Jose Ceralde
30 Mar 2008

 

 

Edener Benitez Fabella,

Planting rice or working in the fields is never fun. Going to quite a few islands in the Pacific, I observed decades ago they were mostly independent on their food needs. With the global economic conditions of subsidies, a lot of these islands found it cheaper to import food until the new shift in the resource shortage of fuel today.

The question now is, do we have politicians who will sacrifice their political goals for a shot of their legacy?

Remember, cheap imported NFA rice bag handed to a starving or poor Pinoy is the easy way to get elected or reelected. Having intestinal fortitude (guts) in implementing solutions for the rice shortage takes time and may not change the politics of NOW.

Manipulations of projects are highly visible which no one denies when the elections are in sight.

China provides the funding or loans and vehicle for the “tongpats” for the elections. China does not have the stringent feasibility requirements as the US, Japan, and the EU. It is providing soft loans not only in the Philippines for its own strategic interest. Just like the other superpower had to ensure the dependency of its Pacific lake in subsidized food.

All the politicians know it takes time to build a first class educational system or any long term goal and it will drain their resources. It would not give them a return on the political ballot in their favor.

You had mentioned all those presidents in your previous post from now to Magsaysay, your guy, could you rate them for the long term goals in education, public works, and food production?

Were they more interested in reelection or “bukol minimization,” Did they establish a legacy we could all be proud of? How about the others?

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