My small need

This is the first time that I’ll be writing for PinoyBlogosphere.com. It’s a most refreshing thing since I have been writing for my own blog http://newphilrevolution.blogspot.com for quite some time and for the defunct Filipino Voices.com.

There are several things that occupy my mind right now. One of them, the seemingly deteriorating peace and order situation throughout the country, most especially Metro Manila. Metro Manila is under attack mainly by malevolent forces that seemed intent on making life harder for us.

IMagine, we are being made to suffer from extreme price hikes and with no wage hike in sight, and here you are, being spooked by criminal elements almost every single day. It seemed that government is quite helpless in solving these things.

Here we are, quite problematic, every single day on how to get the money for that next meal, and when you get out of your house, you still have petty thieves, carjackers, kidnappers etal, to worry about.

Government, as I was made to believe by my Political Science teacher, is there to protect the rights and welfare of the people. We are being made to pay our taxes and we expect that government will do its share of protecting our welfare. What are some things we expect government to do:

1. Protect us from unscrupulous traders and big time companies particularly from price hikes. Government has the power to intervene, yet, can’t seem to figure out why it has’nt.

2. Protect us from cartelization. Cartels make life harder by controlling and imposing unjust prices for their commodities.

3. Make government service accessible.

These are simple things which we expect government. Unfortunately, this government, like its predecessors, seemed totally clueless or is unable to satisfy our primary needs.

Government tries to convince us to do small things for the country, yet, here you are, having a government that does not try to do its end of the bargain.

Quo vadis?