KILLER CANCER

Every time I am on my way to school or I am on my way home, I always meet beggars along the streets. I always wonder why did they become like that? They are so skinny and it seems like they are not eating every day. They look like a person with a cancer or even worse. Philippines as we all know is a growing third world country but why aren’t we improving? Why do poor people become poorer and the rich become richer every year? It seems like our government is doing nothing in fighting poverty in our country.

According to the latest PERC survey, our country ranked number one in Asia’s most corrupt country. I think I found out the answer to my questions. The cause of why the lives of the people are getting miserable everyday is CORRUPTION in the government! Corruption has existed since the start of civilization. It has been passed on from generation to generation and is becoming worse every year. It has devastated millions of people’s lives.

Corruption is a killer cancer that has killed millions of people since from the beginning of its existence. This disease is incurable. It is because man by nature is constantly wanting. He or she is never contented with what he or she has so when he or she has given a little power, he would really take advantage of it. You give them an inch, they take a mile.

When a poor official is elected, he or she would step down o his position rich and wealthy. This is very evident in the public servants of our country. Corruption could be clearly seen in our country today. I was very angry with our government officials when I learned about the extreme over pricing on the deco lamps that were used during the summit. Imagine, a post of deco lamp costs 80 thousand pesos and in Mandaue, it costs 224 thousand each instead of 15 thousand per post. Visualize the severe ness of corruption in our country. A thousand posts could have helped millions of helpless people and victims of calamities. After the summit, the deco lamps would be useless and the money of the people is just wasted. About 90 percent of their taxes are in the pockets of our government officials. I hope these corrupt leaders would realize the destruction they are causing to this nation.

How could they steal that large amount of money? They do not deserve to be called public servants. They are killing millions of feeble people who deserve to live a good life.

For me the only cure of this disease; Corruption is the society. if we would just only elect the loyal, humble and simple public servants who would serve us and help the less fortunate, then their would be no Cancer in the society and in the government and no people would be infected.

The worsening poverty of the people is just only one of the side effects of this very deadly and lethal cancer called Corruption.