Socialism or secularism, being pseudo does not work.

People who describe themselves as ' liberals ' are devastated by the defeat of the Congress in the recent elections. They should try to understand a quote from Abraham Lincoln which says," You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Liberalism in India means abusing Hindus constantly while protecting every crime committed by minorities against Hindus. It did not work for the Samajwadi Party in UP, after riots in Muzaffarnagar, and it did not work for the Congress either. Used to being always protected the Muslims wanted more while the Hindus voted for the BJP so that the BJP won 71 seats out of 80 in UP with the SP getting 5 and the Congress only 2. Just as pseudo-secularism is failing so is pseudo-socialism. In proper socialist countries such as the USSR and Cuba education and healthcare were cheap and the same for everybody but in India socialism means to bribe the ' vote bank ' with handouts while taxing the middle class into poverty. Higher education is already too expensive for everyone except the wealthy. The only option for the majority would be take bank loans but starting salaries are not so high that the loans maybe paid off easily. So, either go abroad or cut corners. Private medical schools in Tamil Nadu are charging Rs 10 million for a basic MBBS degree. When you spend that much it ceases to be an education and becomes an investment so doctors will want a return as soon as possible. The result is that medial care, especially for serious illness, is now out of reach. In a population of 1.25 billion, where only 35 million pay income tax, such services cater to 5% of the people who can afford it or those paid for by the government. Hence the fight to get into SC,ST or OBC status. The solution is to reduce taxes so that everyone has equal opportunity regardless of wealth, class or caste. But the pseudo-liberal politicians have been winning elections by using pseudo-secularism by creating strife between Hindus and so called minorities and by using pseudo-socialism by selectively distributing handouts to certain sections, paid for by extortionate taxes on others. They never stop. Now a panel has recommended that there should be a cess of 75 paise on every liter of petrol and diesel. Even today petrol is $3.7 per liter in the US which works out to Rs 60 per liter. If a tiny country like Britain can find oil and gas under the North Sea and now under Sussex why can we not find any with 7000 miles of shoreline. It is the duty of the government to reduce prices so that everyone can benefit. But will they?