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Friday, February 7, 2014

Misguided Priorities and Demands: Bada Bada Vhong

Misguided Priorities and Demands: Bada Bada Vhong
Filipinos sense of priorities are like those of a sonar-deprived bat flying at noontime. A reason for this incoherent behaviour may be attributed to the buffet of distractions served by media in order to cover up the crimes of the powers that be.
After an endless stream of junk, Vhong Navarro has provided more material to divert taxpayers’ attention from the issues surrounding the unabated plunder of tax money by Noynoy Aquino, Franklin Drilon, Butch Abad and all the tongressmen and senatongs.
Vhong Navarro’s case is still under investigation – no matter who wins or lose, Pinoy taxpayers money will be minimally involved.
The PDAF case has been ruled on – and the SC did not mince words in stating that the PDAF is unconstitutional – it was held that vast sums of taxpayers’ money was disbursed in a manner that violates the constitution.
The DAP is also being deliberated – and it is immaterial whether the DAP still exists or not – the material fact is that vast sums of taxpayers’ money was disbursed in a manner that violates the constitution.
In clear and simple terms, the entire Aquino regime has violated the constitution and the only remaining remedy is not only to replace the regime but to dismantle (read: DOWNSIZE GOVERNMENT / REDUCE TAXATION / REDUCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING / ELIMINATE REGULATIONS ) the institutional mechanisms that can be easily recaptured in another round of elections.
For short, Vhong Navarro is a titillating distraction to the robbery in broad daylight, under the very noses of taxpayers.
But then waddya expect from the moronic Pinoy taxpayers – except, to become shining examples of what the word “moron” means.
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People Surge: A Demand for More Slavery
Jan 28 2014 – SURVIVORS of super typhoon Yolanda and their supporters on Monday vowed to stage more protests to express their indignation at the slow government response to their needs, after last Friday’s “People Surge” demonstration gathered more than 12,000 people in Tacloban City.The massive number of people is proof of their intense discontent over Aquino’s criminal negligence and utter incompetence in looking after the welfare of its people.
Here we go again – pinoys rallying to demand that government have a faster response.
The demand is misguided.
For one – government will never be fast enough.
Two – government does not have the money.
Three – corollary to #two, government does not have the resources.

The combined distribution channels and resources of individuals and communities, partnerships, cooperatives, corporations, and non-profits vastly outnumber government resources.
Why then should expectations be placed on an entity that is ill and ill suited to do the job?
What then is the correct demand?
The correct demand is not to ask more from government.
The correct demand is to get government out of the way.
The correct demand is to stop government from slowing down society’s response.
The correct demand is to stop government regulation and taxation of donations, investments, and trade which flow to individuals and communities, partnerships, cooperatives, corporations, and non-profits.
Let me bring it closer to home.
If I were to donate money to a friend or cousin or community or group of people in Leyte or Samar, why should the government regulate or tax the money I am sending?
What is its value in this transaction?
What service will government render in exchange for the money I am giving to the recipient? The answer is NONE.
However, government thinks that I am mistaken in my donation and therefore it should take away SOME of the money for my chosen recipient and give that money instead to the people that government thinks are “more worthy” of the money I am giving.
Isn’t it the height of arrogance and inefficiency for government to dictate upon me, on how to use the money that I earned (money that government did not earn)?
Now, let’s take this a bit further.
What if there were 1,000,000 people who were to donate money, goods, or time who had to be regulated by 1,000 government officials who will receive, process, allocate, disburse and account for the donated items?
What do you think will be the rate at which the limited number of government employees can distribute the goods without any pilferage, leakage, or diversion at all?
Yup – it will be an absolute pandemonium of bottlenecks, bureaucratic hubris, and grandstanding.
Now, consider instead the same 1,000,000 people who donated money, goods, or time directly to their recipients without any government intervention, regulation, or taxation.
There are no government employees in any shape or form, who will receive, process, catalog, disburse, and account for the goods distributed.
What do you think will be the rate at which the goods will reach the recipients without any pilferage, leakage, or diversion at all?
That’s a difference which can be described using the metaphors of Philpost for government service and FedEx/UPS/LBC for private sector services.
The PhilPost Metaphor
In the overall scheme of things – what the PeopleSurge organizers are asking is to have an environment where PhilPost is the only service provider and to pressure Philpost to perform better.
What am saying is that service delivery performance is lackluster precisely because the only provider is Philpost. To allow wider coverage of customers – the answer does not lie within Philpost.
To allow wider coverage – the answer lies in having more private versions of Philpost – more outlets, more capabilities, more new ways of delivering things – each competing how to serve recipients better.
More Government – IS NOT the answer
Going back then to the wider question of relief for Yolanda and high electricity rates – the answer will not be found in government – but rather in eliminating its intervention in each of our lives and reclaiming and acting on our personal responsibility to determine what is best for us, as persons and individuals.

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