Lending the bigger ear


I was able to read the whole article of Gloria Arroyo backtracking on her pledge to support a wage hike, apparently to boost her sagging popularity rating (who said that the presidency is all about popularity ratings?). But true to her indecisive form, she was swayed by businessmen and capitulated to their demand, or whim, not to let the galley slaves in their employ take more dough to their humble abodes in the midst of hard times.
Well, it seems that the government pays more attention to those with fatter bank deposits even though they only constitute a minute minority in this Third World Country. Indeed, it is true that when money talks, everybody listens, even heads of state who got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, err, ballot box!