This post is overwhelmed by the growing passion in taking sides in the current political campaign: both national and local elections. All ready there is a frenzy for campaigning for the elective positions. Onc can guess that this is so: 1. To the victor belongs the spoils, or as claimed 2. Many are being paid.
But there are also real fanatics who wish to hitch their wagon to their political candidates. I know of one FM loyalists who cried when FM was deposed. And even blamed Cory Aquino for his misfortunes (he was not looking for a job)
Change can not come from the political leaders without the support of the followers. Change can not come from the top - it can only come from our own personal changes. How far are the political candidates from the populace. And the truth is when the politician gets elected. I found this out after helping a former mayor become a governor. We helped him by: 1. campaigning for him among the subdivision buyers of the subdivision we built. 2. We claimed that the road built by us (there was a promise that we will be reimbursed) was done by the good mayor (We were never reimbursed) Well the good mayor got elected. But his post never got past his fat secretary (she has died)
Did the good governor help me as a person or as a businessman.? No. He let me struggle with his successor who objected to his previous approval.
What about you as person? Can he get you a job.\? May be if our are related to his leaders. But for only for three months. If you are at the lgu level, then maybe you can get occasional ayuda from the Barangay Chairman or the Town Mayor. But dole outs and alms can not make you successful.
You alone can make a success of yourself. Never believe the false siren song of politicians. Change the govt and change your life. FM changed the govt to parliamentary. Did we change the course of the nation.
We amended the constitution of 1935 to that of 1987. Did the destiny of the nation change? We never will know. But if we were to listen to the critics, it never improved.
But mind you our economy did improve not because of the govt but because there are many hard working Filipinos: 1. who became OFW and remitted billions of dollars, almost 1/3 of the Phil GDP
2. who joined with foreigners for the BPO 3. who became entrepreneurs and investors.
We can succeed irrespective of the President, and policies
Countries succeed inspite of corruption as in Italy (one of most corrupt) Indonesia and Japan. This post condemns corruption, but to make it as an excuse not to move forward in unacceptable.
Rather it is us to us to change our mindset of fiefdom or feudal relationship with politicians. We campaign but we expect the politician to pay sometimes with their own lives. We extract every bit of ayuda an PHP from the elected politicians furthering the graft that happnes in the govt. He has to extract and skim from all contracts so that he can feed the masses milling to his house to get all sorts of ayuda. The masses, themasses force the uppen echelon to steal to feed the hungry millions - to continue committing graft. We abhor graft, but we like the ayuda. We do not relect people who are stingy with ayuda.
Many cling to BBM because of promise of great wealth to the supporters : the FM gold bars and the Tallano wealth (not true?)
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