One of the moral questions that arise whenever we talk about liberty and self-ownership is the liberation of science from the grips of the state or the government. The common belief is; state helps in creating new things and improving the scientific technology. However, it is a false claim and often it has been observed that the private sector is the working horse behind technology and innovation, and this is true for science. On the other hand, the public sector produces nothing and charges us large for it. Well, it was a hyperbole, but I understand how much more efficient private sector is as opposed to public sector. It is not very difficult to explain and express. Let us take the examples of public sector in India which includes electricity and water supply to their houses. Telephones were also public sector services till 1991 and during that period only rich and very few people could afford telephones. How can we forget the special STD PCO booths far away from our houses where we used to visit to call to someone …Read the Rest
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The Myth of Corruption Making India Poor
Anna Hajare raised the slogan against corruption in favor of his Janlokpal Dream and almost every Indian felt the energy of anti-corruption waves. Similar synergy was shown by Indians when Swami Ramdev raised his voice against the black money1 deposited in Swiss Banks. Everyone was worried about the huge amount of Indian money deposited in Swiss banks like UBS. However, very few people realized that bringing black money back in Indian economy will certainly increase the current inflation manifolds and goods, food articles and other daily need commodities will go further high. Thus, that black money if brought back will cause more poverty2 and troubles for poor and middle class family. Obviously, Indians fail to understand that money although is a form of Capital; basically it is nothing but a means to exchange goods and commodities. They also ignore that our currency is Fiat currency which can be easily inflated by the government to raise prices. This is the reason why government doesn’t print money just to distribute it to poor people. Yet, government does use their printing press in …Read the Rest
Lalu Prasad Yadav Vs Anna Hajare
While the whole government is against the agitation of India Against Corruption under the leadership of Anna Hajare, there is hardly any Member of Legislation who actually supports the Janlokpal Bill proposed by Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan, Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde. Yet, most of the politicians in opposition refrained from directly opposing and criticizing Anna Hajare and his agitation against corruption. The few MLAs who decided to attack the IAC and Anna Hajare included Lalu Prasad Yadav, the former chief minister of Bihar and the president of Rashtriya Janta Dal. It is not very difficult to understand why he is against the Ombudsman bill as proposed by the civil society and why he considers the bill proposed by government is much better, reliable and proper. What Lalu Prasad Yadav says against Anna Hajare and ombudsman bill proposed by civil society IAC? Lalu Prasad Yadav was venomously criticizing Baba Ramdev calling him thug and corrupt and he also criticized Anna Hajare abusing him of being corrupt and tyrant and so on. He says that the bill proposed by …Read the Rest
The Root of Corruption
While everybody opposes political corruption, yet it is very difficult to remove it without understanding the root cause of corruption. The root of corruption is the corrupt political system and its corrupt working. The current political system itself encourages corruption which cannot be checked by any ombudsman bill. The biggest corruption is forced taxation. Taxation is nothing but legalized extortion as government forcibly takes away the hard earned money from the honest and hardworking citizens. It is extortion because the public has no choice and they are forced to pay taxation or to suffer consequential punishments. Taxation is extortion because while government has legalized forcible theft of people’s money, it never think of providing any guarantee for proper allocation and redistribution of that collective money which is forcibly robbed from individuals. While a common innocent citizen is taught that paying taxes is good and honesty towards the society and the nation. Do the citizens realize that forcible taxation not only hurt and reduce the rate of progress of a country but also, taxation encourages corruption? How Taxation increases corruption? While …Read the Rest
