I have come across with a friend’s post about the crazy amount that Villar and Aquino has spent for this election.  The article from PCIJ also mentioned the budget of the other 4 presidential candidates.  Pertaining to Villar and Aquino’s budget, the articles says,

"Villar’s two-month ad spending total of P273 million is more than the  P205-million budget this year of the Department of Education’s School Health and Nutrition Program in the 2010 General Appropriations Act.  It is also way more than the P207 million of the Quirino Memorial Medical Center, and the P179 million of the Amang Rodriguez Medical Center in the 2010 budget.

Similarly, Villar’s ad spending and Aquino’s P176-million ad buys in the first 60 days of the campaign are also bigger than the P168-million budget of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the P151 million of the National Children’s Hospital, the P132 million of the Tondo Medical Center, the P122.8 million for “Health Care Assistance” to indigents in various public hospitals, the P112 million of the National Anti-Poverty Commission, the P90.9 million for the DepEd’s  Medical/Dental and Optical Health and Nursing Services, the P60.5 million of the Presidential Commission for  the Urban Poor, and the P63.8 million of the Philippine Commission on Women in the 2010 budget.."

Having read the budget that they have spent for their advertisement, how are they going to recover the investment?  Investment must be returned, right? otherwise it won’t be a wise investment at all.  Have you ever asked how much does the president of the country receives from the paycheck? Let’s say the president receives Php300,000 every month, multiply it by 72 months (6 years) the total is Php21,700,000 only plus power. So,  monetary return is less than the investment, how about the power?  I guess it’s the power which will give the greatest return of investment.. Be the judge, then.