A small gas/service station that the government has put up for public bidding to serve a corner of the Clark Special Economic Zone (Clark) is, from our usual reckoning, an investment opportunity for the SMEs. It is a business concern that runs smack into the investment capacity of enterprises just above the level of mom and pop operators. And you would expect the giant corporations, in the spirit of noblesse oblige, not to grab that SME-scale business.

After all, the really rich and their fat corporations own and control most things in our country. Corporate profits have reached dizzying levels. And our wealthy are being assiduously tracked down by Forbes for its list of the world’s super rich. And, definitely, they can spare some of the investment opportunities to others who are less entrenched and less connected. Spreading opportunities around helps strengthen the democratic institutions and helps build a strong middle class.

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