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Demagoguery and Social Regression

demagogy has a social cost. Yesterday, Friday 18, "El Mercurio" in a very good second editorial, I did see, but "mercurial language." I'm going to translate to "bread, bread, wine, wine." Indeed, the translation is not the responsibility of "El Mercurio"
1) The abolition of the levy of 7 percent of retirees have health cross support, but is demagogic, and none of the previous governments did propose. But the current ruling is more a demagogue than their predecessors.
2) He promised delete that seven percent in his campaign program, "without specifying the exact scope of this policy." How accurate is needed? None. Delete seven percent is very clear: it ends, period, and the state pays the $ 440 million a year to fund health costs of retirees.
3) What happens is that Piñera is a promise, that is, "with fine print. The large print was for all retirees vote for him (properly bribed.) The fine print is to exclude the largest possible number of benefit, but not be told to not honor its pledge.
4) But this policy is socially regressive. Retirees are a group where there is little poverty (7.2%) and this will further decrease when when they fully implement the pension reform of Bachelet and Lagos Auge (also demagogues, but not enough to eliminate the 7%). In contrast, poverty among children between zero and three years is 25%, and no one offered anything or give them anything.
5) Why spend $ 440 million a year in the less poor and zero dollars on the poor? Because retirees vote and children from zero to three years there.
6) Now the government is trying to "limit the benefit." Translate: delete the contribution of 7% to the greatest number of retirees. Total and all voted believing the promise and left out now can not withdraw their candidate vote to Piñera.
7) In summary, retirees will not be deceived deleted 7%, ie give them money, not being among the poorest. The rest of them will feel, justifiably, as retired military, "passed through the hoop" (if you voted for Piñera).
8) Children from zero to three years can go to the top of the hill because they do not vote, can not claim, and his parents, who said they could not understand anything about these things and possibly also applaud that retirees are deleted 7%.