THE Liberal Party has been quick to discredit the proposals for tax reform, especially the proposal by Vice President Jejomar Binay to exempt low- to middle-income earners of P30,000 a month and below from paying income taxes.

But LP should also be worried about Senator Grace Poe’s proposal to reassess income brackets. After all, it just might prove as false all of matuwid-na-daan’s press releases about poverty alleviation. (Is it 1 million out of poverty, or 2 million? Mar Roxas himself was confused about the numbers in an interview with Mike Enriquez on radio.)

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