Can freebies be another social enabler !

Can freebies be another social enabler...!?

Although it would be atrocious for someone from urban area to read this post, but anyway thought of sharing this view. Everybody would agree that TN is better in the social justice front with many communities having equable access to education and health thereby better life and careers. When compared with northern states we may be one step ahead. But sadly everybody likes a consumerist lifestyle...Those who migrated from rural to urban to the west are enjoying the upmodern consumerist lifestyle. Many of our villagers if they come to either Chennai or Coimbatore or other cities sometimes feel completely out of place. We can see our house maids, daily wage labourers, fishcart drivers and the other struggling masses behind MGR, simply because he empathised with them and gave them few basic things to keep their stomach hunger free. In the same aspect, when TV was given by Kalaigner the masses did accept it with open hands and also the school cycle, laptop, fan, grinder later by JJ. Though few of these did go to upper middle class families, it did reached almost every home. And they are pride owners of a fan, grinder and TV. Last week I happened to travel to some interior places and could see Kalaigner TV (as they call it) being used as their only entertainment. Also a college student working in his govt laptop in his fathers ironing shop. Amma water is huge hit among thirsty travellers. Many of us have not seen busstands as we have started to travel either by car or flight or 3AC. If we check with regular bus users they appreciate this venture. Amma canteen feeds many...sorry this is not a praising blog for Jayalalitha. But JJ kingdom is taking care of short term needs to their subjects in a really good manner ! Who cares about the future or the long vision...no body has that anyway...I saw UGD being done by previous govt, sadly most of it was substandard and has collapsed or the flow blocked causing so much of problems to many colonies..The same downtrodden ppl being pushed to remove the blocks. This should have been planned for atleast next 50 years but did not even last for a season.The British given drains worked for 60-70 years without any issues....so atleast in the short run let our common man enjoy his given day...

Giving 100 units for everyone could be too much but the hardworking middle classes pay nearly 50% as taxes (30% IT and 20% indirect taxes in fuel, dresses, other consumbles, restaurant bills etc...) so this 100 units I consider as welcome break and save some money. Mobile phones to every citizen may empower every citizen from every background to connect to the world. Governance can be taken to everyone's hand ! With so much of price rise its difficult to think of getting two wheelers for the women folk at home, here comes scooter subsidy...Let them also join the consumerist society, why should only one section enjoy..The ruling kings and queens living in luxury throw this peanuts, let us think atleast they have heart to throw this peanuts!

Does this not break the inequality between the masses !? Those against freebies though say it makes people lazy, but this is a strange argument as the govt is struggling to create jobs for 60% of the population, at point 40% is jobless. And these are not indeed freebies, they are infact these are rewards the govt is promising its people for all that people doing for the country. We need to take this way because in the short run people are not able to join together to build this nation.

Another argument, corporate gets so many subsidies and consessions in terms of land, water, resources, loans and what not..........Today read in a news column that airliness have been given certain subsidies. Another whats app msg showed how subsidies or in free elected politician enjoy. Why not then common man demand something for him....

Also all these subsidises come from govt bursaries and not as cash from black money as the Thirumangalam formula later the election strategy of both the dravidian parties. Interestingly we can see certain businesses  becoming global conglomorates courtesy easyway given by central and state governments, they intern fund political parties and their campaigns to help them say we work for the poor man and we came up from poor background with crocodile tears in their eyes. When we see all this, when any party promise gold for marriage or waiver of loans or promising to give few things to its people may not be wrong...Interestingly industries are fighting to ensure contract labour basic salary is not raised and terms are not changed....

Anyway we are still billion years away to have good roads or water or professionally run govt hospitals,colleges,hostels and schools. Let us enjoy in the short run whatever is doled out by any party..

Let kings and queens who rule us, their kingdom, take care of their subjects, subjects be subjugated until the day of salvation...