It cannot be denied that the “Pork Barrel” does a lot of
good to many poor Filipinos and of course a lot of profit to corrupt officials and
to some enterprising evil minded private individuals who invented bogus NGOs
and bogus foundations. You need not be a rocket scientist to see how this kind
of racket works; a bogus NGO/Foundation funnels back to the congressman/senator
the pork with obviously prearranged agreement on how to share the juicy fat…yuck!
If you can remove the profit that goes to the corrupt and
the evil geniuses that invents the NGOs and Foundations and retain the “lot of
good that goes to the poor;” the pork barrel fund will have served its purpose.
It is exactly what the government plans to do. A member of the house recommends
to the government his/her pet projects that will benefits his/her constituents
and the government agencies involve approve/disapprove and implement/deny
without any single cent passing through the office of the house member. Abad in
the following piece of news defends why the President’s Pork should not be
abolished. I recommend everyone to read it because I don’t think many of us
really understands where the president’s pork goes.
Abad defends retention of President’s pork | Inquirer News: 
Abad defends retention of President’s pork
The budget chief backed the lump sum nature of the presidential pork, saying it is needed to allow the Palace to respond promptly to “emergency situations.”
Included in the presidential pork funds are:
· Calamity fund for typhoon victims
· Contingency fund for overseas Filipino workers affected by unrest abroad
· Pension funds
· Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of LGUs
· Debt servicing
“It is not practical for the executive branch to go to Congress during an emergency situation to get the appropriate budget that’s why special funds are created in the budget,” he said.
Abad appealed to those “claiming to be experts on the budget” to stop putting the President in bad light by muddling the issue on the abolition of the pork barrel system.
Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/473631/abad-defends-retention-of-presidents-pork#ixzz2csyG4rHe
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