Land Transportation Office

A few years back when I went to register my cars in Land Transportation Office the staff informed me that there were additional charges to car registrations. One of these is for computerization.
OK! transactions will be faster and hassle free> I don't have to wait in line for a long time( I hate fixers-I don't pay bribe money to make life easier for me) The government does not have enough money to fund it, so what is a few hundred.
Anyway it has been years and after millions of registrations and license renewals don't you think we have paid more than enough for all those computers. Then again they'll say that it has to be maintained. Fine! I pay my main IT 50,ooo pesos, the rest of my IT team gets paid minimum. I don't spend millions to maintain my infrastructure(security and new developments) a year. And my infrastructure is WAY sophisticated than that of the LTO.
So what's my point? We have given them enough cash for them to start the ball rolling. They obtain funds from the government( which,by the way, should have funded it) to spend for their developments. They make money from our fees. Do we have to make them rich? Public service is different from private organizations.
Feeling of deja vu dawns on you when you remember that MERALCO used to charge us more than we should pay. They tried to justify the fees but in the end the VOICE OF REASON prevailed. They had to refund consumers to the brink of their demise. All in the spirit of fairness.
Again! Enough is enough. They have made a fortune and change the system. The government is posting growth. We have paid for the computers and maintenance. Don't you think it is aout time they remove the fees. Kailangan pa ba natin bayaran yan? Are we not paying enough taxes to fund it?
Oh and ,by the way, just for you to know that I don't have an ax to grind against the agency. I would like to send KUDOS to Makati LTO. They are the BEST! They got rid of fixers and transactions are so fast you don't see a lot of people queuing everyday. You can pay the stencil boys,sure,(but they don't want to accept it). Some of their staff are stone cold ,you don't see them smile,but they get the job done. NOW THAT IS PUBLIC SERVICE!
I don't have to mention the other branches where I register my other cars coz they skim you for money. Imagine my driver bringing my truck(smoke belcher) and getting it registered for an additional 300 pesos. I was furious! I told him to have it fixed, meaning-ipa calibrate para hindi mausok- and register. Masaya pa sya eh! Boss naayos ko na! Wala na smog test nakatipid pa tayo.hahaha. I had to return to that branch and complain about the smog subcontractor and the guy in the office said "Kumikita si chief dyan sa mga yan walang mangyayari sa reklamo ninyo?-So now you know why even with the clean air act ang dumi pa din ng hangin natin.