MERGED: Do You Want U.S. Statehood For the Philippines?

[tonz_23_80]

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I THINK IT WILL MAKE A GOOD EFFECT FOR US FILIPINO PEOPLE IF WE ARE TO BECOME A US TERRITORY...coz we will have government budget from the US and we can now erase the political trapos that we have now such as her excellency herself...

[--Makoy--]

its time to put aside our pride.. the situation is getting worse in the philippines. government officials keep on saying that the economy is improving but in fact, their lives are the ones improving. the richer gets richer and the poor gets poorer. the service is gone.

personally, i think this is a very good idea

[bcasabee]

Hahahaha........its too late for that now........

[lestat1116]

dili man the rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer.. but politician and near to the politician gets richer, rich gets poorer n the poor kaw na mo sumpay

[LytSlpr]

1. What raw materials?
2. Dumping ground for US products and goods? The Philippines is too small and too poor to dump any American products.
3. What the Philippines does have is cheap labor, but it's cheaper elsewhere.

sad but true. musta vern?

[kolz]

WHAT MOCKERY IS THIS!?

AREN'T YOU ASHAMED OF OUR FOREFATHERS WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF FREEDOM?!!!!!

[aditti]

> patriotism and nationalism aside, unsa may gi buhat sa current pinoys with this freedom? nothing much... mao na karon unstable and crumbling ghapon kau ang phils.. daghan kau gubot ang politics... every few months mka dungog ka og rumor na mag coup nsad... debt is still an all time high so are poveryt, unemployment, etc. pinoys dont know how to run the philippines whether they be a z-grade movie star or a harvard or whever graduate (like arroyo who was supposedly a schoolmate of george bush in some ivy league uni)... the only way filipinos know how to run the philippines is to the ground

even tv stars know that ...ask dingdong dantes and jessa zaragosa who are now no longer filipino citizens...

[--Makoy--]

WHAT MOCKERY IS THIS!?

AREN'T YOU ASHAMED OF OUR FOREFATHERS WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF FREEDOM?!!!!!

u have a better idea? because we're being practical here.

@aditti: i think its bill clinton, not george bush..

[digitalsuperman]

3. What the Philippines does have is cheap labor, but it's cheaper elsewhere.

china its much cheaper..hehehe..so the philippines is zero out of three..LOLz...

[The_Child]

Support all you want, the US does not want the Philippines. Strategic location no longer matters. The US has bases all over and does not require the Philippines when it's bombers and carriers can reach continents away. The US does not need the Philippines to be connected to Asia, Australia or NZ.

oh cmon, Philippines will always be an American Interest our position is vital it is strategic in geo-politics, especially this time when China is growing. But i dont understand why people are willing to sacrifice their sovereignity to USA, yeh sure being a part of it may increase our quality of living, but such thing is too superficial compared to the noble virtue of freedom and independence.