6.1 PERCENT GDP! REALLY?? - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is shouting "Yahoo!" again because our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 6.1 percent in 2004. But Moody's rating service is asking a valid question -- why is GMA's government collecting only PhP700 billion in revenues from a PhP4.777 trillion economy? Again, the obvious answer: We have a grossly incompetent and a highly corrupt administration under Mrs. Arroyo (the 2nd most corrupt in the world!). The other question here is -- if it is really true that our GDP went up by 6.1 percent, then why did the BIR fall short in its tax collections? What say you, Makati Business Club?