Who caused MORE damage to the country, ERAP OR GMA? Why?

[gaila]

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Naa bitaw Gloria Arroyo di moinom, PULPOL MANG DAKU! Pangwarta ray gi atupag.Â* Bagag nawong!

well, i disagree with that... u can never say its true or whatsoever coz ur just looking at a single tree... maybe in some ways GMA is committing corrruption in one way or another BUT who isn't anyway can u change that i dont think so. we keep on blaming our officials for the lapses they've done to our country but we, ourselves are not even doing anything... if u look at our history... its always like that. people have even misconstrued the power of freedom of speech... (no wonder we have 3 edsa thing now... ) try seeing things the other way rather than being sooo pessismistic with it. or better yet, maybe u urself is not doing anything to make this nation even a properous one. ryt?

[s.n.m.p.]

You rant about so much freedom of speeh.

Yet you give GMA unbridled freedom to lie, cheat and steal.

[websniper]

How about Marcos? Is he also liable for the damage of our country?

[s.n.m.p.]

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rroyo not worried if new VAT law is deferred

First posted 09:19am (Mla time) Sept 16, 2005
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQ7.net




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NEW YORK -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is not at all worried even if Congress succeeds in deferring the implementation of the expanded value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products and electricity, saying it would not affect the government's goal to reduce the budget deficit.
Speaking at the Investors' Forum sponsored by the Credit Suisse First Boston, Ms Arroyo said the expected revenues from the VAT on these products are just a "windfall" that the Senate included in its version of the law during deliberations.

In fact, she said, the VAT on fuel products and electricity were not included in the proposal that Malacañang submitted to Congress.

She said she only asked for 80 billion pesos in revenues from the new tax measures, but revenues from the VAT law was estimated at 120 billion pesos. This does not include revenues that would be generated from taxes on cigarettes and alcohol and the earnings from the lateral attrition law.

"Congress gave me a bigger revenue Â*
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generation than I asked for, so if they (Congress) will do some reductions because of the resolution, there are still room for us to be able to achieve what I asked them in the first place, which is 80 billion pesos," she said.

"So if the resolution doesn't pass, then we will proceed with carrying out the reforms, and if the resolution is passed, we will respect Congress' advice to us but it does not take us away from our deficit reduction program," Arroyo added when asked how she intends to deal with the initiative of lawmakers to defer the VAT on fuel and electricity.

Albay Representative Joey Salceda earlier filed a resolution seeking to defer the imposition of VAT on those products. The other day, he said the resolution was gaining support from his colleagues as some 147 congressmen had signified their intention to co-author House Joint Resolution No. 12 that he filed.

Salceda said he believed it impractical at this time to raise the taxes on these products, which had risen 66 percent since the start of the year.

He said that a similar resolution would be filed in the Senate by Senator Manuel Villar.

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision before October whether to lift the restraining order on the law's implementation. The high court only recently ruled on the constitutionality of the VAT law.

Di na pud siya hot i implement ang VAT. Â*Di naman pud niya concern ang economy.

KAY WA NAMAN IMPEACHMENT.

Iya lang gihimo nga bargaining chip ang economy sa dihang naa pa impeachment.

Karun pwede na daw wala VAT.

Pastilan, GMA gyud. . .

WAY KLARO. Â*PANGILAD PIRMI. Â*INSINCERE!

[Archer_Sault]

hehehe dah.. ambot unsa nani..diz is it...na unsa na nang Pilipinas... maypa mga istoryans ang mag handle sa gobvernment...off topic naman ni oi... kinsay ganahan ninyo ipadagan... hala dagan lang gud taman...

[chellee]

wala pulos si Erap bugok na corakot pa, utro pud GMA with brain but not using it corrupt pud thier both useless, kung sabagay wala man tingali pulitiko na dili corrupt murag its a must namn when u get into politics ur aim is "to corrupt and be very corrupt" lumbaanay ra na sila gi unhan ni marcos, i think ilaha mga purpose maapsan nila marcos they want to show to the ppol kung kinsa makalabaw ni marcos...dah for me the best ruler in our country will be a foriegner....

[slyder]

foreigner? katong banda!

[randy111979]

Outsource our government officials? Hahahahaha. Pwede sad si Carly of HP. hehehe . Wala man cguro siyay work karon.

[chellee]

foreigner? katong banda!

basin ikaw puede pud hehehe :mrgreen:

[bagofcandies]

hahaha! the lesser evil huh??! id pick erap , for such alittle time he already tried or did,,,, steal sooooooo much money from this country, showing very bad EXAMPLE to our country with immorality issues left & right,,, gambler,polygamous,...e.t.c.. while in other country, if the background of a presdential candidate had so much just spit on the pavement he would be eliminated frm candidacy!!!! nw , think of estrada,,, ooh my word!!!! we even hav nuisance candidate running like eddie gil ! only in the philippines!!!! if you ask me gma is as bad as erap theyr both useless!!!!!! the worst is the people that voted for them!!! sometimes people dont use ther heads!!!!!! mag pick nalang sa lesser evil !!