WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

An Aquino regime is difficult to fathom -- is it democratic or fascist? It is very hazy as to what its policies are. In the beginning, during the first SONA, PNoy said that the OFW phenomenon would be a thing of the past. And yet now, it has acquired a full-blown culture. 

The initial problems of the OFW policy -- that of exporting labor to foreign countries were the illegal recruitment to employers who -- gave the wrong salaries unstated int he contract; who overworked the employees; who kept the OFW passports; who denied them humane treatment.

Now the OFW phenomenon has become very much broader -- the OFWs are being used as drug mules -- carrying drugs and other illegal paraphernalia to other countries. 

An extension of that is the human trafficking aspect -- that of OFWs being traded off as prostitutes to foreigners. 

The whole phenomenon is nothing but a cop-out to the need to uphold the dignity of labor. Actually, as soon as a citizen leaves the airport, he or she is already abandoning all hopes if not 80% of that for protection as a citizen, much more so as an employed person. OFWs are at the mercy of their employers if they have one, or of the host countries. 

And yet, when our heroes and heroines sacrificed their lives so that we could have independence from the colonial powers, their view was that we would all stay here and enjoy the bounty of our land. 

Where do we go from here?