10/28［社説］子どもの未来をひらく真の政策を競え
2021/10/28
子どもの成長を社会全体で支えたい
コロナ下の日本は、急速な出生数の減少と子育て環境の悪化に直面している。実効性ある子ども・子育て政策が急務だ。子どもがすくすくと育つ環境があってこそ、社会や経済の活力が保たれ、社会保障制度も維持できる。
各党の公約で目立つのは、経済面の支援だ。児童手当の拡充や出産育児一時金の増額といったメニューを競う。公明党は高校3年生までのすべての子どもに一律10万円相当を給付する公約を掲げた。立憲民主党は年収1千万円程度までの人を対象とする時限的な所得税の実質免除などを訴えた。
困っていない家計にまで一律にばらまいては、いたずらに財政を悪化させるだけだ。財源には限りがあり、冷静に優先順位をつけねばならない。高齢者の社会保障を効率化しながら、子どものための予算を確保する。痛みを伴う改革を断行する覚悟も問われる。
日々の暮らしを支えるサービスも充実させたい。保育所などに希望しても入れない待機児童の解消は焦眉の課題だ。今春は約5600人と過去最少になったが、コロナ下で女性の失業や感染を恐れた利用控えが増えた影響もある。
自民党は「さらに財源を確保して『待機児童の減少』を目指す」とした。この問題の解決が長引いている要因のひとつに、前回の衆院選の公約だった「幼児教育・保育の無償化」が優先され多額の予算が割かれたこともある。今度こそ本気度が問われよう。
子どもの貧困を解消するには、親への対策が必要だ。非正規の処遇改善や正社員への転換、実効性のある職業訓練などで、安定した経済基盤を築けるよう支援したい。雇用の安心感を高める施策は、将来不安から結婚や出産をためらっている若者にもプラスに働く。少子化対策の重要なカギだ。
子どもに関わる政策を一元的に担う「子ども庁」の創設は今年、自民党内の議論をきっかけに論点となった。岸田文雄首相は2022年の通常国会に関連法案の提出を目指す意向を示している。
公明は「子ども家庭庁」、立憲は「子ども省」を掲げる一方、日本維新の会は組織ありきの議論にはくみしないとした。現状のなにが問題で、なぜ新たな組織が必要なのか。屋上屋を架すような議論になるのでは困る。
Summary:
Compete with each other to get children to set new horizons.
We are under two arduous challenges, such as decrease of new babies at a rapid pace and a getting-worse environment to nurturing new born babies.
At issues is way to deal with these challenges is, but specific measures have not come up yet in this general election.
Children’s agency is said to be established and a law related this matters is under discussion at the LDP. and other parties are following LDP, but crucial factors, such as
1. What it looks like and
- From where money comes
should be examined.
If the US wants to fight in UN, China will battle back: Global Times editorial
By Global Times
Published: Oct 28, 2021 11:28 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Photo: VCG
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement on Tuesday which expressed US support for the island of Taiwan's participation in the United Nations (UN) system. This is a gross escalation of efforts by the US to undermine the one-China principle and separate the island from China's sovereignty.
In his statement, Blinken touted that, "Taiwan has become a democratic success story" and its values "align with those of the UN." He also questioned why Taiwan, which has advanced aviation and public health, was not represented at the International Civil Aviation Organization and World Health Assembly (WHA). He quibbled that, "Taiwan's meaningful participation in the UN system is not a political issue, but a pragmatic one."
The current US administration is opening up a new battlefield to attack China. It is amazing that they can act like this while hypocritically advocating their adherence to the one-China policy and adding completely opposite conditions such as the Taiwan Relations Act and the "Six Assurances" to what the US calls "one China". They are playing rogue politics in broad daylight.
Blinken labeled the island as "democratic" in order to assert the legitimacy of dividing China's sovereignty in a "democratic" way. He seeks to create the heresy that the UN needs to cooperate with such secessionist moves. He naively believes that US' "values diplomacy" will be able to whitewash this vicious secession into a just cause. He overestimates the coercive strength of American soft power.
The US is trying to create "one China" and "one Taiwan" in the UN and turn such a trick into a long-term bargaining chip to pressure Beijing. This is a new offensive against China. The world can see this, and Blinken's rhetoric will not deceive the international community. Taiwan's practical communication with UN agencies on civil aviation and public health matters has never been an obstacle. What the US wants now is exactly a political breakthrough. They think the whole world is stupid!
Taiwan authorities must accept the one-China principle. Only through an arrangement on this basis can the island participate in international organizations. Before the current Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority, the Kuomintang authority recognized one China, and a consensus was reached across the Taiwan Straits on issues including Taiwan's participation in the WHA. Since then, the DPP authority has abandoned the 1992 Consensus, and there is no longer "one China" in its policy declarations. Instead, all it repeatedly emphasizes is Taiwan's "independent sovereignty." Taiwan's participation in the WHA is no longer pragmatic. It has become a political sprint to declare "Taiwan's sovereignty" to the world.
By igniting a "new UN fire" in the conflicts with China, the US has once again proven that it is playing with words when it claims not to allow the competition with China to become a confrontation. Washington has stabbed Beijing in the heart of its concerns. It is trying to create a strategic initiative that will cause pain to the latter.
Yet China will never back down an inch regarding the Taiwan question. The US treachery will never gain the support or be echoed by the majority of countries in the world. The UN is not run by the US. And the UN Charter is written down in black and white, so the US can't lead the global community to misinterpret it. Washington and the island of Taiwan will not succeed in realizing their conspiracy. They will continue to fail and humiliate themselves repeatedly.
If the US wants to fight, China will battle back. Evil will not suppress good in the UN. Nor will it ever try to disguise itself as good. The next battle in the UN will teach the US a lesson of "international justice."
Summary:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a statement on Tuesday which expressed US support for the island of Taiwan's participation in the United Nations (UN) system. This is a gross escalation of efforts by the US to undermine the one-China principle and separate the island from China's sovereignty.
The US is trying to create "one China" and "one Taiwan" in the UN and turn such a trick into a long-term bargaining chip to pressure Beijing. This is a new offensive against China. The world can see this, and Blinken's rhetoric will not deceive the international community. Taiwan's practical communication with UN agencies on civil aviation and public health matters has never been an obstacle. What the US wants now is exactly a political breakthrough. They think the whole world is stupid!
Yet China will never back down an inch regarding the Taiwan question. The US treachery will never gain the support or be echoed by the majority of countries in the world. The UN is not run by the US. And the UN Charter is written down in black and white, so the US can't lead the global community to misinterpret it. Washington and the island of Taiwan will not succeed in realizing their conspiracy. They will continue to fail and humiliate themselves repeatedly.