2008年11月26日 星期三

Chinese Democracy 中國民主

中國有民主?
民主的前提不是「自我統治」和「人民以和平手段達成集體決定以解決政治問題」嗎?那中國何來民主之有?
In the dictionary definition, democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system."

In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

Then, Democracy in China?
Apparently, Not So Fast.

這當然不是一篇多偉大,多了不起,談論民主怎樣怎樣的文章,我要提的只是Guns N Roses的新曲Chinese Democracy而已。以上。
"Chinese Democracy" from Guns N Roses, just take a look.



It don't really matter
Gonna find out for yourself
No it don't really matter
You're gonna leave this thing to
Somebody else

If they were missionaries
Real time visionaries
Sitting in a Chinese stew
To view my dis-infatu-ation
I know that I'm a classic case
Watch my disenchanted face
Blame it on the Falun Gong*
They've seen the end and you can't hold on now

Cause it would take a lot more hate than you
To win the fascination
Even with an iron fist
All they got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time

It don't really matter
You're gonna find out for yourself
No it don't really matter
So you can hear now from
Somebody else

Cause it would take a lot more time than you
I've got more masturbation
Even with your iron fist
All they got to rule the nation but all I got is
Precious time
All they got to rule the nation but all I got is
Precious time

It don't really matter
I guess you'll find out for yourself
No it don't really matter
So you can hear it now from
Somebody else

You think you got it all locked up inside
And if you beat them all up they'll die
Then you'll walk them home for the cells
Then now you'll dig for your road back to hell
And with your ? makes you stop
As if your eyes were their eyes you can tell
And you're out of time



*Falun Gong(法輪功)is a spiritual practice founded in China by Li Hongzhi(李洪志)in 1992.It has five sets of meditation exercises and seeks to develop practitioners' hearts and character according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, articulated in the main books Falun Gongand and Zhuan Falun.

2008年11月18日 星期二

消費券 人人有獎!?

新聞摘要:

眾所矚目的發放消費券方案敲定,行政院長劉兆玄今天表示,發放消費券不排富,以國民個人為發放對象,每人發放新台幣3600元,總預算約須829億元,盼農曆春節前推出。

消費券到底怎麼用?行政院今晚指出,為了更便民,只要是有營業登記的商家都可使用,不再限於零售店、量販店或餐飲店。

行政院長劉兆玄今天表示,消費券將以特別預算方式籌措財源推動;行政院擬提特別法,以排除債務法、預算法的限制。他說,早上已與立法院長王金平討論,尋求支持。

行政院今天宣布將發放每人3600元消費券,總統馬英九屆時也將可領取。據了解,因馬總統近來曾表達對社福團體募款冷清的關心,捐消費券給社福團體,可能將是他運用的方式之一。


短評:

1、消費券預計於農曆春節前上路。
2、消費券政策,係以人為單位,每人3600元,未排富。
3、消費的對象是有工商管理登記的廠家。全台都適用(包括路邊攤)11/24。
4、政府希望利用這樣的方式來刺激消費。

消費券到底是幹什麼用的?
消費券相當於禮券,其不像現金可以窖藏而必須在一定的期限內使用用畢,因此在該有效期限內,提高消費者的可支配所得。

在總經中,流動對刺激消費是有一定的效果,惟

1、僅有一次性消費,對於刺激經濟似乎不具實益。
因為使用之後,工商業將其換現,若這個錢沒有再回到消費或投資的體系中,
那對經濟的效果就不大。

2、造成另一種形式的物價膨脹。
消費券是因為國內需求不足,為了提振消費而發行的短期交易媒介,實際帶來的物價膨脹,就是多發行的幾百億特別債。事實上退稅或是舉債發現也會造成物價膨脹,但現金可以儲存來,而消費券是強迫消費手段,在理想狀態下,這幾百億至少一定會被消費一次。

消費券是一種試圖提高短期需求的手段,所以在暫時消費信心不足等原因下,該做法是合宜的,但是不能做為長期的經濟手段,畢竟,治標不治本,問題還是依然存在。

11/24更新

Nov. 電影清單(完成)

1.秒速5公分(秒速5センチメートル) (日本):

我一直在尋找著.希望能在某處找到你的笑容
等待電車通過的平交道.雖然明知道你不可能出現
如果生命能夠重來.無論幾次我都會來到你的身邊
我已別無所求
因為沒有任何東西比你更重要

one more time, one more chance超好聽,
很想將之背起來,但是我不會日文。



2. 烏龜游泳意外迅速(亀は意外と速く泳ぐ) (日本):

一部關於間諜的電影。平凡的人生,不平凡的經歷。Kuso等級。
這部本來在去年高雄電影節要看的,但是買了套票卻沒有電影可看,
該死的奧斯卡影城。



3. 鬼店(The Shining) (美國):

稍嫌緩慢的敘事步調,卻讓我冷汗直流。
到底是因為寒流來襲,還是心裡的壓抑情感?
All work and no Play makes Jack a dull boy.