Kris mas lalong kinainisan ng publiko matapos ipagyabang ang binayarang tax

KUNG may kumampi kay Kris Aquino sa pagpo-post niya sa Instagram ng kabuuang halaga ng buwis na kanyang binabayaran, mas marami kaming nabasang komento na hindi natuwa sa ginawa niya.

Tinawag na desperada, mayabang, insensitive, plastik at iba’t iba pang masasakit na salita ang TV host-actress ng mga netizen. May ilan pa nga na nagmura dahil sa sobrang galit kay Kris. Idimay pa ng ilang bashers ang mga anak nitong sina Joshua at Bimby.

Kalat na ang nasabing IG post ni Kris kung saan ipinagyabang ng TV host ang binayaran niyang buwis simula noong 2008 hanggang 2015. Umabot sa P322,098,558.74 ang naibayad na tax ng Queen of All Media sa loob ng walong taon.

Kahapon, kumalat din ang isang open letter para kay Kris at sa kanyang kapatid na si Pangulong Noynoy mula sa isang Facebook user. Inisa-isa nito ang kanyang punto kung bakit hindi na dapat ipinagmalaki ng nanay ni Bimby ang kanyang ibinayad na buwis.

Marami ang kumampi kay Betty Romero, ang author ng nasabing open letter, humanga rin ang kanyang FB friends sa tapang niyang batikusin ang magkuya. Narito ang kabuuan ng nasabing open letter, kayo na ang humusga sa kanyang ipinaglalaban.

“Dear Kris Aquino,
“Seriously? This? So you, and your brother, the President, got called out for using government property, a helicopter, for a campaign sortie. He defended you by saying you are a member of the First Family and therefore you have a right to ride that chopper, and aside from that, one of the highest taxpayers in the whole country. And that struck a nerve.

“And you responded by appealing for support and posting the photo below on your Instagram account. And truthfully, I thought it was fake, a parody account. I hoped it was fake, that you couldn’t do something as galling (as kapalmuks) as this.

“Why couldn’t you have just apologized? Wouldn’t that have been simpler? And more humble?
“So you make a whole boatload of money. We probably had an idea, and know you’ve made it abundantly clear. By shoving your wealth into our faces, do you actually think you will gain more sympathy, more understanding for yourself?

“That’s a nearly obscene amount of money that could do so much good for a lot of Filipinos. And you play the ‘pity me, support me’ card? When was the last time you got to see how our countrymen who live with poverty and an ineffectual, uncaring government really live?

“Did you watch the debates? Did you see some of your countrymen appealing to the presidentiables to help them solve their daily problems? Did you see the little girl, an honor student who had to write her spelling test on a leaf as her parents couldn’t afford to buy a sheet of paper? The man whose father died of appendicitis and in whose barangay the health center is locked?

“The woman who commutes 6 hours a day in traffic, leaving home before her kids get up, getting home when they are asleep? The OFW with thyroid problems who desperately wants to come home and raise her youngest child, but can’t because she has too much debt? (And did you notice how the OFWs watching barely clapped for your candidate?)

“You have had many privileges in life–wealth, education, talents, and you were the daughter of a slain hero, and the woman who, however briefly, unified our nation after long years of dictatorship. And today you are very wealthy, no doubt you have worked hard for it. But you don’t need to flaunt it this way.

“We don’t need another stark reminder of the inequality gap that makes life an agony every single day for so many of our countrymen. I don’t need to know that one woman pays more taxes in a year than I will make in my lifetime.

“Is it too late to ask for some delicadeza from you? Your #Truth? Ms. #HonestTaxpayer is so far from the reality the rest of us live with everyday.
“Sincerely, Betty Romero
#HonestTaxpayerDinPo?”