I will not really comment on everything that our president said in his state of the nation address, in some part I agree in what he said but I also agree to what his distractors was saying... "Masarap lang pakinggan yung mga sinabi niya... but in essence... wala talagang laman."

There's just one thing that really caught my attention. Nope, its not the multi-billion dollar cost of coffee (though i gotta admit, that's really one hell of a lot of coffee to consume), its the statement where he said...

"Ayon sa BIR, mayroon tayong halos 1.7 million na self-employed at professional tax payers gaya ng mga abogado, doktor, negosyante na nagbayad lamang, sa suma total, ng 9.8 billion pesos noong 2010. 5,783 pesos lang ang ibinayad na income tax ng bawat isa sa kanila—ang ibig sabihin, kung totoo po ito, ang kabuuang kita nila ay umaabot lang ng 8,500 pesos lamang kada buwan. Mababa pa sa minimum wage...."

After the SONA, I got to read a lot of furious reactions about how thickface this people are, especially singling out the doctors and lawyers.

But if you check his statement closely, masasabi mo, "Anung klaseng statistics ba naman kasi to... tsk tsk tsk..."

Punahin ko lang yung part ng mga nasa medical profession.

Ilan ba ang doktor sa bansa? sabihin natin na average 4000 taon taon ang pumapasa sa board exam... sabihin na din natin na lahat ng yearly board passer ay nagpractice sa pilipinas at walang umalis to go to a foreign land for a greener pasture... so sa loob ng 50 years meron tayong 200,000 doctors? Then isasama mo sila sa statistics na binubuo ng 1.7 million na negosyante? (Not to mention all those individuals who registered a business name but wasn't really able to start their own business.) and ang resulta, icoconclude na ang bawat isang doktor ay P5,783 lang ang binayad na buwis at P8,500 lang ang sinasahod? Ang galing di ba? Henyo ang statistician na gumawa nito!

The worst part is my mga nagrereact at sasakay sa issue, saying "ANO? P5,783 lang ang buwis ng isang Doktor... dapat taasan natin yan ng makatulong naman sila kahit papano sa bayan."

Ilang oras ba ang pinapasok ng isang simpleng residente sa isang hospital? 110+ hours/week compared sa isang employee na nagtratrabaho ng 45hrs/week at kumikita pa ng mas malaki... then ang mga doktor pa ang hindi makabayan?

Very nice of them, indeed!

These guys should know that doctors don't become consultants overnight, and not every doctors are working in private hospitals that only the class A can afford! Majority are in the public hospitals if not in the slum area.

Bago man lang sana magcomment... think! We are given a mind of our own... Do the math and see kung alin sa mga sinabi ng pangulo ang tama at mali...