Category Archives: Finance

Senators Wielding Taxpayer Money For Personal Vendetta

November 16, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

In illustrious theater of political absurdity, senators seem to have discovered a new form of legislative performance art: the budgetary vendetta.

Take Senator Bong Revilla, who, apparently triggered by a mere traffic violation accusation, threatened to snatch the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s budget faster than an MMDA officer can issue a jaywalking ticket. It seems the senator has a unique interpretation of checks and balances – more like “checks if I don’t like you, balances if I do.”

Not to be outdone, Senator Jinggoy Estrada has donned the cap of a fiscal executioner, wielding the budgetary guillotine with reckless abandon. His latest masterpiece involves slashing the entire Commission on Human Rights budget because they dared challenge his stance on abortion.

Nothing says democracy like holding an agency hostage until it aligns with your personal ideology.

In this riveting saga of political theatrics, it appears that wielding budget power has become the preferred weapon of choice for settling personal scores. Who needs reasoned debate when you can simply threaten an agency’s financial lifeline? It’s a brave new world of legislative pettiness and power plays, where vendettas come with a taxpayer-funded price tag.

Finance, Politics

Goodbye, Confi!

November 10, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Vice President Sara Duterte declares that she will no longer pursue confidential funds for the Department of Education, leaving anti-administration critics scrambling for a new avenue of discontent.

This unexpected move has rendered moot the countless hours of noise, criticism, legislative inquiries, and social media debates that had been brewing over the elusive moolah. It seems the vice president has denied naysayers the pleasure of further tarnishing her image by choosing financial prudence over controversy.

For those who thrive on stirring the pot, it’s a lost opportunity to milk the situation for all its scandalous worth. The question now looms: what fresh issue can the anti-administration elements concoct to keep the public engaged in a never-ending cycle of debate and finger-pointing? Perhaps they’ll pivot to critiquing the color of the vice president’s shoelaces or scrutinizing her choice of breakfast cereal.

The saga of political drama continues, and the audience awaits the next act with bated breath.

Finance, International, National News

The Brouhaha Over Confidential Intelligence Funds

October 13, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Ah, the uproar over the confidential intelligence funds of the Office of the Vice President and, more recently, the Office of the President – what a riveting spectacle of moral outrage! It’s almost amusing how we’re collectively clutching our pearls over the labels – confidential, secret, discretionary. After all, what’s in a name, right?

Let’s not forget the pièce de résistance, the granddaddy of them all, the true mastermind behind our financial conundrums: the infamous PORK BARREL! Ah, that delightful line item in our budget, a true testament to fiscal responsibility.

Now, I can’t help but ponder, if only PM Benjamin Netanyahu had access to more intelligence funds, perhaps he could have foreseen the surprise Hamas attack on Israel! Who needs military intelligence when you can have confidential intelligence funds, right?

So, my dear fellow Filipinos, let’s not be so quick to cast stones. Let’s embrace the secrecy of our confidential intelligence funds because, who knows, they might just save us from the cunning schemes of foreign and local troublemakers. After all, surprises are best left to birthday parties, not national politics or international conflicts.