LOLz... the political simulation game that I'm playing right now is so relevant. It even has an "
RH Bill" issue that I need to decide on.
I'm pro-RH, but since this is my nation, I chose to simply dismiss this issue because I don't believe in using taxpayer's money to subsidize other people's condoms. Socialism is an Epic FAIL. As a matter of fact, my 0% income tax reflects my philosophy of, "Do WTF you want with your own money!"
If I am anti-Socialist, then why am I pro-RH?
Well, let me discuss this issue from a point of view of a computer programmer. Programmers are systems thinkers who approach problems as parts of an overall system. When implementing a solution to a particular problem, we programmers usually have to choose between two solutions: the elegant solution or the kludgey solution.
Elegant solutions take time and are very costly to implement, but the end result is beautiful code that feels "correct". Elegant solutions often involve rewriting everything from scratch to free yourself from the limitations of badly-written code (i.e., if your site is too slow, don't use Drupal; use a lightweight framework instead lol). Kludgey solutions, on the other hand, might take only a dozen lines of code to implement, but you need to accept the maintenance headaches and side-effects that it would bring.
Going back to the RH bill issue, we see that our Philippine government is attempting to solve the problem of poverty via population control. The RH bill subsidizes Filipinos by providing free condoms and health care.
I don't agree with the RH Bill because it's a kludgey solution. The elegant solution is to abolish all taxes and state subsidies (including free education, health care, and food subsidies), abolish the minimum wage law, rewrite the constitution to encourage foreign investments, and dismantle the government such that only the absolute minimum is left. Filipinos can buy condoms and birth control pills using their own money. If they want to make babies, then go ahead-- let them go forth into the world and multiply. Let them multiply as many times as they like but they shouldn't expect the government to feed and take care of them. They're on their own.
The problem with our present system is that the government subsidizes the needs of the people. It can't subsidize effectively because money doesn't grow on trees. To put it bluntly, the Philippines is poor and can't provide the needs for all people. Allowing the population to grow fast and letting the government subsidize them isn't sustainable; it will lead to system failure because we'll run out of resources. Just like a badly-written program with memory leaks, the Philippines will crash if you let it run with sustained and increasing load.
I can't understand why the Roman Catholic church is so opposed to this bill. They keep on preaching about the morality of sex and on how birth control pills are abortifacients, but do you hear them propose an alternative solution to the country's problems? Is the Catholic Church willing to subsidize the needs of Filipinos instead?
Thus, in lieu of an elegant solution that would abolish Socialism in the Philippines, I pragmatically accept that the kludgey and doable solution is to control the population using the current Socialist structure of our government. Restructuring the government may be the correct elegant solution, but expecting it to happen immediately is impractical. Let's pass the RH Bill instead. Let's fight Socialism with Socialism.
Anyway, here's the political simulation game that I mentioned earlier:
The Issue
