There will be more articles and discussions to read when you search the question, “Why are Filipinos poor” in Google. Most of them are entitled as “Why are Filipinos so poor?”. It is interesting to know the answers of this question, because by learning the answers and analyzing it, people will be able to know what to do in order to develop our economic status and to decrease the poverty rate in the Philippines.
According to F. Sionil José, Filipinos are poor because of the habits and culture they practice. They are poor because of laziness; most of adults in a slum area do nothing but idle, gossip, and drink, while some are doing honest labor all day under the sun. Filipinos are also poor because they are great show-offs, instead of using the money to help others; rich people use it to buy branded things which are not needed just for status symbols. Filipinos are also poor because of the loss of their ethical moorings by not punishing the person, who is in government and is corrupt or some other things like that. Their loyalty remains to the person who should be punished because he is a friend or a family member. Loyalty is not given to the larger group. These simple examples show the cause of the underdevelopment of our country, these also answers the question, “Why are Filipinos poor?”.
Just like the question above, the word “Development” when searched in Google, will also give many results. “Development” has many different definitions, but the most dominant meaning of Development is that, it is the growth of the process of advancement of something in particular.
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