This post is alarmed at so many welfare programs in cash in form of "ayuda" that are definitely draining the treasury. At the same time we see lack of support to the sector that pays it all: the taxpayers... The Revenue offices and the LGU s are bearing hard on tax payers: support for the unproductive sector of the economy and difficulties for those who generate the revenue.
We were taught in grad school is social philosophy that the goal of the govt is to make the poor productive and not creating a welfare state. Social states were not productive and failed. Look at Venenzuela to see why its economy is in shambles.
And yet this persists in the country and to fund huge social welfare programs, the country has to borrow in trillions Wait to see the consequence
This post avoids long discourse on this topic; its beyond the scope of this article...
While we need to help those who cant eke out their living and have challenges, most of the fund can be used to fund: training to be more productivee, livelihood programs, increasing farm productivity. Of course corruption has removed most of the resources for these programs
