guess my question to the Phil.Govt.is an understatement since we human race all ready put man in the moon!..
Reading the headlines today on how all the various Govt Agencies are handling the upcoming storm towards Luzon Area is very impressive! Kudos to the Phil.Navy spokes person Lt.Col.Edgar Arevalo for having the Navy on Red-Alert & actually preparing all the possible resources like the 18M-35 Trucks,18 Rubber boats , Choppers, amphibious vehicles etc.also to DOH on Code Blue all systems Go, & what a turn around from NDCC & PAGASA how are they redeeming themselves & their particular Agencies that this time around they're actually fully coordinated & with a can do attitude & Zero tolerance on any casualties! WOW People that's what I'm talking about! WE Pinoys are capable to excel & rise above any challenges that will come our way! Be it on Political or Environmental issues--There's a strenght on Unity & come to think of it we might not have all the advance Facilties & Technologies like other countries BUT put together We are a Nation of people who are willing to make a difference to keep trying for any advancement on life, & to never GIVE UP whatever maybe the circumstances are!...today I am proud to be a Filipino! Mabuhay.. P.S.to#20 u seem like a very smart engineer keep posting your excellent, practical & technical ideas- I'm sure one way or the other somebody out there will start paying attention- Kung wala tayong kadaladala sa mga panloloko at pagnanamantala malamang na hindi lang bagyo ang paparusa sa ating bansa at baka mas masahol pa ang parusa ng kalikasan ang mararamdaman ng bansang pilipinas kaya maging tapat lang po sana ang ating mga kababayan huwag samantalahin ng mga nagnenegosyo ang sobrang pagataas ng presyo ng mga bilihin at baka bumalik lamang ang kaparusahan sa sinong mang nagsasamantala sa kapwa at sa lahat ng ating mamayan pilipino..
KUNG SABAGAY ANG PRICE CONTROL AY MAGANADA KUNG IPINATUTUPAD TALAGA NG MAHIGPIT, KASO DI NAMAN TALAGA KAYA BALE WALA DIN YAN TULAD LANG YAN NG "SALE" SA MGA MALL DI TALAGA MAKAKAMURA DAHIL NAKA ADJUST NA ANG PRICE KAHIT NA SALE PA. ALAM NA NAMAN NG MARAMI YAN NA INUTIL ANG ANG MGA BATAS NG GOBYERNO PARA SA MGA MALALAKING TAO TAO PERO PAG SA MGA ORDINARYO NA TAO ANG BILIS IPATUPAD ALA NG USAP USAP NASA KULUNGAN NA AGAD, SA LOTTO NAMAN MARAMI DIN NAG IISIP NA KINUKUHA LANG NG MGA NASA GOBYERNO ANG PERA NG LOTTO PRICE LALO NA KUNG 100 MILLIONS NA, NAKAKA INTERES DIBA, PERO KUNG GAWIN NILA JAN NA 10 MILLION LANG LANG ANG DRAW PRICE NG PINAKAMATAAS BAKA KAKAUNTI LANG ANG MAGKAINTERES JAN KASI MALIIT PARA SA KANILA, PERO SA MGA MAHIHIRAP NA UMAASA LANG SA LOTTO PRICE MALAKI NAYAN DI MO NA KAYANG UBUSIN ANG 10 MILLION KUNG DI KA NAMAN MAGARBO SA BUHAY, KUNG TAMA NAMAN ANG MGA USAPAN AT BALITA TUNGKOL SA MGA SON NG FIRST LADY NATIN EH SIGURO DIYOS NALANG ANG BAHAL SA KANILA, IKAW BA KUNG ALAM MO NA ANG KAYAMANAN MO AY GALING SA NAKAW AT DI MO TALAGA PINAG HIRAPAN AT KINUHA MO LANG SA PINAGHIRAPAN NG IBA MASAYA KABA??? KUNG SILA MASAYA DUN SA NAKAW NA YAMAN NILA EH DARATING ANG ARAW NA BAKA BALIKAN SILANG LAHAT NG PAMILYA NILA NG DELUBYO.
HAY SANA SANA SANA YAN LANG ANG LAGING SINASABI NG IBA "SANA" GUD DAY ALL madami talagang mapagsamantala lalo na kapag may sakuna. kanta na lang tayo ng juana change juana change!
Kung may katotohanan yung sa sinasabing my dayaan sa Lotto..dapat lang na imbistigahan..hindi lang ako kumporme sa sinasabi na may medyo malalaki balls sa Lotto kasi ang mga balls kapag mag uumpisa na ay lahat nag rarambulan sa loob at hangin ang nag papaikot..kung may MALAKI BALLS..papaano kung matiyempo sa pag bukas ng window para lumabas ang ball at matiyempo ang "MALAKI BOLA" ang nauna sa bukana ng butas edi "magbabara"..
Tsaka hindi rin puwede na madelay yan dahil naka coverage yan sa buong Pilipinas at napaka dami ang tumataya maging ang mga tao sa Media may tumataya.. Tsaka kung may katotohanan yan ay siguradong pumutok na ang balita noon pa..hindi biro biro ang PCSO marami umaasa at natutulungan..madaling sabihin na may anumalya dapat lang na may "basehan" at katotohanan.. I'm the diego who posted #30. The comment #35 above is not mine. The #35 should have used another alias name.
sorry kung dalawa tayong "diego" kaya para ok Diego2 ang gagamitin ko..
No problem kabayan. Time for me to wind down and relax. Good day to all.
kaya mga negosyante lahat yumayaman ng husto dahil sa walang matinong "price control"ang gobyerno ng pinas,resulta ang mga mayaman lalong yumayaman at ang mga mahirap lalong naghihirap.
Ngayon lang napag uusapan ang Price Control pero pag nakaraos na ang trahedya sa ngayon ay balik uli tayo sa dati..kahit pa kalampagin natin yan ng todo wala parin.
Gaya ng nabasa ko dito mahirap talaga bangain ang mga may ari ng mga malalaking kumpanya ng pagkain at mga pangangailangan ng tao sa pang araw2 na ginagamit na produk2.. Kaya "continue to live" nalang.. price control failed because those in authority to control the prices are stubborn,bribed if not scared.
why price controls fail to allocate resources most efficiently is one of the most basic lessons in economics. if only economics education was taught better to a wider base, citizens will have a better appreciation of how the society around them works.
 kawawa tayong mga pinoy sa mga buwaya ng bansa.
sa pinas mga buwaya ang matataba mga manok ang papayat at ginagawang aso ang mga gusto maging aso.
bigo ang price controls dahil dyan kumikita ng tiba-tiba ang mga kapitalista. This got nothing to do with the topic. Wala akong patensya sa ganitong bullshit. Ang comment ko lang sa stype mo sa pag rereport sa TV. Masyado kang maraming etseng! masyado kang maraming pasakalye.... Para kang makata na tutula... Introduction mo pa lang, inaabaot na ng ilang minuto. Suggest ko, go diretly to the point. Di ko sukat maisip kung sino ang nag de-direct sa iyo bakit di nila ito napapansin. Pang showbiz ka lang. di ka pwede sa news!
ang gusto ko lang kay Ms Winnie matapang at prangka pero pagnasobrahan sa kadadak nakakawalang gana na ang pinagsasabi.
I agree..... Dal-dal lang ang puhunan naman eh... Madaling mag salita, wala namang ginagawa. Sana kung gaano sya katapang sa TV, ganun din sana sya katapang pag dating sa pag papatupad ng mga sinabi nya....ACT accordingly.... PArticipate personally...Do some effort... di yang mouth effort lang... Sawa na ang taong bayan sa puro laway lang....
to # 25 i think your right that phil government manepulate the exchange rate,even my husband told me before how come the euro is high then ecuvalent to peso is not much,i dont think so our economy is strong.
Hi ganda...kailang ang uwi ni kumpare....wag mong kalimutan ang pasalubong ko ha....he he he...
hello mam winnie im a worker here in qatar im just curious bakit nalalaman n nagscam ang mmga number ng smart roaming users is there some employees of smart part of this scam tulad ng 2 number po na ito +639089893548 na nanalo daw po ako ng 2nd price worth 950 thou galing central bank atty.tirso v tan daw ang dapat tawagan .ing isa +639394381404 na nanalo me 2million sa pamaskong handog ng central bank at si gov.teteangco daw ang tawagan ko..d naman po me naniniwala kaya curious lang po bakit nalalaman ng mga taong to ang SMART roaming numbers namin....thnks ang God Blesss
here in the philippines, a lot of things are uncontrollable, lalo na kung pera ang usapan
may tama ka bubble!
ang hirap talaga dito sa pilipinas, maraming kurakot...kaya minsan iniisip ko na ayaw ko na maging pilipino... hayyyyyyy...
oo nga dhil sa mga negosyanteng buwaya
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