A-Z of UPA after three years
 

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Dwight Eisenhower, the former American president, was asked about his vice president Richard Nixon’s contribution to the presidency. His response was, ‘If you give me a week, I might think of one.’

The quote came to mind when thinking about UPA-2’s achievements. That is not to say they have made no positive contribution, it is just that a combination of scams and the paralysis has wiped out anything good that may have been done from our collective memory. So, on the third anniversary of UPA 2, an A-to-Z:

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Authority: No government in the world can rule without authority. That authority is not just legal and moral, but also the capability to stand up and say, I am the government, and this is my job because the people elected me. To be able to govern in the next two years, the prime minister and his cabinet need to exert authority. Or Go.

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Budget: It is all right to spend if there is a plan in place to grow and earn. The current finance minister is old school socialist and happy with spending. But, there seems to be no plan to earn. No plan to grow. Only to spend. Next two years focus on growth.

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Coalition and management of diverse parties: The people, who are supposed to manage it, have failed. This coalition is more to prevent work than to get work done. Get them on board. Or Go.

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Deficit: See B above. If you spend without earning, Deficits — and large ones at that — will result.

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Exchange Rate: The best thing to do when your currency starts to seek a new level is nothing. You would expect a government led by an economist to know that.

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F: well this is a family newspaper, and one cannot really expand the F-word here. Sufficient to say that that most feel that is what has been done to the country and the economy.

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Governance: Governance is seeing government in action. Not government inaction.

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Higher Power: The buck stops with the prime minister. At least, it should. Having a higher power that second guesses decision-making does no good as far as either the party or the country is concerned.