Saturday, April 25, 2009

While you were sleeping...

Dear Mr. PM,
It was very heartening to see this statement that you made to the press - I'll revive economy in 100 days: PM and to know that you indeed care about this country's poor and middle class citizens. Thank  you for the gesture during the elections at the least.
To make you understand your job and what you need to achieve, I would like to tell you that while you were sleeping for the last 5 years, my grocery bill has gone up by 50-70%. I spend much more on petrol even while my commute to office is reduced. Expenditure on clothes has gone up as the shopkeeper explains that raw material has become costlier.
I cannot understand how our salaries and net worth have not gone up that much though, because when I was reading the newspaper the other day, it told me that one of your esteemed colleague and boss Rahul Gandhi pays about 11lakhs in income tax and is able to maintain shops and properties in prime location in Delhi - yet his sources of income remain mysterious. AFA we all know, he has no job and earns some paltry amount as MP. Can you tell us the magic of making such money, Mr. PM? Tell me the trick, buddy... who do I have to suck up to?
Last year you were so good to farmers and gave free money to rich farmers all over the country. Can you please waive off my car loan and house loan also? I too would like to do nothing and get money, you see.