Will TRAIN do what EJKs couldn’t? As early as January this year, I had already warned that the new taxes under TRAIN could possibly spell disaster for the government. The government touted these projects as ushering in “a golden age of infrastructure,” under a catchy mantra of “build, build, build.”President Duterte’s minions and admirers are particularly ecstatic about “Build, Build, Build.” Meanwhile, while the government was marketing “Build, Build, Build” to the Filipinos, the EJKs were taking place every night around the land. Freedom-loving Filipinos thought the EJKs would trigger widespread indignation, that the masses would condemn the EJKs and the administration. If something like EJKs couldn’t bother Filipinos, would they be bothered by the oppressive effects of TRAIN?

Source: Manila Bulletin June 06, 2018 13:52 UTC