E-vat on oil

I believe the obvious question everyone is asking.... "Why in the world can't that e-vat be removed?"

C'mon lets be honest with ourselves, will it really help a lot more people if it stays there, rather than be lifted away from the prices of oil... which in turn if it was ever to be lifted, would definitely save us from the soaring prices of basic commodities, transportation, services, and everything else under the Philippines sun!!!

They say e-vat is for the benefit of the masses "pang masang pilipino". But the question is who are the masses? Is it not true that the population of this so called "masses" is comprised of people who buy rice grains, ride jeepney, buy shampoo, or toothpaste sachets from their nearest sari-sari store? Exactly the same people who are now suffering from the price hikes of all these things because oil price is continously rising and e-vat deepens the pain even more.

The reality is, e-vat has failed to protect the interest of the many. It may have only served the interest of a few number of politicians, and our country needs to re-assess these matters. In my point of view defending e-vat by threatening the people that by removing it, the gov't. will no longer be able to support projects for the masses, is very similar to meralco trying to defend systems loss with the analogy of an ice melting... both are flawed concepts trying to justify a mistake simply to earn more profit.