2013年10月16日 星期三

Annotation1: Securing social stability before economic development


Dynamic Social Security: Securing social stability and economic development
ISSA’s Social Security Observatory
Chapter 1 and Chapter 6
         We can see from the report that, if a country faced global economic downturn, the problems of unemployment and poverty will increase violently, and the government had to spend money on the social security program such as tax reduce and health insurance in order to maintain social stability in the country. But when the level of unemployment and poverty had increased so violently that the country’s financial foundation couldn’t hold them anymore, this country’s economic system might eventually crumble. As we see from this paragraph: 
    “As we arrive at the end of 2010, global economic recovery and exit from the crisis remains slow and uncertain. Despite signs of recovery in global markets, in many countries unemployment is not falling. Higher levels of unemployment continue to restrain social security income from contributions while simultaneously requiring ongoing increased expenditure on benefits.”
        The expending on social security is like an endless money-burning vortex, as long as the number of the unemployed remains high, this vicious spiral will ends up becoming the great hole of the country ‘s economy. And as the report suggests, among Asia country, “Social security systems are integral to the management of the social, economic and political dimensions.” (Page 7) Our economic system are bounded with the social security systems, the over-expense of social security will eat up our money which we are going to spend on improving the country’s economic structure.

from page 7
The economic policy in Asia and Pacific area

         And what does this issue has anything that is related to the argument of balance between economy and social fairness? Well, in Taiwan we have a mature structure of social security, the farmer got the agriculture subvention, the poor got monthly financial support, and the sick got health insurance. When our society seems so perfect and calm, our government is already having troubles financing these social securities. But as recent years our government kept pursuing the economic prosperity, more and more farmers and workers or those so-called “the minority” had lost their job or having a hard time in their life. Thus, the expending of social security had increased highly over recent years(note 1), and this became a heavy burden while Taiwan is trying hard building its economy.

Note 1: 自由時報: 明年總預算 社福支出占最多
 http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2013/new/aug/23/today-p1-2.htm

13 則留言:

  1. I see what you are trying to talk about here. What you are saying is that Taiwan already has a good social system that takes care of the minority like you mentioned above, but when the government insisted on developing economy it somehow turned backward. The source you provided is quite convincing but a little bit confusing at the beginning because it seems like you are agreeing to the economy development. Maybe it is better to choose source that is directly respond to your issue.

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  2. I love the way you presented your annotation. Your body languages made me concentrated and your interjections were so funny. All in all, it is clear and impressive.

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  3. I think your voice is very clear and loud, and you look excited about your topic. You caught our attention successfully. However I don't quite understand your position when you're presenting, because your conclusion didn't imply a strong stand point.

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  4. I agree with your point of view. It is not only essential but also crucial that under any circumstances that the government should ignore the welfare of the minority to progress our economy. However, the question is, since our social welfare could possibly collapse our economic system, is it still appropriate that government spend that much money on welfare? in my opinion, if the country has face problems on economic, there will soon be more and more people who need social care. On the other hand, if the economic of the country has been progressing, the amount of people need social care would indeed decrease, since the average life of people would become better. All in all, although we should never ignore the importance of social welfare to the minorities, it is still essential that the government should handle the economic issues in the first place.

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  5. The way and voice you presented the annotation is really eye-catching. And your standpoint is clear, you make me understand your point even I don't have any sense of such kind of issue.

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  6. I can feel your confidence about your issue when you are presenting. However, if you won't keep turning your body around, it will be much more better. Your speaking is loud enough, but your speed of representation is a bit too fast. Sometimes, I can't catch up your idea.

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  7. Knot:
    You urge that some economic contract such as ECFA erode some minority's( farmers here) welfare. That's true we can't ignore their right to survive. But I wonder what will happen if we place merely the general social welfare and deny all the opportunity to promote our economy. If there a possible way to undermine both sides?

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  8. I think you are good at catching audience's attention, which will let us concentrate on what you are saying. Also, although this is a topic about economic which I'm not really interested in, I could still uderstand your point clearly, for the words you used were not too difficult and sometimes you' would give chinese explanation to the them. This was an impressive presentation.

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  9. I think the way you speak can catch the audience, but making too much strange noise may vague your point in the presentation. Also, I find that you belong to the kind of figure that will fight for social fairness :p

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  10. When you are speaking, you always have many gestures and cadence. These help you draw the audience's attention to you. Nevertheless, I'm not sure what your point is in your presentation.

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  12. The way you talk grabbed my attention immediately. Your voice and your body language was impressive to me. However, i can not see your viewpoints in your annotation either. By the way, about your picture in the annotation, you need to add 'figure 1' and some explanation.

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  13. In your presentation, I think you want to combine social welfare and security together. But actually I don't really understand your main point in the presentation. I think you should try to make your point more clear.

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