Government had better tell us how we will survive

The Government had better start telling us, FAST, how we will SURVIVE from the UNENDING string of increases in oil prices, and public transport fares, in the coming days.

As well as the LONGER STRING of added costs in other items that these increases will surely entail once ALL of them are in effect.

I emphasize SURVIVAL because naturally, higher oil prices and transport fares further DECREASE the already meager budget for food and our other basic needs for our daily existence.

While manufacturers are forced to raise the prices of their products due to additional production costs like transport or delivery expenses.

Tuloy-tuloy ang pagtaas ng presyo ng gasoline o krudo at pamasahe, pero HINDI naman NADADAGDAGAN ang suweldo.

No extra source (s) of income or financial assistance either from the Government. No mass hirings by any firm local or foreign, no wide-scale livelihood programs or projects which can immediately generate extra earnings for the masses, nothing as in NONE.

Neither is there any SERIOUS move, legislative or otherwise, by the Government, as well as our senators and congressmen, to CONTROL oil firms from raising prices WHENEVER THEY FELL like it.

Kaya PALUWAG na ng paluwag ang mga basket o plastic bags ng mga kagagaling lamang sa palengke. PARAMI na ng parami ang  mga NAGLALAKAD papunta o pauwi mula sa iskuwela o trabaho, o mga hindi na nagmemeryenda dahil kukulangin ang PAMASAHE nila.

And as we less-privileged mortals start agonizing with these burdens, we have to brace ourselves for more expensive milk products, bread, electricity and other items we can’t live DECENTLY without.

For those who missed it in the news, Alaska has announced it will be increasing prices soon.

So what must we ordinary mortals do before we and our families are forced into a PAUPER’S EXISTENCE before we know it?

Sino ang mananagot kapag dumami ng dumami ang mga mapipilitang MAGNAKAW o gumawa ng iba pang krimen MAKAKAIN lang SA ORAS, at SAPAT, ang pamilya?

Who will be RESPONSIBLE if the number of kids who will be forced out of school due to parents who can no longer afford it BALLOON to uncontrollable proportions?

I’m not saying that oil firms and manufacturers have no right to increase the prices of their goods.

Pero hindi lang sila ang may karapatang mabuhay. TAYO RING MALILIIT. Ito ang hindi dapat KALIMUTAN, o BALE-WALAIN, ng Gobyerno. 30