Post elections, as we see debates on reforms vs freebies, a reminder that this is the lens through which the privileged see the world Corporate tax reduction = Reform Capital gains tax cut = Reform Near free land to industry = Reform Near free IIT/IIM/ University education = My birthright* Free/subsidized food to the poor = Fiscal profligacy Free healthcare = Revadi Reservations = Anti-merit I still remember when MGR was promoting the mid day meal scheme in Tamilnadu schools, how much breast-beating there was in financial papers that this was undesirable spending. And yet that changed the outcome in terms of education and Human development for the state. Simply put: anything that benefits the privileged is classified under Reform whereas anything benefiting the under privileged, even if it is in health & education without which the country/economy can't prosper, is 'a waste of taxpayer money', Anti-merit etc All the people who got heavily subsidized education in Universities, IITs and IIMs, esp those who went abroad & didn't even pay taxes in India to compensate...have their knickers in a twist because women who travel in buses are getting a subsidy or someone is getting cheap rice! Arey Bhai, one of the objectives of taxation IS some amount of redistribution, at least to ensure basics for the poorer segments. Aap logon ka kya khayal hai? * Yes I know IIMs charge more now but most social media warriors studied there when that wasn't the case