If you think the cost of living in the Philippines is cheap, think again ! Pacific South Morning Journal
If you think the cost of living in the Philippines is cheap, think again.
Most middle-class Filipinos pay with their own money for what their peers in industrialised nations get back through taxpayer-funded public services.
Middle-class Filipinos pay for expensive private schools because the public schools in the Philippines are substandard. Middle-class Filipinos pay for expensive private hospitals because government run health clinics are overcrowded and understaffed.
Expats in the Philippines deal with the same struggles, have the same hurdles as middle class Filipinos.
All that is because of corruption and the stupid voters who elect these corrupt politicians into power.
Many items such as sedans and appliances are more expensive because what are considered basic necessities in industrialised nations are priced as imported luxury goods in the Philippines.
It's even more expensive to be poor because they can't afford to invest in insurance, savings, health services, exercise, and nutritious diets.
Many items such as sedans and appliances are more expensive because what are considered basic necessities in industrialised nations are priced as imported luxury goods in the Philippines.
It's even more expensive to be poor because they can't afford to invest in insurance, savings, health services, exercise, and nutritious diets.
So much of every Filipino's life is wasted on hours spent in traffic.
So much of every Filipino's money is wasted paying taxes that only enrich corrupt politicians and their crony contractors instead of providing efficient public services.
So much of every Filipino's potential is unrealised by a corrupt society that rewards nepotism, cronyism, religious favouritism, school and fraternity connections instead of competence and experience and that does not value or compensate artistry and creativity.
So much of every Filipino's money is wasted paying taxes that only enrich corrupt politicians and their crony contractors instead of providing efficient public services.
So much of every Filipino's potential is unrealised by a corrupt society that rewards nepotism, cronyism, religious favouritism, school and fraternity connections instead of competence and experience and that does not value or compensate artistry and creativity.
Just to experience a clean public park, many Filipinos vacation abroad, if only for a few days. Just to find a job that pays well, many Filipinos work overseas, even if it means being separated from loved ones. Just to be safe from a fascist regime whose public and foreign policy is murder, plunder, and treason, many Filipinos migrate abroad whatever the personal cost.
To be a Filipino is to be burdened by the corruption, ignorance, and the lack of discipline of the many. To be a Filipino is to breath in and wade through the garbage that other Filipinos litter.
To be a Filipino is to endure the brutality, incompetence, and treason that other Filipinos elect.
To be a Filipino is to be associated with a people who commit crimes against humanity. So it is to be an expat in the Philippines
How much has being an expat in the Philippines cost you?
It ain't cheap.