nag-iisip pa kaya siya?

i was riding the jeepney home and four street kids got inside and started wiping our shoes and asking for alms. they were running barefooted and wearing tattered clothes. they were also playing patintero with the cars and, gulp, trucks. this wasn't the first time i saw this scene but somehow it got me thinking: does our president ever see this? duh, i mean syempre it's not like she rides jeepneys noh pero when she passes by the slum areas [if she ever does], does she ever think about them? really think about them? or even care? or does she zoom past them with all her PSGs leading the way and not even thinking about these kids? i hope she does. but if she does, well, what is she doing about it? someday, i will talk to the president.

xalai: so Madame President, what are you doing about the poverty situation of the country?
President: well, xalai, i fix the economy first then we all move forward. if only detractors stop meddling. buy hey, look, the peso is doing well.
xalai: when you see street children what do you do? concretely?
President: i pray for them and do something about the economy so in the long run they will stop being poor.
xalai: but, don't you, like, get down from your car and talk to them and give them food or clothes?
President: well, as much as i'd love to do that, i'm a busy woman and have plenty other errands to attend to. the social work department can take care of that.
xalai: oh.
xalai: ma'am tell me, is the economy fine?
President: yes. it's doing a lot better than the past years. the peso is getting back...
xalai: but are the people really doing better, ma'am
President: well..
xalai: i'm no economist ma'am but the value of the peso is not the only indicator of a good economy, is it?
President: you see...
xalai: and if the economy is fine, why is the standard of living still not better for the masses?
President: you don't know what you're talking about.
xalai: maybe i don't but i feel its repercussions. so if i don't know anything, what do you know? good day ma'am.

then do a karate chop and assume presidency.

if only it were that easy.