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Pork Barrel 5: Abolish Pork Fund, or Shrink Government?
The other day, a friend way back from UP Diliman undergrad in the 80s, JB Baylon, posted this in his facebook wall and tagged me, below. I am attaching some posters circulating in facebook for the...
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Mining 31: Prof. Winnie Monsod's Faulty Tax Proposal
* This is my article today in Mining Week.-------------In an opinion last August 09, 2013 at the Inquirer, Worse than the pork barrel scam, Prof. Winnie Monsod wrote,Alas, there is an even greater scam...
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Fat Free Econ 46: On Pork Barrel Aboition
* This is my article today in interaksyoncom.----------MANILA - From Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) to Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and now a reformed pork that has yet to be named....
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Weekend Fun 46: Pork Barrel's New Names
Legislators’ pork barrel fund was called Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) in the 90s, later called Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). President Noynoy Aquino has abolished the PDAF on...
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Pork Barrel 6: Spontaneity and Friedrich Hayek
* This is my article last Monday in thelobbyist.biz.-----------After the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF0 has been abolished by the President last Friday, August 13, 2013, there is an...
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Weekend Fun 47: San Miguel, Galman and Inuman
More than a week ago, August 21, was the 30th death anniversary of former Sen. Ninoy Aquino, husband of former President Cory Aquino and father of current President Noynoy Aquino. He was murdered when...
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Mining 32: Output Contraction in 1st Half 2013
* This is my article in Mining Week yesterday.--------------The continuing policy instability in the mining industry has one clear result, the continued decline in mining output, both metallic and...
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Senior Citizens Discount 5: Supreme Court Flip-Flopping on the Law
A fried from Mercury Drugstore, Atty. Edsel Manuel, gave a long reply to the complaint of Mr. James Auste, head of the Cancer Warriors Foundation, why his demand to get a 3-months supply of his...
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Pork Barrel 7: Presentation at Adamson University
This afternoon, I spoke at Adamson University on a big college conference, held at the university's theater, probably about 200-300 students in the audience. I am thankful to Ms. Pauline Brillantes, a...
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PWD Discount 1: Who are Persons with Disability?
In a complaint email last Tuesday by James Auste, head of the Cancer Warriors Foundation (CWF), why Mercury Drugstore did not give sell him his medicines for more than one month, he was answered by...
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IDEAS 2: Wan Saiful Talk in Manila, September 9
The CEO of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS, http://ideas.org.my/), Mr. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, will speak on "The State of Democracy and Economy in Malaysia", this coming Monday,...
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Fat Free Econ 47: Pork Scam vs. Public Debt Scam
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com.----------MANILA - The government is setting aside P330-plus billion a year in interest payment alone for our public debt, and many people are not...
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Pol. Ideology 48: Hobbes, Locke, Rosseau and Social Contract Theory
A friend, one of the few real political science academics who can dabble in political theory and discuss things in their facebook walls or blogs, Amado “Bong” Mendoza...
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IDEAS 3: Wan Saiful's Presentation in Manila
Wan's talk last Monday night here in Manila was great. Will post photos in my next blog post. Audience were mainly my clubmates in Rotary, plus friends in the free market movement here in Manila.It's...
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Pol. Ideology 49: Machiavelli, The Prince, Liberality and Meanness
My political theoretician and academic friend, Dr. Amado “Bong” Mendoza, made a follow up discussion about the pork barrel scandal, this time getting the ideas of the famouos Italian...
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IDEAS 4: Photos of Wan Saiful's Talk on the Politics and Economy of Malaysia
Before Wan Saiful Wan Jan, CEO of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in Kuala Lumpur, gave his talk, I introduced him. No notes intro, I focused on Wan leaving his 17 years career...
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Mining 33: Job Creation, Taxes and the Politics of Envy
* This is my article today in Mining Week.---------A capital intensive industry would have less direct job creation compared to a labor-intensive one, say on a per hectare of land area. But workers in...
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Pol. Ideology 50: Plato, The Republic and Pork Barrel
Another intellectually stimulating posting by Dr. Amado “Bong” Mendoza in his facebook wall last Thursday, analyzing the on-going pork barrel scandal using the ideas of the famous Greek philosopher,...
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Weekend Fun 48: On Being Old and Crazy
Early this week, I posted this in my facebook wall:"You can never be old and wise if you were never young and crazy. "-- Zeno MartinezTama nga naman. But why aspire to be old and wise when you can be...
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Fat Free Econ 48: Jobs, Taxes and the World Bank
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com. The charts I added here, not part of the original article in interaksyon.---------MANILA - The World Bank gave a press conference yesterday about the...
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