In the news, Bangko Sentral hints at further tightening to fight inflation. When money supply gets tight, who suffers?
They define inflation as measure of cost of basket of goods, mostly food. Inflation is up when price of basket of good increase.
So when the country’s money managers make it difficult for cash to reach people’s pockets, consumers are hit at both ends, high cost of living and decline in buying power.
My neighbor has a word to describe this, its murder, planned and deliberate killing.
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These bankers and economists are no different from some of the ubiquitous lawyers we see milling in the country’s halls of justice.
I got reminded of a lawyer who was questioning an expert witness. He asked: Dr. Santos, how many autopsies have you done on dead people?
Expert witness, complained to the judge:
“All my autopsies, and your honor, how did this lawyer pass the bar exams?”
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Another lawyer in another case, asked the defendant, showing a foto:
“Is that you in the rightmost side of this picture?
Defendant: “Yes.”
Lawyer, to emphasize his point, followed up his question:
“Were you present when this picture was taken?”
Defendant: “Your Honor, Judge, do I have to answer even a silly question?”
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Schools open this week for F2F classes. Everybody is excited. I asked my 13 year old son:
“You don’t look excited to see your old school friends after two years?”
Son: “Not many of my classmates are back in our school. Many have gone to the Chinese school next town.”
Me: “Why is that?”
Son: “They say they want to be better prepared for that soon coming Chinese takeover.”
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One Christian school, very much in short of funds moved to open a rummage sale. Students were told to help, urged to tell their moms to get rid of everything not worth keeping at home but too good to throw away. Bring them to the school for the rummage sale.
The following day, Delfin asks his teacher:
“Teacher, my mom is asking if the school will accept my dad.”
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Breaking news, the Department of Finance is mulling imposing carbon tax for two reasons: raise more revenues and address environmental concerns.
My neighbor is worried. He says:
“What’s next? Oxygen tax?”
From birth to death, every minute of our life, we pay taxes.
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Joke of the week: Three stages of a man’s sex life.
Tri-weekly. Try-weekly. Try-weakly.