Originally Posted by
foolonthehill
Do you think Filipinos are idiots they dont know their advantage? They know but they can become entreprmnurl bec you need some saving for that..
60% to 70% filipinos are living below the govt's measure of survival wage... that is their data..
what do you expect these 70% TO DO> GO INT BIZ>?
yes. small scale business... thats what wrong with the philipines.. our market is being dominated by foreigners..
that is why we cannot dictate our wage rate on our own... necause we work for foreign companies. we make many filipino businesmen.. their tax goes to the governemnt.. filipinos buy to them.. goes to the filipino workers...
basic econ: market has actually two parts the consumer and the producer, but then again the consumer is also a worker.
we encourage workers not just to be mere consumers but also producers. competition is good in a market good for the consumer. the more the producer the more the supply hence we have lower prices. as ou can see in manila they have gas station selling at 22 pesos per liter ng diesel unlike here in cebu which its still peg at 28-20 pesos...