Dear Shri Narendrabhai,
RaGa's announcement yesterday of a Guaranteed Basic Income of
Rs 12,000 pm to 5 crore poor families ( by doling out Rs 6000 / month ), is a
HONEY-TRAP !
Please , do not fall for this .
Do not try to counter this with any equally irrational scheme
!
Instead , tell the poor :
If you vote NDA to power, we will ensure that you get the
SKILL that will earn you - and each adult member of your family - Rs 20,000 per
month !
And , the NDA government will bear ALL the expense ( for all
the members of your family ) , to acquire those SKILLS From being made to
" Beg for a dole " , we will enable you to " Earn your Respect
" !
What will win the War ?
It seems Congress is
concerned more with winning the elections (
- the BATTLE )
Yesterday it announced a
monthly payment of Rs 6,000 for 5 crore poor families – a version of UBI (
Universal Basic Income )
May be , after vainly trying
umpteen different schemes towards “ Garibi Hatao “ for over 60
years, Congress has concluded :
There is no way to “ hatao
garibi “ . There is no way to reduce / eliminate poverty ( - the WAR )
For the next few days ,
experts / economists and TV panelists , will hotly debate the pros and cons of
this Congress announcement
I doubt whether a single
opponent of this announcement will point out the greatest psychological damage
this scheme will do to the very people ( 5 crore poor families ) it is supposed
to help
This scheme will try to
consolidate / re-confirm their belief that :
“ Poverty is our birth right.
We are born poor / will die poor. Our only “nirvana” from this abject poverty
is death “
Will any expert dare to tell
these poor :
“ You are being drugged with
an opium called election
. The design of the
grand old party is to ensure that you remain poor forever – so that it can
throw crumbs at you every 5 years, to induce you to vote for them “
I hope that the BJP
spokesperson on the TV panel has the courage to say :
We do not
believe in feeding fish to a hungry man. We believe in teaching him, how to
fish
As against that Rs 6000 /
month announced by Congress, we propose to spend Rs 5,000 / month to impart
SKILL toANY person , so that he / she can use that acquired skill to
earn an honorable living and pull himself out of the perpetual poverty
If voted to power, we promise
to implement :
NITI Aayog suggests raising monthly training stipend to
Rs 5,000 ( 19 March 2019 )
We believe, any form of dole
– by whatever name called – is :
Undisputed Bad Idea
-as
explained in :
The reason
it is a bad idea is :
# At
its fundamental conceptual framework, a currency note
denotes “ Tangible Work “
# Currency
notes came into existence as a convenient way to “ Measure and Exchange “ , each
other’s work
# Handing
over to anyone, a currency note without any exchange of WORK in return, is no
more than getting
someone
else to put in that work
# When
a government , introduces UBI , it is handing out currency notes deposited in
the exchequer by tax
payers
, ie: work put in by some other citizens
# UBI
may end up “ de-motivating “ the
recipients from acquiring skills to pull themselves up with bootstraps
# UBI
will usher a “ dependency culture “ where the recipients always depend upon “ Sarkar Maa-Baap “
And , last
but not the least :
# Given
the complexity of determining the target group – and its subsequent
administering – UBI tends to become
arbitrary / unwieldy and a breeding ground for corruption
Now , what
could have emboldened the Congress to announce this scheme ?
Could it be
a very high probability that it will never win enough seats in the LokSabha
elections to form a government , and therefore, will not be called upon to
implement this scheme ?
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26 March 2019
Rsvp
: hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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