The House Of Puroy Enterprises

Just when I thought that I would have peace of mind because I am not receiving and text adverts for quite a while now, nor do my cell phone credits mysteriously disappear… I received a text from Globe which says that I could get 15 free text credits if I would be able to load a total amount of P340 for the month of September.

What?! 15 for P340?!

Honestly, I could accumulate that amount from my monthly load without a problem, but to equate 15 free texts for such an amount… should I be thankful?
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This couldn’t come at a more appropriate time, an increased in benefits of PhiliHealth members. Come April 5, 2009, members will enjoy a 35% increased in benefits, in almost all possible benefits a member can avail of.

Although, reading from the PIA website, the motivation for 35% increase for members is President Arroyo’s birthday (sounds political, if you ask me). Anyway, for whatever reason as long as we, members, get to avail of these benefits without hassle and prejudice.
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Not that he has special skills, talents or an extra-ordinary qualification, but Arthur Principe, 35, deaf-mute, being hired by country’s highest court sets a milestone not only for himself, but also for the whole country, and sends a message that they can work side and co-exist with other people.

Supreme Court hiring it’s first deaf-mute employee in the person of Arthur Principe, I believe should be congratulated. For they have set a precedent that others can emulate - and should emulate!

We’ve been hearing talks and advocacies left and right, about giving our ‘handicapped’ brothers equal opportunity in our society. Yet few really follow and practice such advocacy.
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The math seems good… the theory that is. But would Juan dela Cruz really benefit from a higher tax rate?

Increasing the VAT from 12 percent to 15 percent and decreasing the corporate tax from 30 percent to 25 percent, while giving fixed wage earners 3% tax credit from their income is what former budget secretary Benjamin Diokno calls as “rewarding hard work and penalizing too much consumption.”

Let’s see, let’s say I worked hard and I earn - overtime pay, salaries, commissions, etc. I will benefit from the tax credit. But I would avoid the 15 percent VAT, which will definitely be passed on by traders to consumers, if I don’t consume… err, I don’t buy.

Diokno, together with his fellow economists from the University of the Philippines Schoold of Economics Dante Canlas and Felipe made the proposal for higher tax rates and warned that revenue shortfalls and slowing economic growth could re-ignite fiscal woes that could force the next government to cut spending for infrastructure projects and social services.

We can all flood the simple mind of Juan dela Cruz with economic rhetoric and other technical stuffs. But at the end of the day, he only sees corrupt government officials pocketing every penny they can lay their hands on, with only so little amount, if ever there are any being trickled down to him.

Math is good… if only they could be “honestly” applied in real life.