I watched President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) this afternoon and it pretty much was what a lot of us expected. He lambasted the previous administration and talked about potential solutions for the current problems of the Philippines. One thing is crystal clear: our problems will not be fixed overnight. It will take a lot of time, effort, and resources to turn this country around. If there’s one thing I appreciate in Noynoy’s entire SONA though it’s when he mentioned that the government’s primary responsibility is to make sure that everything is fair for everyone, especially in business. Ang problema kasi ng maraming Pilipino ay inaasa lahat sa gobyerno. Pati’ ba naman distribution ng condoms, problema ba ng Philippine government? Pati ba naman “spiritual corruption” gusto ng Catholic Church ayusin ni Noynoy? If your problem is specific to your vocation or industry, wag mo asahan si Noynoy diyan. He has enough problems to deal with already. Instead of whining, complaining, and doing nothing you should just offer solutions. Better yet, be part of the solution. You don’t have to be in government to make a difference or help others out.
What this country really needs is to raise the level of basic services. Our government hospitals are dismal. I would rather the Department of Health divert their “Condom” budget to making sure that we have properly trained medical staff and average equipment than run nationwide condom distribution and awareness campaigns. This topic is very close to my heart because when I was shot a couple of years ago and brought to a government hospital, I got my lung opened and inserted with a tube to drain the blood WITHOUT anesthetics because the hospital didn’t have any. When my former driver was dying in another government hospital there was no respirator so his family had to take turns squeezing an oxygen bag for 3 days straight.
Huwag na natin ibigay ang lahat ng problema natin kay Noynoy. Let’s let him work on the basics and let’s try to do our part as well in building the country.
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Well said. Government is not the solution. We’ve all seen how terrible the government run some of its programs – iaasa pa ba natin sa gobyerno ng buong-buo ang ilang mahahalagang aspeto ng buhay natin?
I couldn’t agree with you more. The President is NOT the only government employee that should do something about our country. He’s got people assigned to the different agencies/departments of our government who should do their jobs, too. Even our local government officials should do their job. The President is just there to manage them, not do all their work.
If you’re going hungry, don’t blame the President. Blame yourself for not doing anything to alleviate your situation. If the government can’t do anything to help you, then, work your butt off and do something to fix your problem.
very well said we can not just rely on our President he’s no Superman , we need to work synergy.
I agree.
It would be nice however if the government made it easy to put up and run a business. As it is, they are bleeding businessmen dry and are making them the new scapegoats because of the budget deficit.
“You don’t have to be in government to make a difference or help others out.”
Yes.