Was Villar really poor?

I think he is poor compared to the Aquino's. My father is a retired professor, my brother is a government employee, the other brother supervises a construction, I am a government employee, my sister works in a hospital who is under the supervision of Germany. All live in one house, yet we still consider our family poor. There were instances that we just sleep because of having no food to cook. But for some we are not, because we do have television and some other things. I guess Villar leveled or made comparison of his status to the Aquino's with that I can say he is poor. The labeling of who is poor or who is rich is based on how a person perceived his financial condition. I think if his parents were rich they could have not employed themselves, I think they will just sit around and read newspapers and let their work people do the hard labor just like the Aquino's. His parents working indicates that they were/are like us doing our very hard and earn a living to provide food in the table.And I must say, I believe Kris Aquino thinks she is poor compared to Paris Hilton. I believe that this may be his way in getting the the people to vote for him, but everybody has its own ways, and if he says that he is poor, then maybe he is.

Personally i really dont think villar is poor well maybe that time they were financially challenged but to the extent of being poor thats a big no.Well you are correct when you said hes just using this as a tactic to use against his political enemies for as we all know most of our country men are ignorant when it comes to the true intention of their candidates. Too bad if this guy wins i wonder how will he use the money of the public i bet he needs to get his investment back first ;)

Hi! I like this discussion so even if it has been posted two weeks ago, I hope you will still entertain my participation.. Well dear, certainly I don't believe Manny Villar is poor. Of course he was not as rich as now but he could not be considered poor. Your researches are valid evidences to that. I would say they could not be classified as poor as what he was trying to make it appear. This is the reason why I hate this man. He is using the poor and the term "poor" to his advantage and so many poor people are seemed to be so beguiled by his lies. Corned beef is not the food of the poor. The poor people would rejoice once they eat corned beef actually because it shows they have the money and could rest from eating just salt and rice. The poor are those who go to public schools without even "baon" but Manny Villar was able to afford good education from good private schools simply because his parents are hardworking but not poor. Poor people can afford to buy stainless steel clad jeep and would only walk or make do with self improvised "kariton". The poor people are those who could eat corned beef only if their neighbors shared some to them. Her mother is a market vendor and a market vendor though deprived of sophistication is not deprived of money. In fact they earn more than just ordinary employee. I know that because I have so many friends in the market who do not dress stylishly as I do every day but do earn more than I do because they themselves were saying they earn thousands of pesos each day. Yes they are tired, they wake up so early, to sweat it out to earn their money, their job is not a white-collar one, they have to really exert more time and effort but they reap good money from their labor. This does not mean they are poor. They just do work very hard and they look like poor because they don't wear the fine clothing of office girls like me but they are not poor. They have more money in the bank than other ordinary employees. Not because Manny Villar is from Tondo he is already poor. NO, NO, NO! He is capitalizing on this and would want to make it appear that he is as poor as those scavengers? Well at his ultra rich stature now, maybe to him all those who do not have as much money as he does are already poor. Oh this Villar is obviously fooling the Filipino people. He could not fool me and I'm glad you seem to be wise as well. I am not voting for him. I will not vote for this man who is so obsessed with his ambition to become the most powerful man of this land. But I pray God will not allow a man like him to rule our country. I am not voting for Villar and the reason as here: http://hubpages.com/hub/notformannyvillar

I totally agree with you. I really don't care whether he was poor or not, cause what I care about is what he's going to do once he's elected. I hate that he's almost saying that rich people, or those who are born rich won't care for you as much as he does. Total crap. Winnie Monsod has this to say about Manny Villar's claims of him 'being poor': http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100327-261024/Awesome-claims Read this, I know you're going to like it.

Last night, in a related online forum, I read a discussion talking about negative things about Noynoy. Tonight, it's about Villar. Now, I am convinced I will not vote for the two of them. One is incapable, while the other one is a liar. And here comes another liar, Erap Estrada. He is claiming during his presidency, there were no corrupt deals, no wars and troubles in Mindanao, etc. Liar! I won't vote for liars. What about Villanueva? Also a liar? Yes! He's claiming we the Seventh-Day Adventists have already vowed for him. Another liar! Now, I'll think about voting for Gibo... I don't want liar leaders. :)

I think too that only Villar is a pro poor but not totally poor. Maybe in his era, they are poor in materials things. Can he abolish the poor in the Philippines unless he gave jobs to all household in the Philippines. And it is a sin to have no work, it will go to jail.

He maybe using the poor words as advantage in his political ambition but he maybe right for doing so. He is already a millionaire by a standard...so why would he seek the presidential chair maybe because he really wanted to serve poor people. I don't want to judge him early because like the other candidates we don't know for sure what he really he is up to.For me I will give him a chance.

This discussion shocked me a lot. I feel throwing up and dizzy just by reading more on the details. I hope that the voters will help educate their co-voters especially those who have less access on the internet.

Now, the truth unfolds... After reading your premises and Monsod's article, there is no doubt that this Villar is not indeed the man that he claims to be. He is definitely lying just the way he consistently lie about C5 and Daang Hari. How I wish your research will be made known throughout so Villar will stop claiming that he had been poor (as in real poor).

That is what he claims. But for sure, we cannot verify if the reports of him coming from the less fortunate is valid. Now, he spends as if there was not tomorrow. All these spending scares me as a Filipino. For sure, he will try to get everything back he spends for. And where else will he get it from if elected.

Congratulation!!! young people of the Philippines. You have waken up. You have discovered the real truth about Villar. So vote with your conscience. I'm voting not for my self, but for the youth. Para sa inyo. Honestly speaking, I'm voting for NOYNOY-MAR TANDEM, both are economists period.

Well I guess Villar might be poor but doesn't belong to the poorest of the poor so there might be some struggles throughout his life but I think his parents were good provider in a way that they've done everything they could in order to support the family. The campaign of his is pretty much very effective though and he played the game well.

I am not against to Mr. Villar or to any candidates.We don't exactly know their background. I am looking for any President who has vision to move our country forward to a greater progress like our neighbors. Poor or rich president it does not matter to me provide he is an able, genuine true leader who will lift up our poor people and our country into class A level.

I think that Manny Villar really experienced to have a poor life when he was still a child but i also believe that their family didn't stucked to that situation because eventually their financial assets grow.

The right term for that would be financially challenged. Even rich people are financially challenged. For poor people, they need money to at least achieve the 3 basic necessities in life. The middle class people need money to satisfy both wants and needs. The rich people need money to gain higher investment in their respective businesses. No one is exempted with it. As for villar, his poor image may have greatly worked for him. However, he is doing the opposite by spending too much for his campaign.