Students weigh in on pork barrel issue

To be honest, most of the youth are not often involved with anything concerning politics, or problems, or the country’s struggles. However, the issue about the pork barrel, has evolved into something so big and rampant that it’s caught even our attention. We high school students speak for ourselves when we say that, as Filipino citizens, we want to make a stand against it.

Definitely, the misuse of the pork barrel strikes us the most - how can the very people we’ve trusted to rule over us actually have the guts to take advantage of what the people actually work for and spend this money for their own conceited uses? It’s no wonder that the poor are only continuing to grow poorer, and the richer are just growing richer. Where does the people’s hard-earned money go? To expensive sports cars, twenty-eight houses, fake NGOs, and many others, of course. Who else are we to blame for the lack of educational facilities and the unwavering poverty rate? Ourselves? Certainly not!