Marcos; His reign vs. Noynoy's?

[greenlyt]

As if that 20+ billion dollar debt appeared overnight.

People sometimes forget that most of the problems we've had with the economy over the past thirty years are due to the fact that we're paying billions of pesos every month in debt servicing due to debt incurred for the most part under Marcos.

Very easy to make the country "prosperous" and to "solve" financial problems when you put the entire country in hock.

and the nerve of that bongbong saying if his father wasnt overthrown Philippines could have been another Singapore

[hein]

and the nerve of that bongbong saying if his father wasnt overthrown Philippines could have been another Singapore

Alam ni bongbong maraming TANGA sa Pilipinas.

[shadow]

Those who don't learn mistakes from the past are doomed to repeat it...

[vinj]

From: In old Marcos photo, fantasies of Bongbong following in dictator

[niky]

and the nerve of that bongbong saying if his father wasnt overthrown Philippines could have been another Singapore

Maybe if that money had all gone into development rather than people's pockets. Otherwise. no. Singapore may have had authoritarian rule, but massively lower levels of corruption. It's very rare to see an authoritarian ruler with such little self interest. To compare Marcos to Lee Kwan Yew would be a fallacy. Lee Kwan Yew was not forced out of office and was never in danger of it. If you empower your people and make them truly prosperous, they're not going to rebel!

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It's sad that many administrations have tried to replicate the key reforms that Singapore used to uplift itself... socialized savings, housing for all... yet the inherent corruption in the system has managed to make gains from these marginal. Just look at the big pork barrel the previous administration turned the GSIS into...

[greenlyt]

I once read somehere that: Dictaorship is the best form of government provided that an angel is sitting as president

[zap.FREEDOM]

sayan nga e, diba yung Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, San Juanico Bridge, North and South Expressways naging project ni Mr.Marcos du ba? yung nuclear power plant, natapos nang bayaran lahat-lahat hindi naman nagamit/napakinabangan, yung Expressway napunta sa mga foreign investors (teka pano ba nangyare yun),

[RakataK]

Sabi nga ng mga matatanda maganda pa noon ang pamumuhay ng mga tao kahit may martial law nagkanda-leche-leche lang nung nagsimulang magkasakit si FM dahil kay Imelda at sa mga heneral na nakapaligid sa kanya. Si Marcos may blue print na sa buong Pilipinas (some of those blue prints was stolen by a real estate magnate) during his presidency ganun siya katalino. Naalala ko pa sa panahon ng martial law sa labas pa ng bahay kami natutulog sa gabi dahil alam naming ligtas kami, compare it now.......

[Monseratto]

Obvious if your intention is to stay long in power, you should have a plan. Pero for each project signed , may kickback si Apo Ferdie at Imelda. And most of the time, most projects go to the cronies. Inadopt ng society ang ganitong corruption hangang ngayon. *

[Ry_Tower]

I prefer Noynoy.