Debt of Gratitude... root of most (all) evil in politics!

It's hard being a politician, having these kinds of "values" which you credit those who help you gain position. Instead of them being a public servant, they become the puppets of some person or mafia and they gain power without the common people noticing them. Wish the government in the Philippines would straighten up.

Here's my take on this one. I personally think that gratitude is just one piece of the puzzle. The main reason why corruption exists in our country is because of the type of government that we have. By being under a democratic society, those who rule can't really help but be corrupted by system. You really can't blame these guys actually (except gma ofcourse) lol.

I see that we are reading between the same lines. I guess any other trait can be used for good or bad purposes. Gratitude is just one of them. Surprisingly, I am not shocked. I don't put people into pedestals, and politicians are not excepted. Every person has a a good side and a bad side. It's just a matter on how much focus other people are willing to put to it. For example, people might not care about a politician's indiscretions of he is doing a competent job. Others will not see anything but a lecherous man. There is no perfect person and people just have to compromise to get the best out of everything. In politics, it is easier to do since that world is full of compromises from many parties at many moments. It is hard to follow and do a virtue, simply becuase it raises expectations. If a politician does all good, people are going to smell a rat and think that the person is too good to be true.

Lhenni: If you sound disillusioned with the menace called corruption [as do some who have responded before me] in your country, the don't despair: it is now a world wide phenomenon. In different degrees & ways. Which is why Transparency International publishes World Corruption Index every year. Hoping it may shame nations or more importantly the people who govern the nations. But evidence is rare to show it actually helps to change. If you looked just beyond the borders of your country and at my country you will hear stories of scams, scandals and frauds in abundant measure. There is only just a small silver lining on the clouds of late [don't know how illusory it may end up as] that high & mighty are being brought to justice. How well sustained it is and how deterring for future is something hard to guess.

you know filipino values are there we have all the filipino traits like being truthful, initiative, we help who's in need, hospitable, we all have it, but nowadays money revolves the world particularly in politics so they obey rules and laws to make many money, that's a fact Philippines is the most corrupt country that has no shyness in their skin mostly politics who run in the senate, congressman/woman, mayor, vice mayor, baranggay officials, up to the tanod, many of them are corrupt and they use their power to make "kagaguhan", they want only money not the values of filipino, so other countries will misunderstand us because of our political leaders who was not doing right in terms of corrupting money to us, filipino was lost their traits because of the evil politics that's a fact.