In the discussion of the social security policy in 2024 on the CCTV News 1 1 program, Bai Yansong, a well-known commentator, put forward his views on reducing the burden on families.
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Bai Yansong: I think it's a very good idea to reduce the burden on the family, first of all, it should be for the younger generation of the family members, because if the burden can be reduced for the younger generation in the family, including young couples, the whole family will also become beneficiaries.
To give you a small example, for example, we may have used it many years ago, but in the past two years I have become less and less fond of the word "gnawing the old", which is literally criticizing the young man as if he is not doing anything and "gnawing" the elderly.
But in essence, if we think about it carefully, why don't we do a lot of things that society should do for young people is not enough and insufficient, so let the old people in the family do these things for the society, and finally use the word "gnawing the old" to criticize young people.
For example, if our housing prices are not so high, and our affordable housing, including affordable housing, is well solved, then there is no need for his parents to make a down payment for him, including monthly payments.
If our nursery and nursery schools are well solved, parents will not be allowed to go all the way to the young man's home to watch the child for him.
If the employment of young people is relatively smooth, and wages are increasing, then there is no need for the elderly to subsidize them.
So we didn't do enough for young people, but we invented a word like "gnawing the old", and it became as if these responsibilities were on young people, and I think this is wrong, and we should really sympathize with young people now, and we should also empathize.
But only sympathy and empathy are not enough, we need to do a lot of things, I hope that this year's two sessions mentioned to reduce the burden on the family, the first thing to see is the burden reduction of the younger generation, because if their burden is solved, the young and the old are the beneficiaries.
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