EVERY Filipino voter would want to have a successful president because his success is the success of the nation, which means a better life for all. But success is hard to come by if basic stomach issues are not attended to by a president who designated himself as his secretary of agriculture. Even the importation during harvest time came late as it is, even as Nueva Ecija was flooded causing an early harvest.
The bigger picture will have to take into consideration stomach issues because that is what matters. Survey after survey show that jobs, wages and food are very essential to every household. Smuggling has been wrecking the very agricultural backbone of the nation, from rice and sugar to onions, pork and egg, among others. So, the bigger picture is just to set it aside for the moment in the hope that investors outweigh food security for the jobs needed by Filipinos. The laser-like focus on the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund seems to be the bigger picture. Bringing said money to the country does not necessarily mean a better life for all because they will still have to implement the will of the father, BBM, on the 90-10 percent sharing to the Filipino people.
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