Quote Originally Posted by uls View Post
i'm not done

majority of heavy machinery, construction and earthmoving equipment here in the Phils. is JAPAN SURPLUS

what kind of equipment were used to dig the foundations of the buildings around us?

JAPAN SURPLUS EXCAVATORS

all that dirt that needs to be hauled away are scooped up by JAPAN SURPLUS LOADERS

and carried off in JAPAN SURPLUS DUMP TRUCKS

the roads you see

they were built using Japan used bulldozers and motor graders and vibro-rollers

the mining industry -- except for a few companies that can afford new equipment from Monark (Caterpillar) and Maxima (Komatsu), the rest all use JAPAN SURPLUS earthmoving equipment

every structure you see

all the cities in the country

they were built using Japan used equipment

so don't give me that crap about Japan used imports being all junk

if it's all junk, then the Philippines was built using junk

Ban all Japan used imports?

that i gotta see

push the country back to the stone age

some academic who can only post newspaper articles and go trying to push his vision of everything brand new

new cars and trucks... brand new everything

out-of-touch with reality

no real world experience

CAN THE CREDIT SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRY SUPPORT THAT BRAND NEW VISION OF YOURS?

can a low wage earner walk into a bank and come out with an approval for a car loan?

hey, tell the banks to lend everyone money so you'll have your everything-brand-new Philippines

BTW, get rid of all the PUJs and OTJs and rolling pieces of ethnic junk transport crap you're so proud of

di bagay mga yan sa everything-brand-new Philippines


To change everything to brand spankingly new means cost. Big cost to everyone, which at the bottom of the food chain consumers take the full blunt of. The PUJ for example, if it was replaced with an all-new vehicle, can the driver and operators live with a P7 minimum fare charge? NO!
If you increase the minimum fare, how much of a burden would that be to the commuting public whose salary is way way way below the international standards... an amount which business men and employers are reluctant to give or cannot afford...

Siguro dapat lakihan muna salary ng Ordinaryong tao, para maging economically sound and feasible yang ganyan. It takes such a huge amount to establish a motor company that can compete internationally, say $2 Billion for starters? Bakit wala sa mga billionaires and politicians start it?