Sunday 30 October 2016

USA elections

Personally I am endorsing Gary Johnson for President, but it does not seem likely that he will win. So in my opinion, the outcome during the next few weeks is mentioned below.

Friday 7 October 2016

Indian spectrum auction fails.

Indian government conducted an auction for sale of spectrum. The auction earned about 11% of the expected revenue. So overall the auction was a failure.

The question is why did the auction fail?
The auction failed because government bureaucrats decided the price of the spectrum. Ideally, the market should decide the price of the spectrum.

The auction is conducted by bidding. So the base price can be kept very small. If the spectrum deserves a higher price, then during bidding the price will rise to the level that market is willing to pay.

The failure in spectrum auction shows the incompetency of Indian government. The respective minister and bureaucrats should resign.


Saturday 1 October 2016

Madaari movie released in 2016

Some dialogues from this movie

  • Government is not corrupt; Government exists solely for corruption.
  • Government is contractor, opposition is contractor. Both have to join hands in any big scam.
  • Governments exploit because people are divided over religion, race, gender, state, etc. Politicians work to keep the people divided because united citizes will not tolerate the injustice of high taxes, unnecessary rules, huge bureaucracy, etc.
  • Imagine a boot stamping a human face; the boot is the government and the face represents the common people.
  • Politicians are not here to serve citizens; they are here to steal.
  • Assembly, Parliament, etc are only for show to convince people that politicians are in fact working to solve their problems.
  • People are given party tickets because of what they can donate to the party.
  • Politicians make rules and give power to bureaucrats because of what they can give in return.
  • The primary job of politicians is to show dreams; stupid people believe in these dreams and vote for these politicians.
  • Wealth is transferred from people to politicians under the guise of development. Example: When a road is to be built, before the plan is approved, friends/relatives of politicians buy nearby land. This land is then sold at higher prices.
  • Politicians come and go; parties (Congress, BJP, AAP, etc) will come and go; but business (of politics) will go on as usual.
  • Stick, guns, police, constitution, etc exist to frighten common people; keep citizens under control.

The solution is not to replace one government with another; one politician with another. The real solution is move away from government; reduce power of politicians/government, so that they cannot steal.

My notes: Vote of person/party that promises and has a history of

  • Reducing taxes.
  • Privatization.
  • Reduction in rules/regulations.
  • Reduction in subsidies.
If you cannot find such a person/party; please don't vote.