Is government prepared for a ME job meltdown? Absolutely no

The emptiest boast of government is not the one about inclusive growth. With more than ten million families regularly suffering from pangs of hunger and close to ten million children of school age malnourished, we all know that claim is patently false.

The really, really empty boast is on the fate that faces returning OCWs or OFWs. They can return home, Mr. Aquino’s government said, and find either remunerative jobs that are up for their taking or income-generating business opportunities that they can engage in. That claim is false on all counts, a pie-in-the-sky state bluster. If one million of the 2.3 million OCWs or OFWs with live contracts overseas decide to return home soon, lured by the false promise of “ remunerative jobs” and “ business opportunities,” two things will face them on the short-term. Massive joblessness, non-existing business opportunities, then chaos.