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The lawmaker's offer

Ellen Tordesillas
September 19, 2013

One of the lawmakers implicated in the pork barrel scam operated by Janet Lim Napoles sent feelers to Malacañang about three weeks ago.

The offer: “I will return the money I got from my PDAF fund plus interest. I will make a public apology. I will resign and will not run for elective office again.”

The requested reward: “Please don’t file plunder charges against me.”

Reason for the offer: “One, I want to spare my grandchildren the stigma of having a grandparent convicted of plunder. Two, I am currently ‘down.’ This is not the best time of my life.”

My source declined to identify the lawmaker and the branch of legislature. I can only guess the identity based on the demands: he or she is old enough to have grandchildren and is eligible for election in 2016.


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of course, he is remorseful.  but would he have thought of his grandchildren and of how bad his plunder was if he weren't caught?

it was hubris right from the start. 

Bahini ko plete uli be gamay ra puahahaha

bwahaha!

ako pod, taga'i pod ko gamay'ng donasyon for my drive to and from the hospital.  

just a speck of the total amount he allegedly got would be enough for my sister's whole chemotherapy treatment (PhP1.7m).  it would probably take me the whole year to raise this amount, if at all. 

my sister is a taxpayer who had cried some years back when she realized how unbelievably big her tax deductions are.  she has learned to live with it, but i don't think she can forgive our thieving legislators.

Quote from: islander on September 27, 2013, 02:36:15 AMMy source declined to identify the lawmaker and the branch of legislature. I can only guess the identity based on the demands: he or she is old enough to have grandchildren and is eligible for election in 2016.

the scuttlebutt is that it's revilla.

sakita pod uy.

this past year, I paid the US federal government $8,000 worth in taxes, and the state of Illinois $4,000 worth in taxes. Most of my money will go to ... who knows. excessive federal spending is the problem here in the united states.

With that much money in taxes paid, i could have bought myself a small little cute payag in manga, valencia.

Quote from: islander on September 28, 2013, 01:09:27 PM
just a speck of the total amount he allegedly got would be enough for my sister's whole chemotherapy treatment (PhP1.7m).  it would probably take me the whole year to raise this amount, if at all. 

my sister is a taxpayer who had cried some years back when she realized how unbelievably big her tax deductions are.  she has learned to live with it, but i don't think she can forgive our thieving legislators.

it truly isn't fair to read things such as this. kuan pod ba, ma sakit atong kasingkasing. your sister is lucky, indeed, and blessed to have an ate like you, tita. God Bless you!

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 30, 2013, 02:56:24 AM
it truly isn't fair to read things such as this. kuan pod ba, ma sakit atong kasingkasing. your sister is lucky, indeed, and blessed to have an ate like you, tita. God Bless you!

Yes! It mstters to the heart what you are and what you do

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 30, 2013, 02:54:54 AM
sakita pod uy.

this past year, I paid the US federal government $8,000 worth in taxes, and the state of Illinois $4,000 worth in taxes. Most of my money will go to ... who knows. excessive federal spending is the problem here in the united states.

With that much money in taxes paid, i could have bought myself a small little cute payag in manga, valencia.

I thought you pay more than that?

i paid more than $200,000 in taxes. to the federal govt.   no state taxes in florida

Quote from: chicogon on October 01, 2013, 02:32:50 AM
I thought you pay more than that?

this year i had elected to get the most deductions. that way i didn't have to pay too much by the end of the year. had i elected to have taken least deductions, i probably would have owed the feds and state... ALOT .

too much ra pod. ma sakitan atong dughan. haha!

Quote from: chicogon on October 01, 2013, 02:29:05 AM
Yes! It mstters to the heart what you are and what you do

hehehe! you're right!

Quote from: balong on October 01, 2013, 03:21:38 AM
i paid more than $200,000 in taxes. to the federal govt.   no state taxes in florida

Illinois sucks. we are over-taxed in this bankrupted state. in time, i would like to move back to the east coast and practice medicine there.

my colleagues in internal medicine average $235,000 here in chicago. but i have friends who are being salaried back in new jersey starting at $315,000. not including sign on bonus usually around $20,000 - $25,000.

i considered relocating to the south (thought about texas, georgia (only because i have an tito who owns a clinic and wants me to take it over...he's retiring...lol)) anyways, its just too hot over there. i can't do the 115 degree summers !

sakitan atong dughan because if one makes over 150k diri sa usa, you are taxed at 33% ! jawa'a pod.

imagine ...1/3 of your entire earnings is taken away. pakk dat shet meyn !

don't touch my money, uncle sam !  

ps. how does the tax system work in the philippines?

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 11:42:48 AM
sakitan atong dughan because if one makes over 150k diri sa usa, you are taxed at 33% ! jawa'a pod.

imagine ...1/3 of your entire earnings is taken away. pakk dat shet meyn !

don't touch my money, uncle sam !  

the 50k that uncle sam takes away, i can build a comfortable house in valencia.

$50,000 = 2.1 million pesos.

$200,000 is more than 8 mil in the phil. lucky or unlucky no. for the boss

pwede na ka mo campaign for maribojoc mayor.

ingon kono ang tawo sa munisipyo ... to become mayor kono, expect to spend around $500,000 to $1 million.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 01:56:52 PM
pwede na ka mo campaign for maribojoc mayor.

running for barangay captain

Quote from: chicogon on October 01, 2013, 02:32:50 AM
I thought you pay more than that?

unsaonz man lageh, fr. roel, datu gazod ko. dato ko sa pobre. bwahahaha!

wowzerz!

datu sa medical loans. bwahaha! wowzerz na wowzerz gazod. intawon...

di zod mawa nang loans. naa kanunay. i have a niece who owes more than $100,000 in student loans.

bwahahaha! don't you know? american - graduated doctors are very rich (in loans, lol). we get out of medical school with loans up to around $250,000 to $300,000.

ps. your niece is lucky. 100k is cheap.

and don't even get me started on obamacare.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 02, 2013, 02:54:04 PM
bwahahaha! don't you know? american - graduated doctors are very rich (in loans, lol). we get out of medical school with loans up to around $250,000 to $300,000.

ps. your niece is lucky. 100k is cheap.

Tinuod jud na... it's prohibitive - money-wise - to send kids to college... samot nag mag doktor!

Quote from: chicogon on October 03, 2013, 02:33:19 AM
Tinuod jud na... it's prohibitive - money-wise - to send kids to college... samot nag mag doktor!

my siblings and i are lucky our parents are very supportive of our academic endeavors. both my sister and i are in medicine. the third child, my younger brother, is a 3rd year pre-medicine student. he wants to go into orthopaedic surgery. our bunso, andre, is a 1st year in high school. he also wants to go into medicine...kuan kono either pediatrics or family medicine. 

we are , truly, lucky to have very supportive parents. Thanks God!

you will hit it BIG doc. the more you give the more you receive. first, you work to earn money, then you let your money work for you. doctors earn a lot. so in no time at all, you can pay off your loans. then you start saving for capital.

my nephew, the head honcho of a corporation of anesthesiologists in pennsylvania earns over a million dollars a year, easy. he has a money manager, who, i am pretty sure, puts his money in blue chips. because he has no time to put it in penny stocks. when you trade in penny stocks, you have to watch it very closely.  a difference of just one minute will spell a fortune for you or disaster.

bisan usa ka sako pa imong ipohonan ug penny stocks, if you dont know what you are doing, tilapan lang. you will be wiped out. making money , like everything else, is just a skill, which can be learned. give me a thousand dollars, i can make it into a million in only a couple of years. i am an artist with penny stocks.

Pwera Bujag!