The Next Domestic Feline Economy

By Joseph Alberto Francisco

In a land of poverty that is where we Filipinos are. The
Philippines economy was said to be the next Asian Tiger Economy, but
we are not really sure who are involved to such progress. Lets say that
here in the Philippines lies the biggest growing business in the world;
yet we are not pretty sure who among us Filipinos own/s it; yet it could
still may not be a Filipino. Isnt it fallacious to consider our state
abundant, booming and productive, knowing that only a percentage of
the population really is rich? Its not only the capitalists nor the
cooperative entrepreneurs who compose the state: The majority of the
population excludes them. We are talking about the reality. Heres
what:
Public Education. If youre gonna ask students what type of
school they belong into, they may either say private or public lang.
Its in the instinct of some students, who are enrolled in public school,
to introduce their school in a verbal manner that they imply
underestimation or inferiority. Well, its not just a strong opinion from
them, but merely a fact. I am not degrading Polytechnic University of
the Philippines, but this is just what we shall all be aware of: It is never
a waste of money. Education is not an expense, but rather an
investment where we gain money, morality and patriotism in return.
Justice System. Do we need productive tax payers, or just
trustworthy tax collectors? I do not pertain to the Bureau of Internal
Revenue (BIR) in specific, neither I am outrageous of our public
officials; but as our television always show me, it is the public thieves
who sleep in bedrooms and the private individuals, of which some are
just accused of theft, who sleep in prison cells. Some are impugned for
stealing a thousand bill, yet such public faces who steal billions of
pesos do not even experience inhaling the jails atmosphere! Perhaps
money doesnt really run in a circle, but in a triangle instead.
Rehabilitation Fund. How I wish that we are Japanese in times of
being struck by the natural disasters, that we are provided what is
essential in these times. I thought that this had been on top of the
Philippines budget allocation priority list, until I experienced traffic

congestion in Caypombo and Guyong, Santa Maria, Bulacan: We could

have fed many hungry Filipinos with the budget that was used to
reconstruct the roads there.
Agriculture. From the very start, this had been our wealth. We
export rice. Now we import. Nowadays Filipinos would prefer multistorey infrastructures than plain fertile land. We create buildings for
unemployed people: We create buildings to maximize the space for
facilities and limit the number of facilitators. Culture, instead of
agriculture, prevails in our country; not our own, but others those of
our colonizers, our influencers. We tend to acquire what other
countries have, instead of reproducing what we have and focus on
what we do best. Do we find urbanization helpful to the development
of our economy?
Electronics Technology. Technological advancement is ruling
modernity. But whose? Most of the foreigners out there might not see
an electronic appliance/gadget exported from the Philippines, and most
of us Filipinos might prefer imported appliances/gadgets than local
ones. I admit that I would prefer buying iPhone than MyPhone. This is
simply because were habituated with it. We often have the feeling that
we can be more proud of having the things that came outside the
country than those of what we have here. I dont find it big deal
though. Besides, people responsibly buy; but dont responsibly use.
Corruption. It all started to happen when we have shaded the
wrong bilog na hugis itlog, tolerated when it came to the extent that
we even let freaks shade for us. Since then, its us against us. To
further expound this matter, let me call Janet Lim Napoles for a while.
Mass/Populace. We can never exclude the people who
continuously starve; who never had a decent house or clothing; who
never had personal/real properties; who never experienced entering a
ventilated nor an air-conditioned room; whose ailments were never
treated; whose rights are often forgotten; the people who constantly
struggle in poverty. All other factors of economic development may
come with good results; but as long as we have here people who beg
or complain, we have no right to say were rich.
Last February 26, 2015; I, Joseph Alberto Francisco, was asked by

my professor to judge whether the Philippines is rich or poor. He also

asked me to tell seven reasons why Id come up with such judgment.
This was ought to be an essay, and so I wrote this in accordance with
my professors instructions. All I knew was to refresh some facts, and
elaborate my opinions.
We are on our way to becoming the next Asian Tiger Economy, were
not just a way too near there yet.