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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 18 Mar \ parent \ on: US Voters Want More Funding for Social Security and Medicare, Less for SBR charts_and_numbers
Yupp. You're absolutely right. There's a big old lie by the name of MNREGA has been set up by the previous governments here. That basically provided a guarantee of 200 day wages to every unemployed person in India. I see many villagers still sing songs for this stupid free shit because they really don't have to work and what they get - 279 Rupees (around $3) per day! The current Modi government wants to stop it but it fears losing the next election. This free shit is cancerous in democracy.
It's why a lot of people think that only net tax payers should be able to vote.
Of course, the problem with that is needing people to support it now, when it's wildly unpopular.
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Never gonna happen in democracy. The premises of democracy is equal rights and representation, which comes in contrast to your opinion.
I think it would be better if governments leave all finances to the private sector and only keep for them what's necessary to run or government a nation.
I mean they should leave Medicare, education, Social security in the hands of corporate or private companies and have Police and administration under them.
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I don't think there's any way to maintain that.
Either A) decisions are made democratically and they devolve into a slim majority living off of a minority, or B) not all decisions are made democratically.
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I agree bot A and B in terms of USA.
However the current Indian government is trying to achieve it here. Of course not much accomplished except a few airports are now run by corporates, before they were also run by governments, but they're better functioning now as I can see.
It can be possible in India because right now India is developing and there's a lot of room for improvement. The local bodies here are mostly and largely corrupt. Everyone knows it so none disagrees to the centre (Modi) when he does somthing unthinkable like once he demonetized all of a sudden.
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