Guynextdoor2
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. But the congress and other political parties think otherwise and have their eyes only on the vote banks. To hell with the nation.
The amount going to be sunk in this populist project has been calculated by economists to cost a whopping $ 100 billion in the next 3 years!!! It would certainly have been far better to invest that amount on agriculture, improving the demand-supply chain, building infrastructure and industry etc so that millions could benefit by providing them jobs and improve their standard of living and most of all, make them learn to stand on their own feet.
But then, it's all about those votes. The middle class should now be prepared to shell out more as taxes to fund this grandiose scheme that will give out freebies to even those who don't deserve it. If, according to official stats only 23% are below the poverty line, why give doles to 65% of the population?
Few want to work nowadays due to the doles. A laborer who used to be happy with Rs 100 a day a couple of years ago now demands Rs 600 a day!!! Take it or leave it. If he doesn't get work never mind. He's getting free/subsidized food anyway! So it doesn't matter if he works or not! We are soon becoming a nation of the lazy and lethargic.
What's the other name for Indian politicians? A$$holes!
Rs. 100 a day- means 24 days in a month he'll earn 2400 per month- so your problem is that laborers are no longer interested in working at starvation wages and want a decent life?