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Marcos is a former pet of the USA and the elitist,but when he pushes for industrialization and the nuclear power plant in Bataan they became their enemy,because they will not prosper no more,they cannot cheat no more.If we can be an industrialized nation,we don't need to borrow from the I.M.F.-WB because we will be self sufficient.This borrowings from this lending institution is the main cause why third world countries remains a poor country.If you have a 10 million loan from an exchange rate of 1 dollar to 50 pesos and they devalued your money by 1 peso,your loan will have an interest greater than the true amount you loaned.If they do it every other month,or worse if on a monthly basis,how can you pay them.This is what they are doing and you must understand that.If the nuclear power plant pushes through,we will have the cheapest cost of electricity in Asia,this is what they are preventing.They are cheating us using Meralco because the power plants are theirs and they prosper with it.That is one of the reason why Erap is removed from power because Erap doesn't want to sign the epira law,which makes our electricity bill higher.The church will not support a president that is pro poor because that president will tax the church and its schools.Also the elitist give donation money to the church to oppose that president.The key here is understanding the system,if you do not understand how the system works, no amount of explanation is sufficient for you.They say that Hugo Chavez is a dictator,same withFidel Castro,they don't support them,they actually demonized them,but their people loved them.

Why should the people, the us government, etc and the church ban this dictator? For one, there are so many South American countries who have a dictator but is completely supported by the US government. In all honesty, the US government CANNOT do away with the Philippines. Our country is situated in an ideal position for the Americans, its a strategical position for them in Asia. Now, as for this dictator, this person, as I have tried to explain has to have the entire country at heart, the elitist will not fight to dethrone him because he will create economic stability. This person needs to find a means for the masses to have opportunities to succeed and raise their status. You said the right thing, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia's rise in their economy because they didnt care, what they cared about was their own people. Sure, they have a lot of programs to attract tourists, but with that comes an attraction to foreign investors. the church will support this president because for him to be what I term "benevolent" he has to have ver good moral values. This concept of mine maybe far-fetched, but if you try and understand what I mean by this, its something we can dream about. Or more, hope that it will happen some day. When 80% of our people do not have to starve, to be given good education and health programs.

You are completely correct regarding the World Bank and the IMF, they actually do dictate appropriation of money, meaning how much needs to be paid back to them, and what? Its just paying off not even the whole Interest? Sometimes you want to ask, why even bother to pay? Lets put the money to better use by actually creating projects for the underprivileged. Idealistic but at some point, all third world countries should step up and protest. It is not like we will ever get out of debt, i forgot the figures they mentioned regarding even if each filipino gave 1 peso every day to pay our debt it will still take X no. of generations for the debt to be fully paid. Meanwhile, we are getting deeper and deeper in the rut. It will take a strong president to be able to negotiate better terms with the IMF and World Bank. Economic instability because of political instability will not make these institutions listen.

You know, the sad thing i have to say, since Marcos who has succeeded in leading this country? A friend told me once "hey at least Marcos tried to keep the economy up so he could steal more" Marcos if it weren't because his form of dictatorship was to prevent ANY flow of ideas, sound or not. During Martial Law people were imprisoned, tortured, killed just opposing his ideas. But there were less people who were starving, more people that were educated. You got my exact point regarding benevolent dictator, you said it perfectly! It has to be someone the people trust, everything he does is out in the open and all for the people's sake. Yes, I am dreaming. hahaha. But we do need a strong leader, one that instead of tolerating people sucking the life from people and the money of the government, those are the ones that should be placed on trial. But he has to be open about EVERYTHING he does, he cannot be biased whether its from the same party, or that he owns a fvor for supporting his campaign, etc etc. Its almost like an impossible dream. but right now, thats probably all we can do...DREAM

Many people say that Marcos killed those who opposed him. Who did Marcos kill? Ninoy Aquino? Are you sure? Who else? Marcos was even accused of bombing Plaza Miranda but his opponents prove that he did not but he suffered so much from such accusation. Rallies were undertaken since Marcos to oust him and who started rallies? And they are still doing up to now. Marcos was doing well for the country but the oligarchs did not like and they succeeded in ousting Marcos. Who else could be like Marcos?

Just an information: Marcos' Rolex 12 or should I say those 12 men who are closest to Marcos and his most powerful advisers namely: Juan Ponce Enrile Fidel Ramos Dandind Cojuangco etc..... Some of the members of the Rolex 12 admitted that it was really Ferdinand Marcos who plotted the bombing of Plaza Miranda. Not just the plaza Miranda, they even intentionally bombed the car of one of his members (Juan Ponce Enrile - w/ his consent) .. so that they can start their long plan (Oplan Sagitarrius) or called Martial Law. + We talked about this particular issue last month during our History class and watched films and everything + :)

well said! in the long run, if we each did something no matter how small for our country and even more so for our countrymen, then the Philippines will prosper in a different way. Not measured by the GNP but by the acts of human kindness.

Indonesia was under a dictator, and so was the philippines, now, these two presidents were tyrants, corrupt and only had their own agenda in mind. Hence why both countries are now suffering the aftermath of their regime. Singapore may be such a small country, hence why lee Kwan Yew was able to be a dictator and managed to turn this country around. BUT, how easy is it to consolidate a country that has three distinct ethic origins, indians, chinese and malays. it was because people respected him (even though if was because people who did wrong were publicly punished) People gained respect for not only themselves but for their country. Discipline is important. How many of us actually have this in the fullest meaning of the word? As for thailand, this is a country that used to in the 80s that has military coup almost everyday, the monarch actuall has no power in government anymore, but yes, because of who he is, because the people respect the royalty, they listened to him when he needs to speak up against the government. We need a strong president that will be able to control the people, to discipline us, for the elite to agree to support or finance programs for eduction and for the people to have a chance at equality.

Money clouds the senses, but sooner or later, the world is going to pay a devastating price for dealing with a Communist nation, such as China...and now Vietnam. Here in the US we have "Rattlesnakes", which will not bite , as long as they need your body warmth on a cold night, but when the night is over...Look out! Some people will sell their souls for a dollar.

Is it crazy to have an outrageous opinion? You're like those that called scientists, inventors, those who thought of things way ahead of their times, "crazy" because their idea seemed ridiculous and not plausible. Would love to know at least why you think i am crazy, rather than just calling me crazy.