Picture this: a girl drenched under the rain. Rummaging through a black plastic bag, hoping to find a half-eaten chicken leg. Finding none, she seeks shelter under a closed bank's roof. Then multiply that by the number of bank roofs, garbage bags and street children that the metro has. Now, imagine the President in a posh restaurant overseas with her entourage of 20+ followers. And their tab hits close to a million pesos.
In her recent visit to the United States to meet Pre. Obama, PGMA and her minions went to Le Cirque, a class-A, French restaurant in New York.
And yes, the image above is a detailed account of what they ordered and how much they spent for it.
$19,866.00 = P993,300.00 ($1 = P50)
And guess why the bill bloated to that amount? Oh hello there bottles and bottles of champagne! ($5,610.00 = P280,500.00)
A million pesos that could have been spent for education.
A million pesos that could have helped rebuild typhoon-destroyed barangays.
A million pesos that could have cured sick children.
A million pesos that could have been allocated for food for our hungry countrymen.
A million pesos that were spent despite children who are not able to go to school.
A million pesos that were spent lavishly while the whole country is trying its best to stay afloat.
A million pesos that were spent while parents are not able to provide proper health for their children.
A million pesos that were spent without regard for their hungry countrymen back home.
Oh, the audacity.
And, by the way, the country paid for that bill. Yet, the country's still hungry.
The head was fed...
ReplyDeletethe body felt the audacity...
I don't think it was confirmed if it was taxpayer's money.
ReplyDelete@Saki ok. so let's say that it was actually the Leyte Congressman's money, where does his salary come from? tax right?
ReplyDeleteThat's private money. That's their salary and they're entitled to that.
ReplyDeleteWhen we say taxpayer's money, we're talking about approriations that were supposed to be spent on public works like roads and bridges.
but then again, Congressmen aren't supposed to receive that big in the first place. wala pa ngang 50k per month salary nila eh. so where did he get the million pesos? i doubt he saved up money just so he and his friends can drink the night away in a French restaurant :P and we all know how poor Leyte is as a province! pero yung Congressman nila would spend a million on champange and food?
ReplyDeletethat's why i said it's not confirmed taxpayer's money.
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