Overpopulation

April 1/2005

Dear Editor:

Overpopulation

Not enough jobs is the flip side of too many applicants. In brief, there are already far too many workers than the Philippine economy needs workers.

But then again, we also do have highly educated superstitious primitives who have not ceased proclaiming that there is no population problem in the Philippines. As if, in this country, we are all already living a comfortable life without having to degrade the capacity of our environment to support that same comfortable style for future Filipinos yet to be born in the years to come.

Really, in this country, thanks to our religious values and beliefs, we do not need a reason to believe in something. But we do need a reason to believe in nothing. As a matter of fact, thanks to our system of education, we all come out of our schools, colleges, and universities ready to be good; unfortunately, to be good for nothing.

Sincerely,
Poch Suzara
Bertrand Russell Society, Phil
p.o. box 3036 Makati City