Pakistan as a failed state or India where the governments have failed to delivery, begs us to ask ourselves one simple question, "Is the government capable of solving these problems ?"
My answer is a big NO. For every propblem in our life we think that the government is responsible to solve it. Why is that so ?
Why do we expect FREE education, FREE Healthcare, Job Guarantees, Lower Prices etc from the government ? What makes us think that the government can delivery ?
Thats the crux of our problems. The government is a management nightmare, BJP or Congress. We need limited governments, smaller governments. Smaller goverments means more personal responsibility.
We seem to like the idea of a Welfare state where the govt collects huge amount of Taxes and then gives us subsidy. Why do we want that ? Why dont we let the market decide ?
Why are we so dependent on the government?
We need to challenge this. The bigger the government, the more the corruption and more favourtism and more manipulation.
Why is the government running the railways, the airports, the water supply, electricity...DO you know how inefficiently these places are run ? Who is paying for all that ?
Unless we reaslize this, there will be no difference in governance...BJP or Congress !!!
RE:Please think...before it is too late.
by vinamra singhai on Nov 14, 2007 10:02 PM Permalink
simply amazing and something that we need to think about ..I learned something great today..thanks
RE:Please think...before it is too late.
by Imran on Nov 14, 2007 09:58 PM Permalink
Dude if u dont have the intellectual capacity to give good comments then get out of this forum.
RE:Please think...before it is too late.
by sunil varma on Nov 14, 2007 10:11 PM Permalink
i complealty second u somepeople just dont have the ability to think rationally i call them intelectual handicaps Mr mihir seems to be one of them..... I also beleive that the concept of welfare state has been a failure....while India in the early independence years needed the state to fund large infrasturcture projects and industries it is a natural and logical progression for the market economy to take over the earlier the better
RE:Please think...before it is too late.
by Sarith Sircar on Nov 14, 2007 11:06 PM Permalink
Imran I think you are badly mistaken. Capitalism or market economies will never work on its own unless moderated by a statutory body, which in most cases is the government. I am not commending the government for their failure to deliver. But the fact of the matter is that they have done a fairly good job, if not a great job. Market mobilization is strongly dependent on government policies, so don't rule out the importance of the government. And reading between the lines in your comments, I presume you vouch for smaller governments. So you favour smaller governence units? Does that mean you, in a very subtle way, are advocating 'divide-n-rule'????
