Ping Lacson Warns: Excessive “Ayuda” Programs Result In ‘Voluntary Unemployment’

Ping Lacson Warns: Excessive “Ayuda” Programs Result In ‘Voluntary Unemployment’
Leading Senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has sounded off the need to review the excessive “Ayuda” Programs which he said could result in dependence by Filipinos on financial aid and “voluntary unemployment.”
I fully agree with this assessment by Sen. Lacson, known for his hardline stance against Pork Barrel and profligate government spending, because this is what is actually happening in the field.
Small agriculture enterprises had complained that during the “Ayuda” pay-out days, there would be no workers in the farms for at least one week as many of the recipients enjoy their financial aid.
Sen. Lacson’s concern on the adverse effect of the excessive “Ayuda” was published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer which I am quoting in this post.
“CAMARINES SUR, Philippines — Does providing too much financial aid make Filipinos lazy?
Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, who is aiming for a Senate comeback, wants to reassess the various forms of the “ayuda system” in the country if he is reelected.
Lacson raised concerns over whether excessive aid provision discourages people from working.
He made this remark during a press conference with the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas Senate slate in Camarines Sur on Friday when asked if the distribution of aid contributes to the rising unemployment rates in the country.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) had earlier reported that the number of jobless Filipinos rose to 2.16 million in January, up from 1.63 million in December.
“Maybe, with the overwhelming amount of aid, our fellow Filipinos have become lazy and don’t want to work. So, I think — this is my personal opinion — we should revisit the many forms of aid we are giving,” Lacson said partly in Filipino.
He proposed enhancing the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) instead, noting that this national poverty reduction strategy is “institutionalized.”
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