I,
Me and Myself met up to discuss the adverse impact of Government’s reform
measures on the COMMON
MAN at
this restaurant which is not common either in terms of menu or the price tag
I
believes that even a guy who owns a successful
.com
is
a common man and entitled to all the benefits a guy in a house big as
this is entitled to.
Me
believes I.
Myself
believes that anybody who daily earns less
than X
+ (X-5)*X/27 - 4% VAT IS A COMMON MAN where X is the famous figure available in the
link in the equation.
As always our consciences ICON, MECON AND MYSELFCON accompanied us.
I
started by saying `inflation is unbearable and now this increase in price of
diesel and limitation of subsidized gas cylinders, we the common man are doomed’
ICON `possibly government wants
our savings to have a size zero look’
Me
`the running cost of my diesel car will increase. This is anti-common man’
Myself
`when did car become a common man’s vehicle?’
I
`because he drives it by himself’
ICON `thank god, he did not
tell because he drives it without the A/C on’
Me
`how to manage our budget with 6 subsidised gas cylinders’
MECON `certainly big worry
for a guy who has an Italian kitchen with state of art cooking systems’
ICON `the problem is six subsidised
gas cylinders will not be enough even to fuel his delivery vans for a month’’
Myself
`if we are a common man, than what do you call the guy who earns Rs.35 a day?’
ICON `man in coma because
only he can earn such ridiculously low amounts’
I `let
him name himself whatever he wants, we have taken over common man space’
Me
`and we are entitled to it, we pay the taxes, the toll charges, what he does do
except feed off the Government’
MECON `Wonder who takes the
tax deductions, fuel subsidies, subsidised IIT seats, etc’
Myself
`why should an individual with a good five figure monthly salary require
subsidised gas cylinders?’
ICON`this common man loves only
free hits when it comes to subsidies’
I
`let them give six subsidised gas cylinders but either double its size or
increase its fuel efficiency’
ICON ` here afterwards even
the gas delivery boy will not be spared of this question
Me
`we end up paying huge sums for the education of our children, over and above this
increase in fuel and cooking gas cost’’
MECON` government should
come up with a proposal - free fuel and domestic gas to all those parents who
send their children to government schools’
ICON ` instead the common
man will prefer to eat uncooked food :p’
Myself
`common man wants world class infrastructure but not pay for it’
I `money
does not grow on the tree even for us’
ICON `as it is we have cut
all the trees’
Me
`let the government introduce FDI in retail and whatever sector they want, we
welcome it’
I
`let them abolish the subsidies to poor which is making them lazy’
Myself
`so you both don’t mind the small retailer going out of business or the poor
dying out of hunger’
I `why
should we, after all we will get cheaper products, more jobs and cheaper fuels
if such reforms are implemented’
Myself
`you can’t see behind your immediate needs, I am quitting this argument, let’s
talk something else’
MYSELFCON `you should not
only quit this argument but quilt these guys together’
As
the three switch topics, ICON, MECON AND MYSELFCON indulge in singing
Common ,Common, Common Man
He can never think behind
his clan
Hates to sacrifice even the
pie in his chart
Desire to feed on the system
makes him feel smart
Government to him is like
the bell in Pavlov’s effect
Common, Common, Common Man
He can never think behind
his clan
He doesn’t mind to pay for a
luxury
But cribs to pay for a
necessity
Government he feels is the
almighty
Which should build a strong
and efficient country
While subsidizing his kitty
to make it a bounty
Common, Common Common Man
He can never think behind his
clan
If only he can
