Is Government Responsible For Bad Economy?

[boyptc]

We cannot put all the blame to the government if our lives are not going well. But, they should also be the first one to try to protect and make the lives of their people easy.

They have to provide jobs, some allotment for those who are in need temporary and can't look for jobs.

Medical support, livelihood, etc. These are the pretty basic services that a government should need, education and medical must be the priority.

[summonerrk]

We cannot put all the blame to the government if our lives are not going well. But, they should also be the first one to try to protect and make the lives of their people easy.

They have to provide jobs, some allotment for those who are in need temporary and can't look for jobs.

Medical support, livelihood, etc. These are the pretty basic services that a government should need, education and medical must be the priority.

I think governments usually provide basic functions, but I personally always feel especially offended when I realize that they could do a lot more than they are doing now. Anyway, money from the government treasury is being stolen, and many indicators are not being achieved, although the goals were set at the beginning of each year. I only see beautiful reports from those who are afraid of losing their positions, and every citizen of the country, looking at the screen when politicians report, thinks - what nonsense are they talking about? It's like they're living in a parallel reality.

[CageMabok]

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In countries where leaders actually care about development and listen to citizens, the citizens normally have more opportunities and they feel comfortable, but in many countries, citizens feel ignored even when they speak up about thing happening in the country like hardship, corruption, or poor governance and also agree with your last point that regardless of whether the government is good or bad, people still have to struggle and find ways to survive and improve their lives.

Striving to survive is something everyone must do, even if their own government is quite good at protecting and serving its citizens. Citizens receive relief through several benefits that can also benefit them, such as not having to pay annual taxes on the assets they use and also not being charged excessive fees for medical and educational expenses. Such things are actually quite beneficial for every citizen, even though they still have to work hard to achieve greater things in life, such as wealth and comfort.

Therefore, prioritizing continued employment is not actually a problem as long as citizens receive the rights they deserve, such as government support for employment opportunities and efforts to increase natural resource production so they can be exported to other countries. In countries where officials are still prone to corruption, such support is usually lacking, as officials are only concerned with enriching themselves and tend to ignore the complaints of their own citizens.

[Royal Cap]

In countries where leaders actually care about development and listen to citizens, the citizens normally have more opportunities and they feel comfortable, but in many countries, citizens feel ignored even when they speak up about thing happening in the country like hardship, corruption, or poor governance and also agree with your last point that regardless of whether the government is good or bad, people still have to struggle and find ways to survive and improve their lives.

Actually the thing is whether the government is good or bad, ultimately people have to fight for themselves. That is true but it does not mean that the government's responsibility is reduced. No matter how hard a person works, if there are few job opportunities, corruption is high or the business environment is bad then it becomes very difficult for him to move forward.

So in my opinion talking only about personal struggles is not the whole thing. Because people must try, but an effective government creates opportunities for the fruits of that effort. Both are important if you look at one without the other, the issue remains incomplete.

[Mando100]

In every given country, the government is solely responsible of the affairs of the state, if everything goes wrong they are the first person the people would turn to and when things goes right they are still the ones. In this our present regime the government are not helping matters at all, they are making lives hard for the people, they only knows about their own families.

But as a good governor you should create a good standard economy for the people, lay a good legacy so as for the people to live a good life, creating a good infrastructure that will increase the livelihood of the people, by given them good jobs, good roads, having a standard electricity supply etc. Doing this would minimize the hardship of the people and have a smooth running country.

[Altryist]

I think governments usually provide basic functions, but I personally always feel especially offended when I realize that they could do a lot more than they are doing now. Anyway, money from the government treasury is being stolen, and many indicators are not being achieved, although the goals were set at the beginning of each year. I only see beautiful reports from those who are afraid of losing their positions, and every citizen of the country, looking at the screen when politicians report, thinks - what nonsense are they talking about? It's like they're living in a parallel reality.

Because they think that once they get into government, they are smarter than everyone else, and that if they talk nonsense, people will still believe it. But people are not stupid and everyone understands things quite well. But people are not always able to organize themselves in order to change their government. Of course, poor governance leads to economic decline, that is the main reason. If a foolish person ends up in charge of a state and builds an equally incompetent team around themselves, then the economy will inevitably deteriorate.

[summonerrk]

I think governments usually provide basic functions, but I personally always feel especially offended when I realize that they could do a lot more than they are doing now. Anyway, money from the government treasury is being stolen, and many indicators are not being achieved, although the goals were set at the beginning of each year. I only see beautiful reports from those who are afraid of losing their positions, and every citizen of the country, looking at the screen when politicians report, thinks - what nonsense are they talking about? It's like they're living in a parallel reality.

Because they think that once they get into government, they are smarter than everyone else, and that if they talk nonsense, people will still believe it. But people are not stupid and everyone understands things quite well. But people are not always able to organize themselves in order to change their government. Of course, poor governance leads to economic decline, that is the main reason. If a foolish person ends up in charge of a state and builds an equally incompetent team around themselves, then the economy will inevitably deteriorate.

Beyond stupidity, corruption is also a problem, as the state's inability to control its own officials costs people dearly. Their taxes don't fully remain in the treasury, allowing them to continue fulfilling their economic functions—new roads and supplementing public sector salaries. I've heard a funny argument about corruption being ingrained in our mentality, and it all starts when we bring flowers to a teacher's office, wanting to please a teacher whose salary is modest. We bring envelopes to the doctor's office to support his position and encourage him to treat us better in the future. But that's a misguided opinion, as stealing from the federal budget is one thing, and giving flowers to a woman is quite another.