Magic 7
Pulse Asia reports that 30% of Filipinos or some 14 million adults would now migrate if it were only possible. That’s three out of every ten Filipinos wanting to leave the country.
With every inch of respect in my body, all I can really say is, I don’t give a damn. I’m glad that I’m one of seven than one of three. But to be perfectly nice, this piece of information should be welcomed. This shows that seven in every ten Filipinos are willing to fight on and can see their nation’s beauty amidst the pollution, corruption and division (sorry, just had to keep the rhyme). Any teamplayer knows that a few thinking heads are better than many heads including the crabs. The last thing this country needs is the deserters.
What is interesting with the survey is that sentiment against migration is more pronounced in Class E than in any of the classes (48%). Apparently, being hopeless is not caused by having less. And then I thought to whom much is given, much is expected in return.
Former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Dr. Ciel Habito would often say that if you look at the poverty statistics, it shows that one in every four Filipinos is poor. This means that three are non-poor, which ultimately shows that poverty is perfectly manageable. If only the three non-poor will do something that will somehow ease the circumstances the one (O-N-E, one) poor person is in then we’re good to go. His example was himself helping his driver send his children to school. A government serving eighty million on a budget deficit can only do so much. Of course corruption springs as a very legitimate argument but it’s no reason to slack. Those sleazeballs can’t and won’t drive me away from my own land.
Because really, nothing comes easy. You stick it out with your country not because it will make you rich but because it needs you. I know it’s all a matter of perspective but to be actually perceptive about it, nothing is more rewarding than cursing in your own language, not looking different from your neighbors, tapsilog at three in the morning and watching Bulagaan.
posted by Bubbles @ 1:16 AM
2 comments
2 POI's:
Pablo if you read carefully, i was not talking about working abroad (OFWs) but about living abroad (migration), two very distinct concepts. Further, i also said (and you can check this with the pulse asia website), Filipinos from Class E, meaning those who you refer to as POOR, are the very respondents who voted against migration.
Thank you also for agreeing with me that for these people (3 of 10), staying in this country means getting what they want and not doing what they can to fight for what is theirs.
Finally, my personal circumstances, which you know very little of, have indeed everything to do with these observations. And i'm not talking about economic circumstances.
I think there is a bit of language game deficiency here from the distinguished gentleman commentor...
The comments are, once again, a chicken and egg type of arguments. Who should come first? the government or the people?
We already know for a fact that a ballooning budget deficit and having pigs as leaders continue to stall our economic growth. However, have we done something about it aside from uselessly going to the streets and protest?
A state comprises not just territory and government, but the people. This just implies that we, the population should not only wait for blessings to come, but we do our share. How? Following the law is a good start. We can start with trying to discipline ourselves, and everything else will follow.
And I think it is but common sense to already know the differences between Overseas Filipino Workers and migrants.
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