December Thoughts

This last month of 2024 is hard and brutal. I see its shape from far
away but I don't have to like it. Philippine lawmakers decided to pass
next year's national budget full of controversies and everyone
questioning the sanity of the Philippine House of Representatives and
also the Senators. They cut the money for education, healthcare and
major infrastructure projects. They increased funding for social
welfare projects that are controlled by individual congressmen and
senators. You can smell the fear. It's an election year. They have to
survive. They did not fund healthcare and left members to themselves.

Trump is going to be inaugurated January 2025 President of the United
States. I know a lot of people suffered depression after the election
last November. A man murdered the CEO of a big healthcare company.
There was sympathy not for the victim of the crime but towards the
perpetrator.

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