Disadvantages of drastic measures
In the news on November 25, 2022, I saw a report that Osaka Governor Yoshimura will distribute 10 kilograms of rice to each child without income restrictions as a countermeasure against high prices.
I think there are many people who have the impression that the Osaka Ishin will take a bit of a strange countermeasure.
It is unavoidable that countermeasures have both advantages and disadvantages.
However, it is often the case that there is a discrepancy between the purpose and the actual situation in large-scale projects that are grouped together as households.
For that reason, welfare services are branched to deal with a wide variety of problems in detail, and they need manpower.
Aside from the good and bad of this countermeasure, let's predict what kind of problem there will be.
People who do not need rice for various reasons.
Baby can't eat rice.
Newborn babies don't eat rice yet.
Parents will eat.
Pregnant women are also eligible for support, so I think they keep in mind that it will be a meal for their parents. It seems that there was an opinion that consumables such as diapers would be more helpful from those who raise them.
People with rice allergies
There are 400,000 people nationwide who are allergic to rice in Japan.
0.33% of the population.
Although it is not an exact figure, if we apply it to the population of about 1.4 million people under the age of 18 in Osaka, which is the target of support, there is a possibility that 4,620 people will not be eligible because of rice allergies.
Also, if you include the number of pregnant women and their parents, the number will increase.
Rice preference
People who strongly agree with this measure may not be interested in it, but there are various types of rice.
There are quite a few differences in grain size, water content, hardness, elasticity, and gloss.
Some people may say not to say extravagance because it will be paid.
However, due to the rice riot in the Heisei era, there were many people who could not eat Thai rice even when the supply of rice decreased, and Thai rice was available cheaply.
You may think that domestic rice is not as different as Thai rice, but some people feel that it is that much different.
It means that there are people who can't eat unless it's their favorite rice.
I don't think it's a luxury to choose your favorite rice.
If it's really the only thing I have, I think I'll have to endure it and eat it, but right now it's not like we're short of rice.
Farmers cultivate rice with daily training.
They spend their lives making improvements and making delicious rice.
The fact that the rice produced as a result of such efforts is selected because it is delicious is a sign of respect for the farmers and a sign that they truly value food.
Rather, it is better to ignore people's tastes and send them whatever they want, and I feel that it is a waste of rice, and I feel that we are in an age of satiation.
The people who are sent the rice.
If your parents or your relatives are farmers, you may be 100% self-sufficient in rice.
There are also people who buy rice from farmers they like because they think it's delicious.
Such people may be confused about having rice sent from the government.
Bread person, eating out person.
Some people don't like rice.
Some people eat bread as their staple food.
Some people don't do housework.
Some people, including children, often eat out.
Some people may say that this is a luxury, but as I said earlier, there is also the idea that the best way to appreciate food is to choose and enjoy it theirselves.
And really, each household and each person have a different lifestyle.
Regarding this matter, I think that the criticism that you should not do housework or eat out all the time is quite meddlesome.
If there is a problem there, we shouldn't talk about it.
That would end up putting the cart before the horse, changing people's lives to justify these measures instead of helping people's lives.
Shipping costs soaring due to price hikes.
Shipping 10 kg of rice will cost around 1,000 to 2,500 yen, depending on the location.
It is understandable that there are opinions that cash vouchers and rice vouchers are more efficient.
One of the reasons for the soaring prices in Japan, where the price hike measures were proposed, is the soaring prices of crude oil and gasoline.
This countermeasure against high prices, which is likely to rely on transportation, creates an image of a head-on collision with the cause of high prices in terms of shipping costs.
It seems that no major shipping company has revised the shipping fee due to this price increase, but gasoline prices are actually soaring.
Even if gasoline is displayed as 160 yen per liter, it seems that there were times when it actually exceeded 200 yen without government subsidies. (There may be a higher percentage of people using transit for transportation, but the content of the assistance is the same.)
The solution to increasing demand for carriers is simply to increase the need for this subsidy, which would really cost more than 8 billion yen.
However, even so, I would like to say that this subsidy is just a waste of tax money because it seems that this subsidy has a greater merit in revitalizing the economy than subsidies, or it is intended to prevent economic stagnation.
Adhesion
It will be interesting to see what kind of companies JA, rice farmers, transportation companies, and the governor of Osaka will be involved with.
When governments work, they always have to rely on some company, so I don't want to use collusion and bad words for everything.
Members of parliament and political organizations have support groups.
My concern is that the Governor of Osaka Prefecture and the Osaka Ishin will be vulnerable to the sweet temptation of salesmen who hint at their own interests.
Whether it is Pasona, which entrusted the work of short-time cooperation money, or Shionogi Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer of Isodine, before whether it is collusion or not, it is whether there was a little more communication between the employer and the employed.
Rather than the policy of the Osaka Ishin, it sounds like a salesperson is explaining the story to the citizens as it is, and it lacks concreteness and credibility.
The destination of unnecessary rice
I mentioned the reasons why rice cannot be eaten for various reasons, but the destination of the rice is disposal or resale.
As I said at the beginning, there are drawbacks to any solution.
And good measures have a way to make up for the disadvantages.
If these 8 billion yen is sufficient for better measures, the governor of Osaka Prefecture and the Osaka Ishin Party will be criticized again.
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