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  1. Cheeniya

    Cheeniya Super Moderator Staff Member IL Hall of Fame

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    I asked a 35-year-old unemployed youth standing at the village's paan shop, "Why don't you do something productive and earn? You spend the whole day drinking and spitting out Rajshree (a brand of tobacco/pan masala)."
    He replied, "It's my choice."

    I asked, "Are you married?"
    He said, "Yes."

    I asked, "How did you get married?" He said, "I got 30,000 rupees from the Chief Minister's Adarsh Vivah Yojana (a government scheme) and 2,50,000 rupees from the Antyodaya Kanya Vivah Yojana (another government scheme)."

    I asked, "Don't you need to work for your children?" He said, "Delivery is free under the Janani Suraksha Yojana (a government scheme), and I get 1,500 rupees and 20,000 rupees under the Bhagini Prasuti Yojana (another government scheme)."

    I asked, "What about your children's education?" He said, "Everything is free for them - education, uniforms, books, and food. And under the Chief Minister's Naulnihaal and Medhavi Chhatravriti Yojana (government schemes), they get money every year."

    I asked, "How do you run your household?" He said, "My younger daughter got a cycle from the government. My son got a laptop. My parents get old-age pension, and we get rice for 1 rupee per kilo for the whole month."

    I asked, "Don't you need to work for your parents' pilgrimage?" He said, "I've sent them under the Chief Minister's Teerth Yatra Yojana (government scheme)."

    I asked, "At least work for their medical treatment?" He said, "I have an Ayushman card, so I get free treatment up to 5 lakhs."

    I asked, "What about their funeral expenses?" He said, "There's a 1-rupee electric crematorium."

    I asked, "Don't you need to work for your children's marriage?" He smiled and said, "It'll happen the same way I did."

    He continued, "You and lakhs of people like you work and pay taxes for us. Farmers work hard to produce grains, and the government buys them and gives them to us for free. So why should we work?"

    Please share this message in all groups so that the government knows why our country is behind Japan despite being a large nation. Vande Mataram.
     
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  2. Thyagarajan

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    In this context I hv come across a message as below. I am afraid I haven't got it fact checked.
    THE SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY DECIDED TO SET UP A COMMITTEE TO FORM AN ALL INDIA TAX PAYERS' ORGANIZATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE LARGEST BODY IN THE WORLD.​

    NO GOVERNMENT CAN ANNOUNCE ANY FREE ELECTRICITY, FREE WATER, FREE DISTRIBUTION OR LOAN WAIVERS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THIS BODY, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH GOVERNMENT IS RULING.

    SINCE THE MONEY BELONGS TO OUR TAX PAYERS, TAXPAYERS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MONITOR ITS USE.

    POLITICAL PARTIES KEEP LURING voters BY HANDING OUT FREEBIES FOR VOTES. WHATEVER PROJECTS ARE ANNOUNCED, THE GOVERNMENT MUST FIRST SUBMIT THEIR BLUEPRINTS AND GET APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY.

    This should also apply to salaries of MPs and MLAs and other non-discretionary benefits received by them. ( But constitutionally the parliamentarians and legislative members have the right to collectively decide their salaries and increments)

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    IS DEMOCRACY ONLY LIMITED TO VOTING? WHAT RIGHTS DO WE HAVE AS TAX PAYERS AFTER THAT? I strongly feel that TAXPAYERS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOLD MPs, MLAs ACCOUNTABLE AND INITIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THEM FOR OBSTRUCTING THE FUNCTIONING OF PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE PAID from TAXPAYERS money as they are "SERVANTS" of them.
    THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW ANY SUCH "FREEBIES" SHOULD ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED SOON.
     
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    You have eloquently brought out the sorry state of affairs.Dont give them fish-teach them how to catch fish is a sane advice.I have appreciation for Mudra yojana which makes helpless people to become entrepreneurs.Similarly the insurance scheme for seniors beyond 70 is a boon to middle class families groaning under unplanned medical expenses. Freebies will die a natural death in the years to come with the ballooning budget deficit and many states inching towards bankruptcy.
     
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