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ABAKADA Guro Party List Officers Samson S. Alcantara, et al. vs. The Honorable Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita 469 SCRA 1

ABAKADA GURO PARTY LIST (Formerly AASJAS) OFFICERS SAMSON S. ALCANTARA and ED VINCENT S. ALBANO, Petitioners vs. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA; HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE CESAR PURISIMA; and HONORABLE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE GUILLERMO PARAYNO, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 168056 | 2005-09-01

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AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses. 

-Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727-1781) 
French statesman and economist 

Mounting budget deficit, revenue generation, inadequate fiscal allocation for education, increased emoluments for health workers, and wider coverage for full value-added tax benefits ' these are the reasons why Republic Act No. 9337 (R.A. No. 9337)[1] was enacted. Reasons, the...