A proposal to solve corruption

How relevant the scripture is when the Lord Jesus said, “Unless you become like little children, you cannot enter the Kingdom of God.” Filipinos need to become childlike to be able to discern simple truths amid mountains of fake news. Many educated people, bereft of wisdom like the Pharisees of old, cannot solve simple problems because their minds are full of inconsequential ideas.

Corruption prevails in our country because we are blind to the best practices of advanced nations that have achieved peace and prosperity. Clean countries, like Singapore, Japan, Scandinavian countries, etc., have become wealthy because a nice and clean environment makes people decent and leads to a very low crime rate. More investors and tourists will come. Dahil sa makalat na lugar, maraming magnanakaw; sa malinis na lugar, kaunti lang ang magnanakaw.

I, therefore, recommend a doable solution to the problem of corruption in our country: implement an antilittering ordinance. The cheapest form of flood control is to penalize plastic litterers.

The government can even earn a lot of money because many Filipinos are, by nature, litterers. Our humongous debt burden will be eased, and, God willing, we can become peaceful and prosperous, too.

William G. Pulido,