Aurora Congressman Sonny Angara correct, high economic growth in the Philippines is good, but we should do more to eradicate massive and widespread poverty too!
Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara said on December 2, 2012 that the Philippines' economic growth should trickle down to and be felt by the poor.
Sonny Angara said the challenge for the government is to “ensure that the benefits of growth are felt by all, especially the poor.”
“A great number of Filipinos remain impoverished. Many find it hard to believe pronouncements that the economy is improving, when their lives are hardly getting better,” he said.
“To make a real difference in their lives, we must be able to provide opportunities for individuals and families to prosper, whether through employment or entrepreneurship,” he said.
“Every Filipino must be able to actually feel the growth of the economy. All of us must feel that we are a part of it. Equitable growth – that should be our goal,” Congressman Angara said.
The Philippines has the widest income gap between the rich and the poor in the whole of Southeast Asia, ahead of Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Laos, Angara said.
Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara said on December 2, 2012 that the Philippines' economic growth should trickle down to and be felt by the poor.
Sonny Angara said the challenge for the government is to “ensure that the benefits of growth are felt by all, especially the poor.”
“A great number of Filipinos remain impoverished. Many find it hard to believe pronouncements that the economy is improving, when their lives are hardly getting better,” he said.
“To make a real difference in their lives, we must be able to provide opportunities for individuals and families to prosper, whether through employment or entrepreneurship,” he said.
“Every Filipino must be able to actually feel the growth of the economy. All of us must feel that we are a part of it. Equitable growth – that should be our goal,” Congressman Angara said.
The Philippines has the widest income gap between the rich and the poor in the whole of Southeast Asia, ahead of Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Laos, Angara said.
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