This never has been, is not in this election and will not be in the future. The Broad Front government, headed by Dr. Vázquez has faced since before assuming and from day management of closed and uncompromising opposition of any kind to each of its initiatives on the political right, business and media. These three dimensions of the right that are the same but become apparent with an apparently well disguised "autonomy" are operating at full steam in this election year. CHTM Eight months later, when government actions amply demonstrated its effectiveness, nothing is said. The brainy analysts and the media "objective and honest" do not recognize, or a humble recuadrito they were wrong. Now there is inflation and the government had nothing to do with it, magically became extinct. After he moved to the offensive drought, everything is falling, producers fled the country and the government putting up eight-hour law for rural workers. The government adopted more than 36 measures. The field is retrieved, the agricultural GDP is expected to grow 4.4% this year. But nobody says anything, it was by magic and the government according to these analysts who becamegrossly err saved him the nature of the rains. More recently, in extended form the posing of the impending catastrophe was the international financial crisis. Uruguay on the verge of collapse, they cried day after day, cover after cover, seminar after seminar. The well-tuned chorus, calling for tax exemption, generally clear to those who had problems and those without, for small and for the really big, really big mainly for the well. They also wanted, of course, as always, pay cut and now.
The government again took a package of measures, over 29, to support the productive sectors and to support problems with the network of protection and inclusion reconstructedjo worth and social coverage, increased investment in health and education. No matter if you fudge the numbers, no matter if they say things that after reality shows that are false. They are completely unpunished, then simply erase the issue of media circuit and otherwise.
The latest example, bordering on the absurd, the search resulted in its latest edition, following foretell the flight of investment, accompanied without saying, the question of Luis Alberto Lacalle, made precisely this weekly, now recognize that there was no such decline. But they suggest that it was not for the actions taken by the government of the FA, according to a search of the causes for the investmentis still coming, is because investors perceive the possibility of winning the National Party.
therefore does not sound out of context or exaggerated claim President of the Republic , Vázquez, held at the headquarters of the PLT-CNT: "We must discuss reality and not on pipe dreams. "
17/08/2009 |
REPUBLIC | SOCIETY | Page 11
Some remarks concerning Social spending
By Enrique Rubio
Professor. Director of
Office
v Budget Planning
The analysis published in the weekly search last Thursday on page 18 has two characteristics that in our view not to reveal the real priority given by governments to the various budgetary items.
First, the analysis is presented by calculating the average distributionitems to us in connection with which governments have no scope for discretion, and which therefore can not assess the true importance attached by government to prioritize the items they want.
If you want to analyze is the priority for every government to different categories, there are elements that should be kept out of the analysis. An example is the inclusion of interest payments on debt. Include this item alters the results to those above in the article significantly.
The 2002 crisis was a significant increase of public debt with the consequent increase in interest payments. Isexpenditure is a legacy you and included in the distribution of expenditure to discuss priorities of government is not correct. A more accurate alternative to consider is the analysis of expenditure as a percentage of GDP.
If we analyze the evolution of education expenditure as a percentage of GDP we find that the Broad Front government started its management with a 2.9% spending increase and pledging to take at the end of the period to 4, 5% goal is being met
This contrasts sharply with the priority that the National Party government, for example, allocated to education. wo years of government health spending as a percentage of GDP was higher in the Broad Front government. The following chart shows the evolution, making clear the priority given by the current government health spending.
Comparing the percentage changes we find that in the current government has increased spending on health as percentage of GDP by 30%, which contrasts sharply with 11% of the nationalist period. Importantly, scheduled for 2009, an increase in health spending is out of the analysis.
Overall, analyzing the evolutionout of poverty. Well it is not the case. Is explained by the point (economic and social collapse of 2002) and the favorable international situation of the first three years of the Frente Amplio. The incidence of poverty is still at levels higher than those recorded in the years preceding the 2002 economic crisis. In 2001, after two years of recession, but before the banking crisis of 2002, poverty affected 18.8%, values lower than 2008 (20.5% of the population according to figures presented by the INE) .
important thing. Solidarity begins with the best defense of public resources. Well does not mean spending cut costs necessary and useful. Ifgnifica stop doing what does not do and do better what we do have to do. This is the first rule and the best to enhance our collective well-being and contribute to civic solidarity. The success of social policies and programs must be defined by the quality and relevance of the changes that are generated and the results and impacts achieved in the population. The measures implemented by the government of the Frente Amplio, have given relief emergencies but failed to become re-integration mechanisms. In most cases the gains disappear when the program ends and the magnitude and dynamics of reproduction of social exclusion remains. Over recent years continued to give a deteof the International Student Assessment (PISA, for its acronym in English), seems doomed to occupy the last places in the ranking of the participating countries. very badly in 2003 and in 2006 worse. The ratings of Uruguayan students 15 years of age in reading, math and science, are very bad. The 2003 and 2006 PISA test not only showed that our students learn little, but they do very unevenly. Uruguay ranks among the countries with greater inequality of learning. For example, in a very unfavorable socio-cultural environments a student has a probability of 72.6% of non habe
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