From that glorious time on until today, what has been the thrust and gist of law writing in the country? Do our politicians, corrupt as they are, ever pass laws to cut taxes for the rich and the rich alone at the expense of the poor and the middle clas ? A Congress that writes redistributionist laws is not a Congress that creates the environment for mass and deep poverty. Politicians rig those public works contracts to force the DPWH to award the public works contracts to their favored contractors and suppliers. Yet, there is no empirical evidence that they are to be blamed for the country’s deep and intractable poverty.

Source: Manila Times February 27, 2018 16:18 UTC