FREEBIES ARE GOOD OR BAD, DO THESE MEAN CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY TO EXPLOIT THE VOTERS THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE FRANKLY AND CLEARY AS THEY LIKE, BELIEVE IN AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED IN ANY MANNER BY PROMISES OF ALL SORTS. FREEBIES PROMISED AT THE TIME OF ELECTION, I AM VERY CLEAR IN MY THINKING AND VOCAL A WELL THAT SURELY IT IS IN ALL MANNERS A MEANS OF CORRUPTION AND BRIBING THE VOTERS TO BE LURED BY SUCH PROMISES AND AS SUCH TO VOTE FOR THEM. REASONS WHY I CATEGORISE FREEBIES AS PURE CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY, WHICH PERHAPS IS A CRIMINAL ACT AND BEHAVIOUR. 1. IF THE BREEBIES ARE MEANT FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE, THEN WHY THESE ARE NOT ENACTED AND EXECUTED DURING THE TENURE OF THE GOVERNING PARTY. WHEN IT IS NOT DONE DURING THE TENURE, IT IS EVIDENT THAT SUCH FREEBIES ARE KEPT IN ABEYANCE INTENTIONALLY TO PRONOUCE AT THE TIME OF ELECTION TO INFLUENCE THE ELCTORS AND LURE THEM BY SUCH PROMISES, WHETER FULFILLED OR NOT. 2 FREEBIES ARE A CHARGE ON THE PEOPLE, TO BE PAID OFF THROUGH TAXES MOSTLY BY THE MIDDLE AND THE RICH OR SO-CALLED RICH AND THE POOR ARE LEFT OVER. IS THIS DISCRIMINATION JUSTIFIED I WILL SAY NO, AS I BELIEVE ANY AND EVERYONE LIVING IN THE COUNTRY DOES ENJOY BENEFITS OF WELFARE SCHEMES AND SECURITY, HENCE EACH ONE IS TO PAY TO THE EXCHEQUER WHATEVER LEAST, GOOD OR WEALTHIEST ECONOMIC STATUS IS CATEGORISED FOR EACH SECTION OF SOCIETY AND TAX SLABS FIXED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 3. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AS TO WHAT IS CALLED BRIBE. BRIBE IS TO PROVIDE UNNECESSARY AND/OR ILLEGAL BENEFITS TO THE DEMANDER, WHICH MOSTLY IS GIVEN IN RETURN FOR MONEY, POSITIONS, INFLUENCE, RECOMMENDATIONS ETC. ETC. WHICH IN NORMAL COURSE, ARE NOT ALLOWED AND ARE MOSTLY ILLEGAL. 4. THEN BY PROMISING OR DOLING OUT FREEBIES, EACH AND EVERY POLITICAL PARTY AND EVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTING ELECTION ARE THESE NOT FRAUGHT BY POWER, POSITION, STATUS ETC. I THINK AND FEEL CONVINCED THAT THOSE NOT IN POWER, WILL MAKE ALL TYPES OF PROMISES BY MEANS OF FREEBIES WHILE THE GOVERNING PARTY WILL ALSO PROMISE LOT OF FREEBIES BUT WHICH I THINK WILL NOT BE MATCHING TOTHOSE WHO ARE NOT IN POWER, WHY SO, BECAUSE THEIR PROMISE AND COMMITMENT WILL BE SUBJECTED TO PERFORMANCE OF THE PARTY DURING THEIR TERM IN POWER, HENCE PARTY IN POWER WILL BE RESTRICTED BY POWER WHILE PRONOUCING FREEBIES. HENCE FREEBIES ARE AN ACT OF DISCRIMINATION AND ARE NOT IMPARTIAL AT ALL. 5. COURTS; SINCE COURTS ALSO THINK THAT FREEBIES DO IN SOME MANNER INFLUENCE THE ELECTORS, HENCE THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED. TO CONTRACT THIS THINKING, ALL POLITICAL PARTIES ARE ADVANCING THEIR ARGUMENTS CONTENDING MOSTLY THAT THE FREEBIES ARE PROMISED AND GIVEN FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. THEN AS I HAVE SAID EARLIER, WHY THESE FREEBIES WHICH ARE CALLED AND ARE MEANT FOR WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE, WHY THESE ARE NOT GIVEN DURING THE GOVERNANCE. LET US NOT FORGET, ALL MAJOR PARTIES ARE IN POWER IN ONE STATE OR MANY , THEN THEY DO NOT DISBURSE THE FREEBIES DURING THEIR TERM AND WHY AT THE TIME OF ELECTION. ANSWER; 1. FIRSTLY I WILL SAY THAT FREEBIES OF ALL SORTS AT THE TIME OF ELECTION MUST BE PROHIBITED. 2. IF AT ALL ALLOWED, LET THE PARTIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS MUST JUSTIFY AS TO HOW THESE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDENS WILL BE MET, WHETHER THERE ARE ENOUGH FUNDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OR WILL THEY RAISE BY TAXES ETC AND WHAT TYPES OF TAXES, AND AS SUCH MUST ATTACH A BALANCE SHEET WITH THEIR AGENDA FOR ELECTION. 3. MANY WILL SAY THAT IN AGENDA EACH PARTY AND EACH INDIVIDUAL IS TO GIVE CERTAIN PROMISES TO REMAIN IN POWER OR TO GET TO POWER AND AS SUCH BE ELECTED. TRUE, BUT AS I SEE THAT AT THE TIME OF MANY PROMISES ARE MADE BY MEANS OF FREEBIES, AS THOSE IN POWER AND THOSE NOT IN POWER, WANT TO REMAIN IN POWER OR GET ELECTED TO HOLD THE POWER, AND ONCE ELECTED, MOST OF FREEBIES ARE FORGOTTEN AND ARE COLLECTED THROUGH TAXES ETC. IN GROSS DISCRIMINATION OF ELECTORS. HENCE AS I HAVE SAID IN THIS PARGRAPH EARLIER, ALL PROMISES MUST BE SUBJECTED TO RESOURCES, WHEREFROM THESE WILL COME AND HOW THESE WILL BE RAISED. 2ND IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL THAT WHETHER THE STATES AND/OR THE CENTRE ARE NOT ALREADY IN DEBT AND ARE SURVIVING ON LOANS. IF THIS IS THE SITUATION OF BEING IN DEBT, THEN NO FREEBIES BEE ALLOWED AT ALL. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Visualized and explained by vasdevloond founder of marriage guidance new concept, cost free marriage bureau NGO, to contact vasdevloond at 9811943867 vasdevloond@gail.com www.vasdevloond@ marriageguidance.in www.facebook:vasdevloond