Message 18 of 52 in the Usenet group SOC.CULTURE.FILIPINO Subject thread: Great plan to help Philippines
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From: Georg J. Cheatham <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Great plan to help Philippines
Date: 11 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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In article <[email protected]>,
Worldboy <[email protected]> wrote:
>hmm... 10 yrs?
>
>howabout martial law, rewriting of the constitution and jailing of
>political leaders?
What would it accomplish?
>JUST KIDDING!
Why kid, the next group of politians would just make sure to protect themselves from the same fate.
>no- think the philippines has to be presented to the world as
>sumthin nice. Put money on advertising.
Sounds good, but what would you advertise. What comes first the golden goose or the golden egg? The main point of interest for tourist, is Sex.
>And as more people come, they spend more money raising the quality
>of life in the tourist areas.
This is self defeating for the tourist industry, since as quality of life increases, so do cost. As cost increase fewer tourist can afford to come for the ever increasing cost of Sex. It is a self limiting proposition.
>We must clean up the Cities so that Companies would like to visit.
Do you mean clean up the cities inorder to show foreign companies that the Philippines is a clean place, first rate?
How would you propose to clean up the cities? The cities are full of poor people, who can not afford to pay taxes at a high enough rate to fund the required cleanup and beautification projects.
>This provides jobs and money to the Philippines.
Yes, you are correct, companies coming to the Philippines, could provide some jobs to some small percentage of the people, but there are over seventy million people in the Philippines, and the number of people is growing.
And remember that the reason that companies open up facilities in foreign lands is to reduce their operating costs, and maximize their profits.
a) The more jobs in the Philippines, the less jobs back home.
b) As quality of life increases in the Philippines, so does the wages, and
c) the companies move on to some cheaper theater of operations,
d) leaving the formerly employed in shock, since they got use to better living standards at higher wages.
>We must destroy beuracracy so that the people can make money easily.
Sorry, but buracracy(regulation), sets the minimum wages. Without it employers could pay peanuts(literally) to the people, and the employees could not do anything about it.
For a while we called it 'Slavery' in the USA. It only came to an end, when it was proven unsound economically.
>And with more money- more quality of life.
Money leads to more purchases of useful and useless things. It also leads to greediness, and selfishness. In the world, whole industries have been formed inorder to try to get hard earned money away from the worker, and into their own pockets. Generally, these companines create (fictitious needs, and use brainwashing methods = advertising, to convince people, that they need to keep up with the desires and wants of a fictional charecter call 'Jones'.
>We must invest in Education, in College, Highschool and Elemetary.
Who is this 'we' you are referring to?
>Keep the teachs happy so they dont leave.
Pay them more money, and give them perkes, that makes many people happy, but still the money problem. Even teachers need to eat and raise their families. People seem to forget that teaching is also a job.
>And make sure that all schools has at least ONE computer so that we may
>expose them early enough.
Kids, below the age of 14 do not need a computer or exposure to a computer. That is an upper middle class idea, that caught on in the USA due to the easy availability of computers in the USA, and a lot of expendable income. This could also be the case in some other financially well off Western and Asian countries.
Most people who need exposure to computers( I do not mean kids ) can access it at the internet cafes found throughout the Philippines, and as I have heard in other areas of South East Asia.
>Be accepting of other culture and new ideas so that we may take advantage
>of the good ones.
Bad always comes along with the good, it is hard to only choose those parts that you like. Especially, you invite it into your country.
>Invest in Hydroelectricity
Good idea! Where will the dams be built?
>Invest in Palawan-
I think some have already done that. I think mostly foreigners.
>Atleast build ONE ofshore platform ro get oil
Good idea, but remember the Spratly Islands are claimed by a lot of countries.
>build colateral like buying property in Singapore
This one is hard, since I do not think anyone could buy land in Singapore.
And also, what would be the purpose? Rents?
>create jobs by attracting forigners, and nationalising them later
a)Prostitution is already a big business, even if it's existance is denied.
b)Nationalising foreingners(their companies?), might be considered business unfreindly by some foreign investors.
c)some foreigners would like to be nationalized(refer to 'a' above)
>And spread Jollibee and SM all over the world!
a)Only if Jollibee learns to make a descent 'Famous Star' hamberger.
b)SM is nothing particularly unique or special outside of the Philippines.
c)Anyway, how would spreading Jollibee and SM around the world help the majority of the people in the Philippines?
>WE MUST RAISE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL FILIPINOS!
Very revolutionary idea, Viva Zapata!
>and fill the void in Mindinao and give the Muslims wat they want:
>so they can contribute to the nation as well.
a)what is the void that you are taking about?
b)and who says the Muslims want to be part of the nation anyway?
c)who says they are contributing any less now than anyone else?
>Is that a 10yr plan or wat?!
Are you a 'Cockney' from England or the word is 'WHAT'
Anyway, it is some sort of plan.
I certainly do not have one.
Georg J. Cheatham