i've been to the phils. for a holiday just can't figure out the commodities is to high the prices is converted

Question

into a dollar and how could the local have a decent life wherein their salary is only $ 6 a day?

Answer 1

that's life in the philippines.
all hard work but very meager income.

very meager income and the costs of everything is really high.

but still people can survive. can't blame the people, it's the existing system that sucks and should be changed.

Answer 2

Mabuhay! Kamusta ka? They can't,, A peso is very close to two cents,, so, right now, it is easy to proximate the cost of things there,,,about $6 a day,,wrong,,that is the AVERAGE, as of about 6 years ago. I know a famer, that works about 12 hours, for the equvilant of $1.85 per day. I know college graduates, that make as much as $40 a week, and considered well off. Many leave the family, for the OSW,,,Over seas worker program,,,working in another country, and sending most of the pay home. Most Philipinos live in what we would call, an "extended family" so meager resources can be pooled, and shared. The un employment rate is 25 % there. If you are a typical American, I hope you understand a little of the needs you saw there, and maybe open your heart a little to help at least one person there. I plan on retiring to there, in four more years, and volunteer english, at college level, so they can learn proper pronunciations, and our silly slang. I also am an avid gardener, and have talked to some one, in their agriculture dept. about setting up a seed program, and help people learn to garden, and container garden, to help the people help themselves. When I go there, I bring clothes, cheese, meat, to help those I know. The poverty is very,very real. The only people there with a decent standard of living, are business owners that suceed, and politicians, feeding off the already poor. That is the way it is. I help people there. a hundred a month, to a deserving person, will give them a college education. A thousand pesos, to a rice farmer, will make them cry. I will always help them. If you have any thing you wish to ask, please feel free to ask me, at [e-mail],,,salamat po!

Answer 3

That is what happens when you have 80 million people and only 30 million jobs ! Some are allways willing to take a little less so the wages are allways low !! But contrary to what some here say the prices for most things are incredibly low ! and i mean half and more less than in Canada and the U S A !! That is why so many americans who are lower middle class at home can act like kings in Phil !! The money they earn goes so much farther in Phil .

Answer 4

actually, the prices are way cheaper it depends where you shop where you can still bargain for the price. most filipinos can't live a decent life out of that salary you've mentioned but that's the reality in our country, sad but true. aren't you shock when you see kids ages from 3yrs old up selling water bottles and cigarettes and sampaguita beating the heat and traffic. that's why it depresses me everytime i go home to see the condition of our people especially the children. they don't deserve that kind of life but what can we do? i guess prayers and hope for the best for the filipino people. take care.

Answer 5

it's indeed the most common life of ordinary filipino's...working too hard would only pay off a small amount of money...prices of commodities keeps on increasing but salaries remain little. however, filipino's stays very hard-working, dedicated, loyal & sincere.

Answer 6

the commodities are too high because of the VAT (value added taxes). the government says that they'll use VAT to pay the country's debts but I think.... [Im not sure].... they just put it into their own pockets. Also, i think you generalized too much on the $6 a day. there are others who earn much more...... It varries.......... =) mabuhay!!

Answer 7

6$? i can lived with that lol

Answer 8

C'est la vie, darling.
That's the way it is in the Philippines.
It's sad but that's the truth.
(--,)

Answer 9

ONLI IN DA PILIPINS