"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessings of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."--Winston Churchill
The praying and preying politicians, they who stole the people's money, are not unique in my country as a democracy, Mehru Jaffer. They, too, populate even great and responsible countries of the world like America and India. Have you heard or read about the US governor who was convicted of corruption along with his wife? (Shade of the conjugal dictatorship?)
But Filipino politicians are a unique breed: their greed is gargantuan and could not rein it, even passing their behavior to wives and sons and daughters. While they live the high life, residing in mansions, condominiums and gated subdivisions, the poor--and there are millions of them--fend for themselves in their barongbarong and makeshift shelters under bridges and overpasses, along esteros, river banks. In America, the homeless are taken care of by the state and fed adequately from state funds.
Who will house and feed the hungry in the Philippines? The politicians who are supposed to make welfare laws for these marginalized people?
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