The Manmohan pyarey government, in an unholy alliance with Communists for 4 years, did nothing on “economic reforms”. In other words, further “liberalization” of the economy did not occur, and market forces and entrepreneurs were not freed.
After the Commies made their exit, and Mulayam & Co. joined the Congress-led government, many commentators wrote of the possibility of speedy liberalization, now that the Commies were out of the way.
Yet, a news report of today says that this is unlikely, as the opposition NDA has decided to stall economic reforms. They will not support the UPA on this.
Therefore, key reforms in banking, insurance and pensions are unlikely to be carried out. This is most unfortunate for Indyeah. We will remain stuck with the poverty-stricken India of old.
This impasse has occurred only on account of the fact that the UPA lacks real “politicians” at the top. Pyarey Manmohan is a baboo, Sonia is a bahoo, and the rest are inconsequential backroom boys of the Grand Old Party of the Reich, like Kamal Nut.
Real politicians would take the issue to the people, seeking to convince them of their stand. If the people support these politicians, then politics achieves its purpose, and no opposition outfit can accomplish much.
We must therefore arrive at the sad conclusion that India is a “democracy” with very little “politics” – the engagement of the people in an open public dialogue on all the issues that confront the collective.
As with the Communists in China, everything in India that is called “politics” happens behind closed doors. Thus, just as the Chinese Communists are more like a “secret society” than a “political party” in the liberal sense of the term, so too with the Congress, the BJP, the Commies, Mulayam and Co, and Laloo’s RJD: they are all “secret societies.”
The Reichwing editors have all praised the “debate” in parliament on the “trust vote” – but those who watched the debate and know their onions would all agree that this was mere “ritualism,” totally devoid of the true essence of democracy, which is public politics.
It has been my experience over the past 15 years that it is very easy to convince people – from the illiterate poor to the educated student community – of the need to replace planning by markets, dirigisme by economic freedom, and protectionism by free trade.
It is therefore Indyeah’s loss that true-blue liberals are denied entry onto the political stage.
There cannot be any Liberty in Indyeah as long as those who believe in Liberty are kept out – by these “secret societies” of shady backroom operators.
For more on this, read my recent column, “Politics Need Liberal Politicians.”
After the Commies made their exit, and Mulayam & Co. joined the Congress-led government, many commentators wrote of the possibility of speedy liberalization, now that the Commies were out of the way.
Yet, a news report of today says that this is unlikely, as the opposition NDA has decided to stall economic reforms. They will not support the UPA on this.
Therefore, key reforms in banking, insurance and pensions are unlikely to be carried out. This is most unfortunate for Indyeah. We will remain stuck with the poverty-stricken India of old.
This impasse has occurred only on account of the fact that the UPA lacks real “politicians” at the top. Pyarey Manmohan is a baboo, Sonia is a bahoo, and the rest are inconsequential backroom boys of the Grand Old Party of the Reich, like Kamal Nut.
Real politicians would take the issue to the people, seeking to convince them of their stand. If the people support these politicians, then politics achieves its purpose, and no opposition outfit can accomplish much.
We must therefore arrive at the sad conclusion that India is a “democracy” with very little “politics” – the engagement of the people in an open public dialogue on all the issues that confront the collective.
As with the Communists in China, everything in India that is called “politics” happens behind closed doors. Thus, just as the Chinese Communists are more like a “secret society” than a “political party” in the liberal sense of the term, so too with the Congress, the BJP, the Commies, Mulayam and Co, and Laloo’s RJD: they are all “secret societies.”
The Reichwing editors have all praised the “debate” in parliament on the “trust vote” – but those who watched the debate and know their onions would all agree that this was mere “ritualism,” totally devoid of the true essence of democracy, which is public politics.
It has been my experience over the past 15 years that it is very easy to convince people – from the illiterate poor to the educated student community – of the need to replace planning by markets, dirigisme by economic freedom, and protectionism by free trade.
It is therefore Indyeah’s loss that true-blue liberals are denied entry onto the political stage.
There cannot be any Liberty in Indyeah as long as those who believe in Liberty are kept out – by these “secret societies” of shady backroom operators.
For more on this, read my recent column, “Politics Need Liberal Politicians.”
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