The Lost Filipino

Geopoet writes the realism of the political spectrum of the Philippines from the ground of the Filipino masses. It portrays the realistic views of the small people who felt they are wrought of mass poverty as a result of so much political squabbles and bickering both from the top and lowest echelon of their own government. This is their story...our own story and it starts now...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Does Philippines is defeated by its own folly, or were the heroes failed their cause of freedom? Would the NFA food lines break and sinker?

I have been contemplating a lot nowadays as to what cause my country on the verge of frenetic economic downtrend. I just can’t find an appropriate description as adjectives may fail to describe the real score.

Does Philippines is defeated by its own folly, or were the heroes failed their cause of freedom? This question has bugged me a lot. Because today, in my small town residence, people are getting started to starve while others are lining up their way to buy a cheaper rice which cost only P18 pesos supplied by the National Food Authority. Though the work is purposely to at least ease out the hungry stomach to getting further feel the sourness of water as a temporary feeder to sustain a day, a lot of other people are engaging in a more sorely manner of cheating, begging, robbing, snatching, etc…etc… and the proverbial religiosity among people is making the wave of problems for confused authorities.

I have heard also from other places that the NFA rice is being sold out of the authorized tag price because filthy businessmen is betting into earning a lot of money, because they were the ones being authorized by NFA to sell out the rice. One major setback being felt by the people is that when rice harvest season in a peak, the price of palay consumably went low that drains out the farmers of their expected gain. Government authorities just played on with their meagre resources and could not eventually equate the capacity of rich businessmen with all the bounty of money being paid out in advance to farmers until harvest time. When planting season is about to begin, the price gone up and farmers are being dismayed over the prices of fertilizers and the lowering supply of their hoarded supplies intended for the lean season.

Economics in simpler terms have overlooked the effect of its theoretical concepts and does not, of course, include the producer’s point of view, but only concentrate on the meeting of demands over the needed supply. Well, this is how I learned. Maybe, I was absent when my professor talked about the macro levelling on the whole perspective of the economics; and plainly, I would prefer the micro range of the economic purview.

In my level, I could see the collaborative efforts between the private and public view awesomely aimed at earning profits from a least capital.

I remember that in the 1970s, the Philippines was noted of its agriculture fervour. Where rice and other agricultural products was a means of prosperous living, thus, farmers become the backbone of the Philippine society. As time went on, and changes were inevitably unrelenting, the modern days of farming have introduced the use of chemical fertilizers as a means of convenience to raise production, instead of preferring to utilize the organic means of farming, because according to studies, it produces less and could not meet the ever increasing demands of supply in the market.

Filipinos literally sustained their food needs in 3 to 5 times a day consumption which, of course, includes in-between meals known as snacks. Many years, we have sustained this habit in spite of hardship and imbalanced economic paradigm, the people still worked out to meet this pernicious living standard. Eventually, many are suffering from hypertensions and diabetes; and the doctors advise the patients to lessen rice intake and instead eat raw foods when possible.

Funny…

You know, Filipinos when prohibited to eat rice and meat more frequently, the more that their appetites grab their desire.

Are we doomed to experience our foolishness?... Well, I’m confused yet.

I just sit here in front of my computer while my mind wanders, “Does Philippines is defeated by its own folly, or were the heroes failed their cause of freedom? Would the NFA food lines break and sinker?” It stinks wildly much.

Politics really rots and it rots rapidly here in the Philippines. Freedom? ... soooo much freedom so that the Senate overly acts like Courtroom while the Justice Department wilely sits and wait.

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