Amidst the flurry of political and economic tsunamis besetting our country,we need to pause and think that what we do will benefit our children or the next generation of Filipinos. I do appreciate the flurry and confluence of ideas and views that somehow influence the readers of the FV articles but we need to do more than that. The questions that confront us is – are we doing our best for our posterity? Some issues that would have far reaching impact on the future of our country and the next generation of Filipinos are as follows:

1. Should we agree on the change in the provisions of our Constitution on national economy and patrimony (Article XII) allowing foreigners to own land and other resources in our country? If we allow, investments will
pour in as mentioned by the government functionaries. But if we allow them, no lands will be left of for the next generation if foreigners (who are awash with cash right now) will buy all the lands in our country.

2. Should we allow the emerging new generations of politicians (children of traditional politicians), who are now much shrewder than their parents, to slowly reign our political atmosphere and poison the minds and hearts of the next generation? There are a few exceptions who are the children of great nationalists.

3. The ballooning deficit between our national budget vis-à-vis the revenues has to be managed sustainably. If not in our lifetime, the next generation will have to carry a huge burden of repaying it only through additional taxes.

4. The only remaining mineral resources has to be managed for the benefit of the next generation. This means that the current dispensation shall not simply grant it to highest bidding foreign mining companies.

5. The trade agreements that our government are entering left and right will certainly restrict any policy space promoting Filipino-owned companies or industry in the future.

6. Lastly, corruption are also infecting not only the corruptor and the corrupted but also their heirs which the next generation has also to confront.

There are many other equally important issues that I have not covered. But I will leave it to other FV well-respected bloggers to tackle.

Contributing Writer: “Jim”

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