WHO sez President BS Aquino The Last was heartless in vetoing the bill giving a P2,000 hike in the monthly pension of retired Social Security System (SSS) members? He immediately saw that signing the bill means the SSS executives who are dear to his heart will lose millions of their perks.

As a caring person, he couldn’t bear to see his dearest friends, especially those in the top 10 percent of society, get less than what they had been enjoying. He had just approved the increase in the monthly pay of the SSS president by P200,000, of the vice president by P150,000 and of about 250 legislators by P100,000 each so why should he allow a decrease in the pay and perks of SSS execs? See? He wants to spread the sunshine. He doesn’t play favorites among those close to him.

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