"Some people claim that the measure of a successful government is in how well it directly supports the poorer members of society. Others claim that if the government focuses on lifting the wealthier members, the benefits will reverberate throughout the social structure and the standard of living will rise for everyone."
Some people claim that the measure of success for a government is based on how well the government supports the poorer members of the society. However, others claim that the government needs to focus on lifting the wealthier members which in turn will benefit the social structure and standard of living for everyone. In this argument I tend need to agree with the former and would like to refute the latter.
First consider the example of how U.S President Obama is planning on getting a reformed medical plan. This will benefit all the seniors, veterans, disabled and poor communities. This national plan is going to help the needy people. If such a plan comes in to effect then it would be a huge success for the government and one which has never been achieved in the history of any government. Currently only people who has money can afford a health plan.
People of the United States are going through one of the nations worst economy. The housing industry which has been the mess of all this economic crisis needs help. Obama is proposing a plan for helping the poor needy people who are badly in need of ways to save their house without foreclosing. If the current government can help these people then that would be a huge success.
On the contrary consider the example of insurance company giant AIG. The government has paid amounts close to 120 billion dollars as bailout package. The company instead of focusing on building the broken business by using that money paid out millions of dollars as bonuses to their employees. Actions such as this is embarrassing to the government since they need to answer the tax payers for such a hideous act. When in fact the government was hoping that this will reverbarate through and increase the standard of living for everyone by brining the economy back on its feet
Finally consider the a country such as India. The government has many programs that support the poorer society. One such example is the student quota for SCST community which allows people from poor communities to get into schools and compete against the people who can afford such a program. The result is that today there are numerous postings which these graduates hold and this is one of the governments success and a big showcase during reelection.
Some people claim that the measure of success for a government is based on how well the government supports the poorer members of the society. However, others claim that the government needs to focus on lifting the wealthier members which in turn will benefit the social structure and standard of living for everyone. In this argument I tend need to agree with the former and would like to refute the latter.
First consider the example of how U.S President Obama is planning on getting a reformed medical plan. This will benefit all the seniors, veterans, disabled and poor communities. This national plan is going to help the needy people. If such a plan comes in to effect then it would be a huge success for the government and one which has never been achieved in the history of any government. Currently only people who has money can afford a health plan.
People of the United States are going through one of the nations worst economy. The housing industry which has been the mess of all this economic crisis needs help. Obama is proposing a plan for helping the poor needy people who are badly in need of ways to save their house without foreclosing. If the current government can help these people then that would be a huge success.
On the contrary consider the example of insurance company giant AIG. The government has paid amounts close to 120 billion dollars as bailout package. The company instead of focusing on building the broken business by using that money paid out millions of dollars as bonuses to their employees. Actions such as this is embarrassing to the government since they need to answer the tax payers for such a hideous act. When in fact the government was hoping that this will reverbarate through and increase the standard of living for everyone by brining the economy back on its feet
Finally consider the a country such as India. The government has many programs that support the poorer society. One such example is the student quota for SCST community which allows people from poor communities to get into schools and compete against the people who can afford such a program. The result is that today there are numerous postings which these graduates hold and this is one of the governments success and a big showcase during reelection.
