Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1081-W718

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1081-W718

Release Date: February 3, 2018

发布日：2018年2月3日

Topic: Strange Tales in the New Year (part 4) -- Wei Jingsheng

标题：新年聊斋（之四） -- 魏京生

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Strange Tales in the New Year (part 4)

-- Wei Jingsheng

This year's New Year period is particularly long; from New Year's Day of the Western Calendar to the Chinese New Year of Spring Festival, there is a total of one and a half months. So we could fully discuss our topics during this period. The common people are most concerned about is the size of their moneybags. As the saying goes: If the moneybags do not look like drums, our hearts will beat like drums (with worries). As the Spring Festival approaches, most people are worried if there is enough money in their bags for all the expenses.

All the media are saying how well China has developed, with an average income per person of a few thousand U.S. dollars per year - which should be counted as moderately developed or well to do in the society. So why are there worries? Indeed, there are many people who have entered a well-to-do status, that is, the so-called middle class, such as small business owners and white-collar workers. Don't you see them in the movies and television programs? And their numbers are quite large, to surpass the population of an average big country.

But China has a population of billions of people. Although the tens of millions of middle-class people are more than the combined population of Britain and France, in China that is only about 5% of the population, with the vast majority of people are still trapped in poverty. What I am saying is not the number of poor people openly admitted to by the Chinese government. The poverty standard itself is unusually low as defined by the Chinese government, yet the figures are still fraudulent. Everybody knows that number is not reliable except for the people with ulterior motives.

We can look around to find out how many elderly Chinese are not worried about their medical costs; how many parents are not worried about their children's college expense; how many young people are not worried about buying a house to get married; how many families are not worried about food and needed nutrition; and so on and so on. The families that are not worried about these issues are about less than 5%. That is to say, the other 95% of the general public belongs to the poor people at different levels.

Every day, the People's Daily argues that there are also poor Americans in the United States. If the U.S. newspapers talk about it themselves, then it must be true! A group of government agents and the so-called angry youths also follow this rhetoric of so and so: that is, "I heard that buying a house in the USA is not easy"; "they have to pay college loans"; "there are homeless on the streets", and so on.

However, the People's Daily does not add: the homeless in the United States are sent to shelters by the government personnel where they could eat and drink. Usually, there are various charities that distribute bread, butter and milk free of charge so that these not-rich poor who still have their houses to live in have their nutrition guaranteed.

Children can go to high school without paying tuition. There is free lunch and free school bus service. Even more noteworthy is that in some states children enjoy the same treatment of schooling even if they are not legal American citizens. This is in stark contrast to the so-called low-end population that was recently driven away by Xi Jinping.

It is claimed that China is already developed, and even will catch up with the United States to become the first economic power in a few years. But why can't it even provide these minimum-security measures? Why as the number of Chinese billionaires will soon surpasses those in the United States, so many poor Chinese do not even have the minimum protections? This difference is associated with the different social and economic structures of the two countries.

The United States is a democratic society, that is to say, the electorate of the common people are the masters. As the owner is reflected in all social and economic measures, it must ensure that the owner is well looked after. From salaries and benefits to all kinds of safeguards, the poor Americans must be taken care of. Otherwise, if the masters are unhappy, then you will be voted out and have to step down. Therefore, in the USA, most of the national income is consumed by ordinary people, and this consumption in turn guarantees the development of production. Both economy and development revolve around serving the people.

China is a dictatorship and its power is monopolized by a handful of people. Of course, money is also monopolized by a handful of people. The people are treated as slaves or livestock. According to the principle of Marxism, they only need to be provided with the minimum wage that can guarantee reproduction. Why should the rich share the benefits brought by social and economic development, with animal husbandry? Of course, the high-level animals, such as their mounts and pets will have a better treatment. For example, the treatment of academicians and commissioners has long been a combination of three elites with the Communist regime.

Over all, some statements of Marxism are still correct, such as that the economic base and the superstructure should be adapted to each other.. The difference in political superstructure between China and the United States results in the subsistence levels of Chinese people being fundamentally different from American people.

Original link of the RFA commentary:

https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/weijingsheng/wjs-01302018150414.html

To hear Mr. Wei Jingsheng's related commentary, please visit:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/RFA/RFA2018/WeiJS180130onStrangeTales4.mp3

(Written on January 29 and recorded on January 30, 2018. Broadcasted by Radio Free Asia.)

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1081-W718

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1081-W718

Release Date: February 3, 2018

发布日：2018年2月3日

Topic: Strange Tales in the New Year (part 4) -- Wei Jingsheng

标题：新年聊斋（之四） -- 魏京生

Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)

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新年聊斋之四

-- 魏京生

今年的新年特别长，总共一个半月。咱们的话题可以充分地展开。对老百姓来说，最关心的还是钱袋子。俗话说得好：钱袋子不鼓，心里面打鼓。快过春节这个大节，多数老百姓都在为钱袋子能不能应付开销发愁。

所有的媒体都在说，中国已经如何如何发达，至少每人好几千美元收入，应该算是中等发达，或者说是进入小康了。那还发什么愁呢？确实有不少人进入了小康，也就是所谓的中产阶级，小资本家、小白领什么的，电影电视里不都是这种场景吗？而且人数还真不少，超过了一般大国的人口。

但是中国有十几亿人口，这几千万人比英国、法国人口还多，可是在中国也就是百分之五的样子，绝大多数人仍然陷于贫困之中。我说的不是中国政府公开承认的贫困人数，这个标准本身就低得不正常，而且数字还被作假。除了别有用心的人之外，大家都知道那个数字不算数。

大家可以在自己周围看看，有几家老人看病不发愁；孩子上大学不发愁；年轻人买房子结婚不发愁；一家人吃饭营养不发愁；等等等等不发愁的人家，可是不到百分之五吧？也就是说，另外的百分之九十五的人民大众，都属于层次不等的贫困人口。

人民日报们每天都在辩解说：美国也有穷人呀，美国报纸自己说的，那还有假吗！一群五毛和愤青们也跟着丫丫：就是，听说那边买房子也不容易；上大学还得贷款；满街都是无家可归者，丫丫丫丫。

但是人民日报却没有说：美国的无家可归者由政府人员把他们送到收容中心，有吃有喝有屋子住。平时还有各种慈善组织免费发放面包、黄油和牛奶等，让有家可归但不富裕的穷人保障营养。

小孩子上到高中一律免学费。还有免费的午餐和免费的校车接送。更值得一提的是，一些州即使不是合法的美国公民，小孩子上学仍然享受一样的待遇，这和最近被习近平驱赶的所谓低端人口，形成了鲜明的对比。

话说中国号称已经初步发达了，而且号称哪年哪年就快赶上那个美国成为第一经济大国了，却为什么连这点起码的保障措施都做不到呢？为什么中国的亿万富翁马上就超过美国，而穷人这么多也没有起码的保障呢？这就要看看两国社会经济结构有什么不同了。

美国是个民主社会，也就是说老百姓选民是主人。这个主人就体现在一切社会经济措施，都必须保障主人得到很好的照顾。从工资福利到各种保障，一直到对穷人的照顾都必须照顾到，否则主人不高兴了，您老先生就得下台。所以他们的国民收入大部分是老百姓消费掉了，这个消费反过来也保障了生产的发展。经济和发展都围绕着为人民服务。

中国是个专政国家，权力被一小撮人所垄断，钱也当然是被一小撮人所垄断。人民被他们当作奴隶或者牲口，按照马克思主义的原理，只能给他们提供能够保障再生产的最低工资就可以了。社会经济发展所带来的享受，为什么要和牲口共享呢？当然，高级牲口们，也就是他们的坐骑和宠物的待遇会好一些，例如那些院士、委员之类的待遇，早就已经三种精英相结合了。

总而言之，马克思主义的某些说法还是正确的。例如经济基础和上层建筑相适应，就没有说错。中国和美国之间政治上层建筑不同，就决定了中国老百姓的生存待遇，和美国老百姓有着根本的差距。

魏京生在自由亚洲电台评论的原始链接：

https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/pinglun/weijingsheng/wjs-01302018150414.html